As more and more Americans continue working well into their 60s and 70s — thanks to Joe Biden’s horrendous economy — companies are going to have to come to terms with the fact that not every employee can be a 30-year-old. And it looks like this is a lesson that the Detroit Red Wings might have to learn.
In February of 2022, 68-year-old Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka was summarily fired several days after a fellow employee saw him urinating in an ice pile inside the Zamboni room of the Red Wings’ Little Caesars Arena. He claimed that he did what he did because of a prostate medical condition.
The fan-favorite and long-time Zamboni operator was told that he was being fired for “egregious misconduct.”