Pharmacy technician Carla Cheney claims that she was fired from her job at a Wal-Mart in Kemptville after complaining that a customer left his dog in a hot vehicle.
She was on her way to work when she noticed a Newfoundland puppy jump out of the cab of a truck that was parked in Wal-Mart’s parking lot. The owner put the puppy back and rolled the windows up.
A Newfoundlander, like the one in the photo, has long, black, curly fur. A fully grown dog weighs about 140 pounds.
“I said he should not be leaving his dog in the car. The man said it was none of my business,” Cheney told the Ottawa Citizen .
Cheney called the police. The police responded and talked to the owner.
She claims that she was fired for being rude to a customer.
“We want you to know that the associate in question was absolutely not let go for trying to help a dog in a locked car…However, out of respect for the associate and for privacy reasons we cannot provide specifics about why this associate was let go.,” Walmart Canada said on its Facebook page .
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