Why Would Anyone Want To Marry Anthony Hardwick?

Say what you will about the #Occupy movements, they have brought all the self-righteous douchebags out of the woodwork for everyone to see. Normally such individuals would keep their musings to the comment sections of Huffington Post and Democratic Underground. Now, they’re out in the open, letting everyone know how entitled they really feel.

We all know a certain type of co-worker, the kind who dedicate their lives to getting out of as much work as possible. Someone with an array of doctor’s notes, strict “religious beliefs”, a grueling amount of family commitments and, now, a Change.org petition.

For Anthony Hardwick, Thanksgiving has special meaning. Last year, he proposed to his girlfriend, Denise, in front of her whole family during the holiday.

This year though, he will be working. A part-time employee at Target in Omaha, Neb., Hardwick said his manager requested he start his shift at 11 p.m. In order to make it through the night, he’ll need to sleep on Thanksgiving Day.

“My fiancé is sad because I was supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner with her family, and talk about wedding plans,” he said. “It’s kind of a raw deal,” he said.

Hardwick started an online petition entitled “Tell Target to Save Thanksgiving,” in the hope that the retailer would push the store opening back to Friday to allow workers to spend more time with family. Working with online advocacy site Change.org, he has collected more than 80,000 signatures as of Tuesday.

Now, we know what you are wondering who decides to get married when they’re still working at a Target but that’s a question for another day. The more pressing question is why Anthony Hardwick would be making such a fuss when he wasn’t even scheduled to work. That’s right, not scheduled to work in the first place.

“The team member you are referencing is not now, and has never been, scheduled to work on Thanksgiving or Black Friday at Target,” company spokeswoman Molly Snyder said Wednesday via email.

So things are starting to smell funny.

“A full holiday with family is not just for the elite of this nation,” the petition reads. “All Americans should be able to break bread with loved ones and get a good night’s rest on Thanksgiving!”

But Target had a different take. The Target email said, “In early November, he (Hardwick) informed his Target managers that he was scheduled to work at his other job on Black Friday and indicated that he needed the day off from Target. We honored that request.”

The Target email continued, “Target does our best to work around the schedules of all of our team members, making every effort to accommodate their requests. Target will offer holiday pay to all hourly team members who work on Thanksgiving Day.”

So Anthony Hardwick, @KCHooligan00 on Twitter, is not only trying to reduce the paychecks of his fellow workers, by cutting them off from extra holiday pay, he also lied to Target, Change.org, and the general public. What kind of girl wants to marry the Boy Who Cried Wolf? Why do leftist agitators have LinkedIn profiles?

We’re have found a new petition at Change.org: Anthony Hardwick: Stop trying to petition Target, and go to work like a normal American.