Mother Suspended From Work For Taking Deployed Son's Call [View All]

[The Straight Story]

Mother Suspended From Work For Taking Deployed Son's Call

When loved ones are deployed, communication is precious—and sometimes few and far between. With her son only able to call once or twice a month, answering her cell phone when that rare call from Afghanistan came in was a no-brainer for one Tennessee-based mother. But by doing so, she nearly put her job in jeopardy.

On Valentine's Day, Teresa Danford, an employee of Crane Interiors in Woodbury, Tenn., was suspended for three days without pay for answering her son’s phone call. Danford told CBS-affiliate WTVF that her managers informed her that she would be fired if it happened again.

Danford’s son, Lance Cpl. Mark Rhyne, was deployed to Afghanistan seven months ago.

“You don’t want to miss a word, because truthfully that might be the last time you hear from them,” Danford told WTVF.

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