Santa’s Naughty Joke Gets Him Fired From Macy's
A naughty joke played by one Macy's Santa has cost him his job. The naughty joke or jokes were played by Santa aka John Toomey who has since left Macy’s 
for Lefty O'Doul's. But what exactly did good ol’ Saint Nick do?
for Lefty O'Doul's. But what exactly did good ol’ Saint Nick do?Well, John Toomey was fired from San Francisco’s Macy's department store and his name was placed on the store’s naughty list because Santa liked to joke around when he had adults sitting on his lap.
According to Toomey, he had a series of special responses just for adults who sat on his lap. If a person responded that they were good for the year, Santa would say, “That’s too bad.” If people asked him why he was so happy, John would say it was because he knew where the naughty boys and girls lived.
Santa’s Naughty Jokes to Racy for Macy's?
So who was wrong? Did Santa's version of a joke cross Macy's line? Keep in mind, these naughty replies were the same replies John Toomey had been giving customers for the past 20 years he was employed at the department store. All the trouble started when an adult couple reported him for his racy comments. Macy’s sided with the couple and let Santa go.
Speaking about the incident, John Toomey said, "Everything was going OK until this couple came in. I don't know why they reported me. I don't think I said anything untoward."
Well, it’s not too hard to see how some people could be offended but most adults might have just gotten a chuckle. Toomey said he never gave such replies to children but some adults don’t really have a sense of humor or they are just too straight laced. It’s okay to breath every now and then, it really is.
Santa’s New Gig at Lefty O'Doul's
Following his termination, John Toomey left Macy's and took his naughty jokes to Lefty O'Doul's where he will be playing Santa again. Toomey’s new contract allows him to tell jokes. Lefty O'Doul's, which is located at 333 Geary St., is right down the street from Macy’s. The position begins on Saturday, Dec. 11. and will continue through until Christmas Eve.
Lefty O'Doul's restaurant has constructed a North Pole Winter Wonderland stage where John Toomey will be Santa from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. each day until Dec. 24. Toomey’s new paychecks are expected to be more than his Macy's paychecks were. Lefty O'Doul's is attempting to collect 10,000 toys foe the Firefighters Toy Program’s 10th anniversary.
In the end it appears this Santa was more man than myth. Prehaps the real Saint Nick would’ve been completely G-rated but John Toomey had a funny if not naughty sense of humor that most would have laughed at. Macy's didn’t but Macy’s is a corporation which strives to be family friendly and G-rated. There’s no real surprise they sided with their customers.
In the end, who’s to blame? Was John Toomey’s Santa just too naughty and not nice enough for Macy’s or was that couple just too uptight? You decide.
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