Zeches v. Iowa Department of Job Service

SNELL, Judge.

This case concerns whether petitioner, a Quik Trip store manager, was legally denied unemployment benefits for using vulgar language that constituted misconduct. The incident that triggered his discharge occurred sometime after 6:00 a.m. at the store. The company auditor had been working all night on an inventory when petitioner arrived for work about 6 a.m. A Pepsi vendor friend came in, noticed the auditor and asked petitioner what he was doing there again since petitioner’s store had been inventoried the day before. The petitioner responded, “The stupid motherfuckers in the…