First we had the German waiter who was fired for drinking 100 beers a day while at work. Now we hear of the Elvis impersonator who has been sacked after performing with his band while on extended sick leave from work.
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Gasman Billy McGregor had been off work for a month with a bad back, but was fired after performing with his band The Elvis Collection in Glasgow.
He has now lodged a claim for constructive dismissal, pointing out that many workmates, including one of his managers at gas company Transco, had bought tickets to the show.
"I didn't think I was doing anything wrong at all," he told the Daily Mirror.
"It's not like I had a sore throat and couldn't sing. It was my back and that meant I couldn't do my job as a service engineer. I was on the front of the company magazine in full Elvis outfit. I was hardly trying to hide, was I?
"I was going to cancel the performance, but the other lads said we could take it easy and I could stop and start when I wanted.
"I feel caught in a trap." [cue the music for 'Suspicious Minds' . . . . ]