Sports | NFL Rival Hires Guy Fired Over Packers Tie Chicago car salesman John Stone not out of work for long By Rob Quinn Posted Jan 27, 2011 5:32 AM CST Copied "I didn't know all this publicity was going to come with this," Stone said. "But you know what? It lets me know who has my back." (AP Photo) Score one for a worker's right to choose his own tie: a Chicago car salesman fired for wearing a Green Bay Packers tie to work has a new job at a rival Chevrolet dealership. John Stone says his former boss offered him his old job back after his firing made the news, but he declined, the AP reports. Stone's new employer says he's already received phone calls from Packers fans who want to buy a car from its new hire. Read These Next North Carolina shooting suspect once walked the red carpet. The gunman who killed 4 at a Michigan church was an ex-marine. 'We heard a big bang,' says churchgoer in Michigan Skydivers leap from plane 2 minutes before fatal crash. Report an error