How Did Billy Hyatt Refuse To Wear 666

Victoria Kass
Analysis 1: Fired for not wearing 666
February 18, 2015

Introduction: Back in 2012 an employee of what is now “Berry Plastics Corporation” in Georgia refused to wear the number 666 at work and was fired later by his boss. His boss asked all employs to wear 666 on a sticker, representing the number of days the company has gone without an accident. He replied that he viewed the number 666 as “the number of the beast” and said there was no way that he would ever put that number on his body because it violated his religious rights. This illustrates cultural perception and symbolism, showing how various cultures view symbols differently.
Description: In 2012, Billy Hyatt, an employee of a company that is now “Berry Plastics Corporation,”

Symbolism can have a strong impact on ones attitude towards religious cultures (Garolera, 2001). In this case, Hyatt’s strong cultural perception on religious symbolism was just not enough to prevent him from wearing the letters 666 across his chest. One could assume that the public image of this company has probably decreased severely after this incident. Through Billy Hyatt, the community has seen the companies’ unfair treatment, simply in response to a man's religious views and

Yang, Z. (2011). “Lucky” numbers, unlucky consumers. The Journal of Socio-Economics, 40(5), 692-699.
Currency: This article was very helpful, as it was written in 2011 and has accurate and reliable facts. Relevance: This article had great relevancy because it gave good insight on my case.

Authority: This had good authority because it’s from a well-known article, which makes the facts reliable and accurate.

Purpose: This was very helpful because it showed perception from two different cultures and how they interpret different meanings with symbols.

Sour 3 Citation. Swee Hoon Ang, (1996) "Chinese Consumers' Perception of Alpha‐Numeric Brand Names", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 8 Iss: 1, pp.31 – 47 Retrieved from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/eb010268?journalCode=apjml
Currency: This article was not very current because it is old.

Relevance: This article was not very relevant because it did not provide as much description to the topic as I wanted.

Authority: This was moderately helpful because the source and authors are not well known.

Purpose: This was not very purposeful, it did not allow me to expand very much on my