Bugle Tumble

QC Mart cashier Misty Shelsky of Davenport was shocked by the memo — although, she says, Ernst had a long history of unprofessional conduct with regard to lower-ranking workers. “This guy was the boss from hell,” Shelsky told The Des Moines Register. “He treated pretty much all of us like dirt.” Shelsky said she and her store manager, along with a few other employees, quit as soon as they saw the memo and realized it wasn’t a joke or a prank. “It was very degrading,” she said. “We looked at that, then looked at each other, and said, ‘OK, we’re done.’ ”