A car salesman in suburban Chicago has been fired for refusing to remove a Packers tie that he wore to work the day after Green Bay beat Chicago to advance to the Super Bowl. John Stone, 34, says he wore the Packers tie to work Monday in Oak Lawn to honor his late grandmother, who was a big Packers fan. Stone's boss, Jerry Roberts, adds that Stone was offered five chances to take off the tie but he refused. "If he loves the tie more than his job, he's welcome to keep wearing it -- elsewhere," Roberts told the Chicago Sun-Times. Roberts told the newspaper that Stone was a good salesman who sold 14 cars last month and that no customers had complained about the tie. "I was just showing my love for my team and it was a nice, smart tie that matched my clothes -- none of the customers minded: They had a sense of humor about it," Stone said.