school and Williams was receptive at the time.
*1312 Williams was separated from employment on January 3, 2003. He was 56 years old at the time. Knoblock states that several weeks after the conversation he had with Williams about going to school, Williams told him he wanted to retire. Williams testified that approximately six months before he was terminated, President Kalish said at a foreman's meeting that "old Uncle Toms' like Haywood" would not be working for the company anymore. (EEOC Ex. 62 at 58.) Williams also testified that prior to the termination meeting with Knoblock, Knoblock stated that the company needed to hire younger people with fresh and new ideas and that the people from RSI in Florida would be "cleaning house." (Id. at 41.) Knoblock presented Williamswith a Severance Agreement, and stated he should accept the severance pay, keep his pride, and tell everyone that he retired. Knoblock also allegedly told Williams that if he signed the Severance Agreement, he could work seven or eight more months, but after signing the agreement Knoblock told Williams that there was no use in coming in the next day. Williams testified that he was surprised he was being terminated. Williams believes that he was terminated from employment and that his relative lack of education was not a problem as he was able to perform the job for close to 30 years and Knoblock had chosen Williams to go to the Henderson Transfer Station.
Although Defendants may have had a legitimate reason for terminating Williams' employment based upon its