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[Potty Mouth]

I enjoyed the thread below about what it might take to get fired.

I once yelled at my Chair that he was a [series of artistically phrased explatives deleted].  I got a letter of reprimand -- to which I responded that the letter of reprimand had not gotten my series of explatives correct and I restated them as I had said them -- and my contract was renewed for another year.  It must have helped that I said what everyone else was thinking!

[moose]

RePotty Mouth wrote:

>  I got a letter of reprimand -- to
> which I responded that the letter of reprimand had not gotten
> my series of explatives correct and I restated them as I had
> said them


I like that one... Reminds me of a (supposedly) true story from the British House of Lords:

Lord A: Sir, may I call Lord B a flatulent pig?
Speaker: You absolutely MAY NOT call Lord B a flatulent pig.
Lord A: Then, it is stated for the record that I did not call Lord B a flatulent pig.

(of course, at this point, Lord B is firmly associated with flatulent pigs in the minds of every TV viewer in the nation)

[to Potty]

I wouldn't be too cocky. They may be waiting to fire you at the next review time, and you've given them more ammunition.

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[Potty Mouth]

Oh this was a while back at a different university...

Yes, it was probably stupid but many people in the same situation might find themselves doing the same thing.