Leave Me Alone

8 Replies to “Leave Me Alone”

1. Yeah okay but $450,000.00 in damages? Happy Birthday!

   1. They fired him because of the panic attack he had as a result of the party. It’s an ADA lawsuit, not an unwanted birthday party lawsuit.

   2. He didn’t want a party. They should have respected his wishes.
      Such things aren’t a requirement in any job. They should pay for their ignorance.

2. I told my employer that my birthday is on the 30th of February.

3. Can you even imagine hiring an employee like that?

   I was hiring for a crucial position at one time when at the conclusion of a very positive interview … I asked the man if there was anything else he wanted to tell us about himself? I kid you not … The man said he had a gastrointestinal condition that caused him to need the bathroom … urgently … multiple times per day. My partner and I nodded our sincere sympathy, and amicably concluded the interview … and promptly hired another candidate. Because of their greater experience of course.

4. They earned that.

5. Dunno.

   I think there is some sort of expectation that when you are being paid to fill a role that you are a functional adult.

   If you read deeper in this story there is a lot of examples of the person… well… not functioning.

   We also know very little about the rest of the interactions after the ‘party’. There are the stories of being asked to explain their side of the story. What was actually said in these meetings? We don’t know. Person A for all we know may have exampled their side of the story by going full Karen.

   Life is cruel and apathetic. Society exists as a compromise between what you want and what everyone else is prepared to accept from you. I might want to roam the streets naked cause the weather is nice and it saves me time on doing laundry. However that has to be balanced with the fact that the vast majority of other street users don’t want to see my pimpled arse or hairy man boobs. Life isn’t about you, it is about functioning in a group and having to often suck up your personal wishes in order to not freak out the rest of the community.

   So… yeah… dunno. But remember those stories about how a woman successfully sued a fast food franchise for having coffee all over the floor and then you discover the coffee was HER coffee that she had just thrown at her boyfriend and she had slipped while storming off in a huff?

   Dunno. I feel there is more to this.

6. Who said you can’t have a cake and eat it too ?