I really want to leave my mark this time you know. I want to walk away from the Yankees with people saying, “Wow! Now that guy got canned!” — George Costanza
In legal, most people lose their job by no fault of their own in penny-pinching stealth layoffs. Or they’re arrested after stabbing someone. But somewhere in between these extremes lay the Costanzas of the world willing to desecrate Babe Ruth’s uniform to get fired.
This is the tale of a law firm employee who — less intentionally — attacked their employer’s touchiest subject.
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Paul, we barely knew ye pic.twitter.com/Tz5ZbnNLK3
— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) November 28, 2023
I dunno. Seems like firing him was the first good thing the firm did in years.
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