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Joking With a Knife Leads to Removal

Joking with a knife

Director
HUD
Fri May 29, 2009 2:03 PM

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Why did the employee even have a pocket knife in the office? As soon as he pulled it out, that was a threat....what an idiot....

Re: Joking with a knife

transportation specialist
USAF
Mon Jun 1, 2009 7:07 AM
"Why did the employee even have a pocket knife"?
What kind of question is that?
I carry a pocketknife all the time. I know many employees that carry pocketknives.
It isn't to threaten people with. It isn't to make remarks like the fired employee made. I don't disagree at all that making threats, joking or not, is wrong.
But MEN carry pocketknives for many reasons. And not the threaten ladies with.
I guess you think guns kill people right?

Re: Joking with a knife

DOD
analyst
Tue Jun 2, 2009 8:47 AM
My husband always has a pocket knife with him. It comes in handy for many things such as opening the packaging of new windshield wipers. The one thing he has NEVER done is joke around with it.

The late great USA

Retired
Retired
Fri May 29, 2009 6:19 PM

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The guy was in charge of explosives. He delt with seriously dangerous stuff every day. If anyone cannot understand that environment and thinks he should be fired over such and event, they really should stay home and hide under their bed.

Was it wrong? Yes. But, get serious, to fire someone over such an event; absolutely not. We are turning into a country filled with spineless whiners and lawyers who stand ready to make money on the whining.

Pick on the WG

Diversity Manager
DOL
Fri May 29, 2009 8:44 PM

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This tragic here we have a hard working CS and he got canned. I'm sure it was because he was under NSPS had he been under the old GS program he would have been promoted. Death to NSPS

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EE
DOD
Mon Jun 1, 2009 9:52 AM
How do you know he is a "hard working CS"?
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