the not-a-lot-of-love boat
not me, but my ex.
before he got a McJob, Creepy Thin Man(CTM) got a job working on a Rhine cruise ship as a steward. he wrote to me every week, telling me how much he loved his new job. apart from getting the knock back from one of the female barstaff, things were going well.
one night, after drinking far too much with his dinner, the captain piloted the ship onto a sandbank, causing much disturbance for passengers and crew alike and, thanks to the jolt involved in actually hitting the sandbank, several minor injuries. after several large coffees, the captain was fit to be questioned. he strongly denied having had anything alcoholic to drink and blamed the accident on "faulty" navigation equipment.
now, CTM can be curiously moralistic at times. this was one of those times. he went to speak to the captain, telling him that, if he was interviewed, he would see it as his duty to inform the authorities that the captain had, in fact, been drinking.
less than 24 hours later, CTM found himself unemployed. the captain had talked the barmaid into making a formal complaint against CTM, giving the captain the excuse to fire him on grounds of sexual misconduct. he was told that any allegations of drunkenness made by him would be seen as a case of sour grapes. nothing was done, nobody shouldered the blame and CTM found himself back home in record time.
yes, his boss was a cunt, but am i the only one thinking that confronting him like that was a wee bit stupid?
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:04, 12 replies)

I'm going to say that the guy was fired for sexual misconduct.
and made up the story about the Captain crashing to cover his arse.
( Maffers I flow kinda strange like Spina Bifida footprints, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:17, closed)

Call me Mr Judgemental, but if you're calling someone Creepy then it's likely he was being a bit iffy here I'd suggest.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:20, closed)

he's not a bad bloke, really
he's just very thin and extremely quiet, so comes across as a bit creepy.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:32, closed)

^^^^
Sounds like AB.
( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 8:07, closed)

pfff

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 13:25, closed)

trust me
if he was going to get fired for sexual misconduct, he'd have lost his job at mcdonald's years ago. he tries it on with practically any female he can, on the basis that one of them is bound to say yes eventually.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:33, closed)

You describe him as your ex,
so I guess his tactic must pay off sometimes...
( 4Q just lurking, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:48, closed)

what can i say?
he made me laugh and could roll a decent joint
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 19:50, closed)

Gotta say that
giving your boss the heads up that you're going to dob them in for doing something wrong isn't the most forward thinking plan of action. Unless you're looking to leverage them & even then it's a bit thin-ice-ish.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 9 Jul 2011, 20:51, closed)

this is what i meant by moralistic
he believed that coming clean was the right thing to do and told the captain this, under the mistaken belief that the captain would agree with him and do the right thing.
he's not exactly mr. cunning.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 21:08, closed)

Is there a chance,
given that he admitted coming on to an unwilling member of staff, that he was a creepy misguided twat and deserved to be sacked for sexual misconduct?

Sounds like he made out it was a 'conspiracy' when in actual fact it was pretty straightforward.

My two cents.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Sat 9 Jul 2011, 21:11, closed)

it would be quite normal to think that
but he really was very determined when it came to telling the truth. he just didn't have the brains to concoct a lie like that.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 13:25, closed)