Maria sat at her desk in a packed office, looking at Greg. The HR manager of the movie theater, Maria, could feel the tension. Seven people wanted to watch her deal with Greg. Greg had threatened to fight a coworker in front of a bunch of children waiting for popcorn before watching a Fast and Furious movie.
“Listen, Greg, this is a pretty cut-and-dry case,” Maria said, shuffling around paperwork nervously. Two people in the room were there to protect her, but the other spectators just wanted to watch what would happen. Greg was a wild card in every job at the movie theater. In his most famous incident, he stood in front of the theater of a sold-out Marvel movie to rant about a continuity error.
“I would just like the record to show,” Greg began, “that although I cursed out my coworker while we had a line of customers and threatened to beat him up, I’m a lot better than I used to be. In the past, I would have actually tried to fight him. I want credit for this.”
Maria wrote this down diligently.
“Anything else you’d like to say?” she asked.
“Am I fired?” Greg asked.
“Yes, but let the record show,” Maria said to the room. “That while Greg was fired, he was given credit for showing some restraint.”
Everyone nodded at this civil ending.
“Great,” Greg said. “Can I get my employee nachos before I go?”