They make a machine to take every job. Before I know it they'll have a machine loafing at the corner bar, smoking cigarettes and downing Jim Beam and Coke like it was water.
Maybe he's not out to "punish someone" but rather to make sure that Verizon thinks twice before defending a thug who assaults someone in his own home? If their customers' safety isn't enough of a reason for them to act appropriately, perhaps this sort of thing should be much more costly for them.
Correlation is not causation. The article presents no real evidence that UFO sightings are caused by Sci-Fi popularity. Until they do we must all continue to believe that the cause of UFO sightings is aliens.
Well its a bad situation. The guy should have been fired for committing assault on the customer. More to the point though is this is a cry for money when verizon is not the person who snapped. He should be going after the tech guy for any damages.
Bullshit. Verizon not only didn't do a background check and hired this guy and sent him to the customer's home (when it turns out they didn't need to even send him in the first place); when the guy beats the crap out of the customer they don't apologize -- in fact they call him "blameless" -- and they don't even fire the guy, practically guaranteeing this will happen again.
That was my thought too -- I don't think I've ever worked in a job where you could beat the crap out of the customer and still keep your job, even if the DA dropped the charges. I would think even a loud verbal altercation that prompts the customer to complain would be enough to get a warning at least; but physical violence to the point of the poor bastard needing a doctor -- Verizon are idiots for keeping this guy on their payroll and even worse for defending him. I hope the customer wins the lawsuit.
this is probably just what that maniac wants. A showdown between a law-and-order sheriff and his former nemesis who now works for a liberal black president. Just the thing to catapult him to the national stage where he can gloat about how making prisoners wear pink underwear deters crime. If he had any charisma at all (fortunately he really doesn't), a Palin/Arpaio 2012 ticket may be just the shot in the arm US Republicans need....
It's wishful thinking. The East Valley Tribune won a pulitzer for an expose of Sheriff Joe's tactics that concluded, among other things, that his focus on illegal immigration has actually stolen the focus away from violent crimes.
It probably doesn't hurt that he's disenfranchised a significant portion of the population likely to have been directly wronged by his policies as well.
There's a great expose on Sheriff Joe in a recent New Yorker that argues quite the opposite; his obsession with his own self-aggrandizement has eclipsed attacks on real crime in favor of a sensational (and indulgently predatory) approach to law enforcement.
That's what I was thinking too. Crime might not go up, but suicide would go through the roof; it's already going up there but with easy access to guns I think we'd see it a lot more often.
Knife crimes are reported sensationally in England but it's false that knife crimes are increasing dramatically -- see here for example. Knife crime has remained relatively stable over the past decade, most recently actually dropping by 15.7%. Maybe you're confusing knives with umbrellas?
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No wait; I meant that other thing ... Annoying!!!
No one needs more than 640 digits
Fixed that for you.
Pointless mathematical dick-sizing. Problem is, this dick is so huge no vagina will ever make use of it.
Huge? What are you talking about? It's barely over 3 inches!
They make a machine to take every job. Before I know it they'll have a machine loafing at the corner bar, smoking cigarettes and downing Jim Beam and Coke like it was water.
I see you've met Bender.
Wait a minute - bin Laden's Jewish?
It's Microsoft. "Telling" more accurately connotes their arrogant attitude when dealing with such petty nuisances as the U.S. Court system.
Maybe he's not out to "punish someone" but rather to make sure that Verizon thinks twice before defending a thug who assaults someone in his own home? If their customers' safety isn't enough of a reason for them to act appropriately, perhaps this sort of thing should be much more costly for them.
Correlation is not causation. The article presents no real evidence that UFO sightings are caused by Sci-Fi popularity. Until they do we must all continue to believe that the cause of UFO sightings is aliens.
That's exactly what happened to this guy.
So you're saying the aliens are only here to steal our cars?
Well its a bad situation. The guy should have been fired for committing assault on the customer. More to the point though is this is a cry for money when verizon is not the person who snapped. He should be going after the tech guy for any damages.
Bullshit. Verizon not only didn't do a background check and hired this guy and sent him to the customer's home (when it turns out they didn't need to even send him in the first place); when the guy beats the crap out of the customer they don't apologize -- in fact they call him "blameless" -- and they don't even fire the guy, practically guaranteeing this will happen again.
That was my thought too -- I don't think I've ever worked in a job where you could beat the crap out of the customer and still keep your job, even if the DA dropped the charges. I would think even a loud verbal altercation that prompts the customer to complain would be enough to get a warning at least; but physical violence to the point of the poor bastard needing a doctor -- Verizon are idiots for keeping this guy on their payroll and even worse for defending him. I hope the customer wins the lawsuit.
You're saying this guy is a Black Panther too? And he supported Obama?? Where's the link in the post I was replying to anyway?
this is probably just what that maniac wants. A showdown between a law-and-order sheriff and his former nemesis who now works for a liberal black president. Just the thing to catapult him to the national stage where he can gloat about how making prisoners wear pink underwear deters crime. If he had any charisma at all (fortunately he really doesn't), a Palin/Arpaio 2012 ticket may be just the shot in the arm US Republicans need....
Uhh, 1968 called. They want their cheap political stereotypes back.
It's wishful thinking. The East Valley Tribune won a pulitzer for an expose of Sheriff Joe's tactics that concluded, among other things, that his focus on illegal immigration has actually stolen the focus away from violent crimes.
It probably doesn't hurt that he's disenfranchised a significant portion of the population likely to have been directly wronged by his policies as well.
There's a great expose on Sheriff Joe in a recent New Yorker that argues quite the opposite; his obsession with his own self-aggrandizement has eclipsed attacks on real crime in favor of a sensational (and indulgently predatory) approach to law enforcement.
They're just reporting what the studies say, but I guess that kind of explanation isn't nearly as interesting as a good conspiracy theory.
That's what I was thinking too. Crime might not go up, but suicide would go through the roof; it's already going up there but with easy access to guns I think we'd see it a lot more often.
Knife crimes are reported sensationally in England but it's false that knife crimes are increasing dramatically -- see here for example. Knife crime has remained relatively stable over the past decade, most recently actually dropping by 15.7%. Maybe you're confusing knives with umbrellas?
It's just that white Americans get really nervous when a black man goes around asking for change.
If it's not CHANGE, it at least is HOPE, right?
I demand to see Julius Caesar's birth certificate!
they're from california. It's a furlough day.