A Des Moines man was fired for taking a “Seinfeld” joke too far, proving that it’s 2009 and you shouldn’t be telling Seinfeld jokes. John Preston lost his job at the Brain Injury Association because he took the “You are so good looking”-in-place-of-”God bless you”-after-sneezing bit a little too seriously.
During [a company retreat], one of the female workers told her colleagues that whenever she or her husband sneezed, the other would respond by saying, “You are so good looking.” For the rest of the retreat, Preston and other workers adopted the routine. [...]
A week after the retreat, Preston allegedly sent the female worker who initiated the joke a series of e-mails in which he reiterated that she was good looking.
The woman complained to her superiors, and Preston was cautioned about such comments. A few weeks later, Preston allegedly stopped the woman in a hallway at work and massaged her shoulders while speaking to her. That generated another complaint, and early this year Preston confronted the woman at a work-related event. Preston was then fired for sexual harassment.
Ugh, I can’t stand these prissy women who don’t know how to take a compliment. I should be able to look at a female co-worker and tell her that she looks nice, or that I like her shoes, or that I want to rub her tits. I’m just giving you a compliment, you know? But noooooo, you had to go tattle to H.R. because you don’t like a friendly tongue in the ear. Prude. Hey baby, nobody ever got promoted by not sucking people off. Oh, so I’m fired now? For being honest? Yeah, well take this job and shove it, I’ve got a blog.
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I guess if you want to get technical, this imbecile got fired for being a fucktard and not for the stupid quote.
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It’s too bad you can’t fire people for saying “Not that there’s anything wrong with that” or alluding to “shrinkage.” They wouldn’t even necessarily have to make these remarks in the workplace. It would just be nifty if you could penalize people for making hackneyed 1990s television references.
Ay carumba! Could I BE any more fired?
Oh my god *dismissive wank* that’s so terrible…..who’s the girl in the picture?
Yeah, he should have just fucked her at the picnic and got fired then.
lmao yo matt i swear. you’re the best/funniest writer. love these articles man, always crack me up lol
hey matt….soem women don’t want your slimy advances. we aren’t prudes, you are just disgusting.
The initiation of the harassment sounds annoying. Some stupid couple uses a bad Seinfeld joke in their daily lives? That’s bad enough but then a moronic imbecile from work uses it to excuse his lechery? Ew.
Nice balcony at the Beresford:)
have some respect pal.
Women want equal rights to work with men, but they don’t want to accept what comes with that. The United States is just about the only nation in the world that goes along with this ridiculous farce. Just about anywhere else, if a woman worker is complimented, or even patted on the butt, she takes it as a compliment the way it was intended. Just another example of the deep core of puritanism in America. What a bunch of pathetic pansy guys who go along with this BS.
Master Shake- you need to rethink your perspective ass wipe !
I’m a dude. I’m in no way a prude, but you can’t and shouldn’t have the right to just go touch anyone’s ass as a compliment…what are you , but another example of the deep core of doucheyness in America ? grow a brain lamo !!!!
Anybody who quotes Seinfeld at all should not only be fire, but drawn and quartered and disembowled. What next, the Seinfeld mullet and going postal in a racist rant onstage somewhere? Draw the line people and stop using Seinfeld references in your daily lives. That only proves you’re mentally inferior.
Haha, sarcasm I guess doesn’t come off as well on the internet.
America!!! The land of the misquote. America!!! The land of the dumb down. America!!! The land of believe everything you hear. America!!! The land of the unread (and the unwashed) but the religious one. America!!! The land of ‘I didn’t do anything wrong, so even if you prove it, I didnt. America!!! The land of the racists, those who don’t use contraceptives, and the say how pure they are. America!!! The land of the lost…
Seinfeld rules – Just because you throw in a couple of lines from the show every now and then doesn’t mean you’re inferior. I guess “Bea Arthur” is above the rest of us? God forbid we should laugh and joke around and not be so damned serious all the time!
To quote Ray Romano that guy should wake up and smell the decade.
I can’t believe the hypocrisy of most people…The same people elect a man to the highest office in the land without even checking his background..much less birth certificate…and then fire someone for telling a woman she’s good looking when she said it “first”….what a day…whew
This was not a Seinfeld joke to this weirdo. I’d want him far away from me too. He’s a jerk and not funny at all.
This place blows. People really take shit to seriously. Boring. I can’t even hit on a girl without worrying about sexual harrassment lawsuits. That’s just fucked. It’s in our instincts to be attracted to others.
‘Affirmative action’ is another fucked up dumbass idea. If there are less people, less people are going to fill less jobs.
Look, if you’re a woman, and you look good, stop looking at me like a douche because I am a man, chances are I haven’t even thought of you because of your looks, or if ive noticed how attractive you are, its normal.
I wish you could feel like shit for looking at an attractive guy like me for once. Then you might get how some of us feel.
hey bea arthur…these pretzels are making me thirsty…
i don’t know anyone who DOESNT quote seinfeld…and i’m sooooo glad i don’t know you…you’re a douche…and probably NOT sponge worthy!!!!!!!!
Hey master shake – so nice of you to come out of your cave long enough to share your neandertal perspective with the world. Would love to see your reaction if some dude palmed your crotch and said “nice package”. Guess you’d just smile and say thank you for the compliment. Or, in your case, maybe you would return the compliment. With such a wholesome attitude toward women, my guess is you spend less time being Master Shake than you do being Master Bates.
I’d told the bi*ch to shut her face when she told everyone to say “you’re so good looking” instead of “god Bless You” when everyone sneezed. dumb as cun*!!!!!
This is funny because it all started because of Seinfeld joke. But you need to realize that, he got fired because he would not leave this woman alone even though he was warned TWICE. I honestly see nothing wrong with complimenting a co-worker if they look nice, BUT if it is obvious that they took offense to it (male or female) you stop.
He was harassing her plain and simple. Call her prude but if a male co-worker sent you e-mails, then tried to massage you shoulders, then confront you again.. you wouldn’t be complaining if he got fired for sexual harassment, you would be happy he did.
Yeah mr good lookin, suck a lemon! He was fired for Harrassing the lady who I must add is married. I have work at a place where men talk to women (married) women with total disrespect and they should be fired. I cant see how they take it, unless they like it. I was taught when I was coming up to respect all women and have always gotten comments from women how I am so respectful of them. Its nothing new to respect a human being Male or Female.
Plus, what man or woman want someone else touching their partner? No means NO! a frown means NO, a pull away means NO!! What part of no don’t some men get?
I was just now googling around about this when I came upon your post. I’m simply visiting to say that I really liked seeing this post
Mmmkay. The line sucked me in, and it is sooo misleading. He didn’t get fired for using the Seinfeld line. He didn’t. He got fired for slipping over into stalker mode. I get a SERIES of emails telling me how hot I look, I’m gonna get irritated – but to have the same creep stop me in the hall and massage my shoulders? IG! GET AWAY FROM ME! That’s a creepy invasion of personal space – real life isn’t Boston Legal folks, you can’t go around grabbing a$$ and hounding people via email about their looks. Its just wrong.
That is what happens in the greedy and $$$ hungry baby-boomer nation, workacoholics who cannot control themselves with assinine comments. they will simply terry nickell dime the situation to their advantage.
seriously, i dont care what any of you think. the real question is…. who is that chick in the banner??
wow, give some respect to women. seriously. grow some balls and be a gentleman. maybe you’d actually have someone else’s hand wacking you off besides your own for once in your life.
“Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?”
MasterShake:
“Just about anywhere else, if a woman worker is complimented, or even patted on the butt, she takes it as a compliment the way it was intended. . . What a bunch of pathetic pansy guys who go along with this BS.”
… Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to sorting these letters.
Look, I’m sure we can all agree that this is an important issue, but stgeorge and Oscar are right. Who is that girl?
dear fyou. i just want to beat off to her, not disrespect her. and if i WANTED someone else’s hand touching me, id sit next to ur mom at the movies.