[wxw]

> He had been warned during his performance review that he should “drop one or two less f-bombs but don’t stop entirely.”

> It goes on to say that at the same retreat Baillie drank a Guinness standing on his head, after sharing that he had learned the trick from his former father in law during a conversation inspired by the trust session.

> “His colleague immediately asked for a demonstration, rather than withhold the openness that the session had encouraged, he performed the trick,” the papers say.

This reads like a sitcom.

[xyzsparetimexyz]

This guy rocks. Fired for being fun

[amelius]

Sounds like a case of:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_clown_paradox

> Sad clown paradox is characterised by a cyclothymic temperament, which encourages the creation of light-hearted humour in a professional setting, despite inner turmoil.

[streb-lo]

If we're going to do analysis on no information, I would guess you have a lot more "inner turmoil" than the subject.

[finnthehuman]

Bit rude to armchair psychoanalyze. Also wouldn’t change anything about whether the firing was justified.

[worldthruword]

If innerX and outerX are opposite, hey that is significant.

If innerX and outerX are same, I told you so, its obvious.

Psychoanalysis in a nutshell.

[xyzsparetimexyz]

So?