{"id":34291,"date":"2013-02-24T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T23:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34291"},"modified":"2013-02-25T05:12:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T09:12:36","slug":"this-weeks-nominee-for-dumbass-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34291","title":{"rendered":"This Weeks’ Nominee for “Dumbass of the Month”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That would be an individual calling himself “Dogg” – a snowplow operator in Boston<\/del> Lowell, MA.<\/p>\n

As you might remember, Massachusetts had a severe snowstorm recently.\u00a0 Recovery from severe snowstorms requires lots of things – one of which is plowing the roads.<\/p>\n

“Dogg” was a contract snowplow operator in the area.\u00a0 And he enjoyed his job, too.<\/p>\n

He especially enjoyed it when he got to bury cars in snow while plowing.\u00a0 That was apparently his favorite part of the job.<\/p>\n

He liked that so much that he made and narrated a video of his work, shot through the windshield of his snowplow truck, while plowing streets in Lowell during and after the recent blizzard.\u00a0 Then he posted his video to YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe that wasn’t the best idea.<\/p>\n

It seems a few people saw his video.\u00a0 Like some folks at a local TV station – which later broadcast “Dogg’s” video.\u00a0 It was then seen by the Lowell city manager, and by his employer – the company that had a contract to plow streets in Lowell.<\/p>\n

Oops.<\/p>\n

Did I say “employer”?\u00a0 I should have said “former employer” – because “Dogg” is now unemployed.\u00a0 The company fired him last Friday.<\/p>\n

But don’t feel too bad for “Dogg”.\u00a0 In Massachusetts, he may be eligible for unemployment compensation anyway.\u00a0 He can make a decent argument that he was fired for PR reasons and not truly for cause because he was just “doing his job as prescribed” and was being honest about what parts of it he enjoyed most.\u00a0 And Massachusetts also has the reputation of being relatively strict on what they consider a firing “for cause” that disqualifies one from receiving unemployment compensation.<\/p>\n

He’s also gotten inquiries from reality show producers in NYC and LA, telling him that they think he’d make a “really good reality show star”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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