Life When you quit your job do not quote Office Space!!!

KCChiefsMan · 08-19-2009, 09:51 PM

So my roommates cousin, who lives next to us, got arrested yesterday because at work he got pissed off and said "I hate this place, I wish I could burn this mother down" so he spent the last couple of nights in jail and they let him out today. He's a tatoo artist and comes off kind of creepy I guess, but overall he is a pretty nice guy and is an intelligent person. Certainly not threatening in any way. But I guess he just quoted the movie Office Space when he got in a fight with his boss or something and said "I'd like to burn this place down." Well, I guess he is looking at prison time and they are pressing charges against him.

A guy like him doesn't need to be in prison, he needs to get a good lawyer. But I guess they passed some law about this several years ago because of "terrorism" and he made a "terrorist threat." I think this whole situation is BS, it was stupid of him to say that, but he has no criminal record in the past 20 years and was pissed off and said something he shouldn't have said. There is absolutely no chance that he would have followed through and actually do it.

So I guess the moral is when you quit your job don't say "I'm gonna set this place on fire"

And no, this isn't about me. It's about my neighbor who is a pretty good guy and never bothers anybody. I'd hate to see a decent person go to prison for 2 years for this BS.

08-19-2009, 09:51 PM	Topic Starter
KCChiefsMan AIC Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Roxbury, MA Casino cash: $10004900	When you quit your job do not quote Office Space!!! So my roommates cousin, who lives next to us, got arrested yesterday because at work he got pissed off and said "I hate this place, I wish I could burn this mother down" so he spent the last couple of nights in jail and they let him out today. He's a tatoo artist and comes off kind of creepy I guess, but overall he is a pretty nice guy and is an intelligent person. Certainly not threatening in any way. But I guess he just quoted the movie Office Space when he got in a fight with his boss or something and said "I'd like to burn this place down." Well, I guess he is looking at prison time and they are pressing charges against him. A guy like him doesn't need to be in prison, he needs to get a good lawyer. But I guess they passed some law about this several years ago because of "terrorism" and he made a "terrorist threat." I think this whole situation is BS, it was stupid of him to say that, but he has no criminal record in the past 20 years and was pissed off and said something he shouldn't have said. There is absolutely no chance that he would have followed through and actually do it. So I guess the moral is when you quit your job don't say "I'm gonna set this place on fire" And no, this isn't about me. It's about my neighbor who is a pretty good guy and never bothers anybody. I'd hate to see a decent person go to prison for 2 years for this BS.
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