DCist: The Joke That Got the Metro Mechanic Fired

CrookedRiverWoman

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:54:20 -0500

@ Jamie Actually, the blue collar workers I grew up with have way more common sense the the average know-it-all white collar worker in DC. And they're smart enough to know the difference between being educated and being intelligent. Besides, being a certified mechanic for a bus and train company is a damn good job with a union contract, good wages and benefits. Not sure how that qualifies as crappy.

feedthebirds

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:14:10 -0500

haha fired for a dumb ass joke

sfperson2000

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:16:21 -0500

He should not be fired. He should not have to go to diversity training. What sort of diversity training would that be? His boss should have the right to be stern and crap on him. He should feel badly. That's it.

thelogikalone

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:53:46 -0500

bah, people are pussies these days. let him keep the job. just tell him to play nice.

loganmo

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:34:42 -0500

OK..I thought it was funny, but I'm a ghey and just the thought of chowing down on lady parts is funny to me. It's too bad this did not happen a month ago. McCain could have toted "Gene the Perv Mechanic Without a Self-Sensoring Mechanism" out on the campaign trail.

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:41:38 -0500

Metro mechanic Gene Garritt is now available for kiddie parties and other social events. Get him while he's HOT!

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:26:23 -0500

Hillrat It don't matter. Nope. It don't matter at'tall. A creeps, a creep, and sometimes a banana is just a banana.

SystemError

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:13:48 -0500

I'm male. Equal parts corny and creepy. Corny as in, forward you this joke of the day kind of corny.

hillrat

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:07:21 -0500

@deep Does it matter if SystemError is male or female?

IMGoph

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:44:49 -0500

i vote for creepy as shit.

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:40:41 -0500

SystemError: You've either got a kewl boss or a creepy boss? Which is it?

SystemError

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:31:45 -0500

Today at my work, my boss asked me if my inability to eat dairy kept me away from Chinese restaurants because I can't have "the Cream of Some Young Guy." Which wasn't funny when I was 12 and saw "Wayne's World" either. Good thing I don't work at Metro.

run_for_the_hills

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:26:21 -0500

the Aristocrats!!

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:15:33 -0500

The other sad part is that some of the audience didn't get the punchline and had to ask their neighbors about it. It was their first venture beyond the missionary position.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:02:55 -0500

Q: How did the engineer get out of sensitivity training? A: JUNKPUNCH

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:53:13 -0500

We should all call him up and show him some support. I'm sure he needs it. I mean come on folks. He's going to have to repeat that damn joke over and over during his appeal. It will just getting funnier and funnier. Jay Leno will be quoting him. He'll get his own Comedy Central stand-up gig. Jimmy Kimmel will call. So lets all call him and show some support. Go team...yay! 202-555-SHOT

AMDCer

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:49:48 -0500

We've got sexual harrassment training this afternoon at work. Think I should open with the mechanic's joke?

tmoney

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:27:37 -0500

Going with the suspend without pay, sensitivity training, whatever - some sort of punishment to make sure he knows that it was wrong and wont do it again, but no need to fire him.

hillrat

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:20:27 -0500

@ run for the hills Did you get that one from the Henny Youngman joke tape? [rim shot]

Over the River

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:12:28 -0500

Q: How is working for Metro like oral sex? A: A slip of the tongue and you're in deep shit.

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:49:36 -0500

Carlos Mencia is taking notes.

ChickenArise

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:45:07 -0500

He should be fired for not following that with a dead baby joke to redeem himself.

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:34:02 -0500

http://www.instantrimshot.com/

kippers

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:33:24 -0500

that's what she said . . .

Ian

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:32:24 -0500

Maybe it does...

Sunny Florida Avenue

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:26:47 -0500

How is it that every commenter is so stuck up their own a$$ that they can't enjoy the humor in a good rim job joke? Also, how is there such a disconnect between blue and white collar workers? Makes me wish my desk had a tool box.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:09 -0500

"You've got to flip her over" is the new "JUNKPUNCH."

stmove

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:10:13 -0500

I think that explains a few things, like how one escalator at my station never works because there is an "ultimate dirty joke book" purchased in 1962 wedged down in the gears. A person so stupid enough to think that joke would fly in front of an audience of people over 15 should not be fixing anything as big as a train. Q: How many metro mechanics does it take to fix an escalator? A: Dirty rim job.

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:07:38 -0500

I wonder how the audience reacted? Did they laugh? Was there a pie thrown? Was there any Benny Hill music? Did he do an encore? Will he be performing at another club?

Wallenda

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:02:19 -0500

Put him on weekend barf clean-up duty on the new Adams Morgan circulator.

welles

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:56:07 -0500

As a mechanic, this is one of the men who appear unable to keep that new-fangled invention that carries human beings up an incline, also known as an escalator, working. Nowhere on this planet does a group of engineers have so much trouble with this particular engineering feat. Good riddance.

Fenster1977

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:37:21 -0500

Gong.

IMGoph

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:08:05 -0500

oy vey.

The Mayor of Chocolate City

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:08:05 -0500

*tap, tap, tap...* is this thing on??

run_for_the_hills

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:04:07 -0500

That's not even a good joke, it seems like the punchline to a much longer, better joke I heard years ago about a man who drives down the road, buying increasingly more expensive apples with strange qualities: The first batch tasted like peanut butter, you turn the apple over and the other side tasted like jelly. Peanut butter and jelly apples. The second batch tasted like ham, you turn them over, they taste like cheese. Ham and cheese apples. The third batch were supposed to taste like pu$$y, but when the guy bit into it he said it tasted like $hit. So, the apple salesman says "turn it over." ta-da!!

Jeffrey

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:01:31 -0500

Too soon!

monkeyrotica

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:59:37 -0500

People are so sensitive. It's getting to the point where a guy can't yell "Eat f**k pie!" in a church anymore. Maybe!

Wizzyliz

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:59:23 -0500

Well ...... it's not like he insulted a Supreme Court Justice, then passed out on the ballroom floor and proceeded to snore through the Vice President's speech!

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:55:48 -0500

Q: Why did the Chicken cross the Metro rail? A: To have orail sex.

common_tater

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:55:23 -0500

Guessing that someone who would tell a joke like that, as the emcee of a work-related event, may have a record with lots of inappropriate work behaviors. An extreme personality who tests the boundaries a lot. Good riddance, flake with bad taste in jokes.

demonfafa

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:55:18 -0500

Have the Rolling Stones killed.

Kev29

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:55:06 -0500

Hillman: especially in today's suck-ass economy. Please tell me that choice of wording was on purpose

Kev29

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:53:40 -0500

I'd like to rewind back to his speech preparation. Was he driving over to the event thinking, "Hmmm, should I lead with the corny one about Metro riders jamming the doors or my classic rim job joke...? Yeah, I'm going to go with the ass licking."

jamie

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:51:34 -0500

Is common sense really a requirement for a blue collar job? What next, they can't say "hoss" or chew tobacco?

greeper

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:51:27 -0500

I was a labor lawyer for over ten years. I've tried over 200 arbitrations for termination for just cause. I assume this guy is represented and his union contract has a just cause provision. I 100% guarantee that he will be reinstated, with back pay (meaning he gets paid for the 6 months he will be sitting at home). That guarantee assumes that he was not on a Last & Final Warning for a long string of other bad behavior. Standing alone, this joke constitutes about .00000000000001% of what you need for just cause. And no, I'm not a union hack, I represent management.

JoanArkham

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:51:26 -0500

I guess it depends on exactly what he was doing for Metro. I'm not sure I want someone that stupid repairing bus brake systems... I mean, I'm no prude but unless you're at a bachelor party (and it is 1955) I'm not sure where that joke would be appropriate.

Deep

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:51:18 -0500

Damn nasty joke...but to be fired because of it is overkill. Send him to diversity or sensitivity training and tell him to stop watching bad comedians.

muckraker

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:49:01 -0500

Yes, it's warranted. It's not like he said it at a bar with some friends -- he was emceeing the department awards ceremony. How much you want to bet this was not his first offense either?

Hillman

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:47:27 -0500

Bad taste but not worth ruining a man's career over, especially in today's suck-ass economy. Sucks for his family, assuming he has one. Rehire him, make him attend some heinous sensitivity training,and be done with it.

RJ

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:46:47 -0500

Its not the joke, but the fact that this guy has zero common sense. The idiot should be fired.

guest121

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:45:06 -0500

Sensitivity training? Really? It SUCKS that metro fired him over that. Seriously. Society is getting so painfully touchy about stupid stuff. With everything out there that we should be worrying about and focusing on, this just sucks. Hey metro, how about you worry about improving service, etc. The mechanic was probably one of the few good ones too!

jamie

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:43:53 -0500

Now mechanics are being fired for telling dirty jokes? And I suppose now construction workers can't cat-call at girls walking by? What the hell is this world coming to. The only reason people are willing to work those crappy jobs is because of the perks, namely, being able to talk dirty on the job.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:43:15 -0500

Just when you think there's no longer a use for the sewage trebuchet, this happens.

Kev29

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:43:14 -0500

Possible the biggest 'David Brent moment' of all time

Moose

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:42:33 -0500

@cranky I went home this weekend, so I have several bags of frozen tomatoes to donate for the pelting (thanks, Mom!).

OldPosterKnownAsCranky

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:40:58 -0500

Should have sent him to sensitivity training, in lieu of firing. Or at least let the crowd pelt him with tomatoes before a big hook appeared and pulled him off stage.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:38:21 -0500

Boooooo! Get off the stage!