Would You Accept?

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

. . . Any takers........

I'll take.
I would not pursue being considered for these games as a "fill-in" because:
1) I'd likely be blackballed from any regular position that might come along later (which, due to age, probably wouldn't happen anyway), and
2) It would more than likely turn out to be a prime example of "The Peter Principle" run amok (i.e., the time-honored premise that in any heirarchical system a person, if left to his/her own devices, soon rises to his/her own level of incompetence).

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

"The Peter Principle". The time-honored premise that in any hierarchical system any person, if left to his/her own devices, soon rises to his/her own level of incompetence.

Have you worked with me? You've certainly got me pegged. Wait? I thought that you said incontinent. Never mind.

[canuckrefguy]

I would probably decline, even though it'd be my one and only shot ever to officiate at that level. MTD had a good point about solidarity in unusual circumstances, especially if those officials are fighting for fairness.

As for unions - they have their negatives, for sure. But it wasn't the teachers union, or the autoworkers union, or the steelworkers union who collapsed your economy. They had little to do with creating the mortgage fraud, derivatives, and credit default swaps that decimated your financial industry. Many of them did, however, see their jobs cut, retirement savings destroyed, and housing values plummet, as a result.

BTW, I'm no lefty liberal, if that's what you're thinking. I saw good qualities in many of your Presidents, including the last three.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Freddy

It would more than likely turn out to be a prime example of "The Peter Principle" run amok (i.e., the time-honored premise that in any heirarchical system a person, if left to his/her own devices, soon rises to his/her own level of incompetence).

I resemble that remark.

MTD, Sr.

[Freddy]

In keeping with the hijacked theme of this thread, why does it seem that on this esteemed holiday, when all hale and hearty workers traditionally cease their customary labors to enjoy a non-laborious Labor Day, I'm the only one actually working?

Then again, the double-time plus is a perk.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

On this esteemed holiday, when all hale and hearty workers traditionally cease their customary labors to enjoy a non-laborious Labor Day, I'm the only one actually working?

What? Do you really expect people to stop flushing just because it's Labor Day? What do you expect us to do after drinking all that Labor Day picnic beer? Hold it in our bladder until tomorrow? Just so you can have the day off?

I really shouldn't rub it in, but I just returned from a leisurely kayak paddle on the Farmington River. The weather, and the water, was gorgeous.

[Welpe]

Ibtl. :d