April 9, 2009

Wow. It's a Brit Who Lost His Job Due to Not Understanding the Meaning of the Phrase "In the Public Eye"

Thank you Ms. Twisty Faster (of I Blame the Patriarchy fame and I feel insignificant even linking to one of her posts). Please, those of you who feel you must, must, must read confidential (or even top secret) documents wherever you might be because your time is so important (or possibly because you're a narcissistic jerk), consider the fate of Britain's former top counter-terrorism officer Bob Quick.

Really: if some information isn't for public dissemination/distribution/disclosure/dismay/disgust, well, don't display it in public. Which includes on the street and in the subway. Thank you.

8 comments:

cookie monster said...

Mr Quick did display some stunning incompetence i must say!

Rodders said...

He actually walked before he was pushed.Taking 'early retirement', with large pension still intact!
So not as funny as it sounds! A bumbling old buffoon of a copper gets 'rewarded' for his failure. He's no doubt got a comfotable bank account, which combined with his pension means he is comfortably retired a year or two before he expected to put his feet up.

Rodders said...

Changing the subject totally....
I've just done a lengthy post with lots of photos of him!
Enjoy...he hasn't seen them yet! ;-)

Rodders said...

I meant snaps of Cookie, not the stupid copper!

Foilwoman said...

CookieDear: Absolutely. This is something I see often here in DC, but to have a Brit, who presumably knows the meaning of the word discretion, exemplify the lack thereof is kind of enjoyable. Really, if it's visible in public, you're not keeping a secret.

Bunny: Be nice to my Cookie. And it's never fun to lose one's job before one expects to retire, but this man (Quick) definitely earned his early retirement.

Rodders said...

Be nice to him? I'm nice to him when he's nice to me! ;-)

And YOU should nag him to be nice to his sister! ;-)

Foil said...

What did he do to his sister?

Rodders said...

read the comments sectin after my post of the wedding on my blog!