My Boss...the SC....

[donruss]

A couple years ago there was story on our local news about on one idiot bought a small tale top grill. He lost or never recieved one of the legs for said grill. To stabilize the grill he put a full "camping size/plumber's torch" propane tank under one side a lit the grill. The mini propane tank exploded and took the other tank with it causing a small fire to erupt on the attach to the house wooden porch.

WHAT!?! Just I think that made a few of MY brain cells want to defect.

[Andara Bledin]

I'd eat the burger. So what if it's undercooked, I like undercooked.

Well, undercooked meat can be bad for you. There's a guy that used to work here who now has to worry about random seizures for the rest of his life due to some undercooked carnitas and a tapeworm that decided to die while in/against his brain.

As for leaving it on the grill longer, if the heat is too low, then it won't cook through no matter how long you cook it.

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[depechemodefan]

I hope he wasn't in the Boy Scouts. At least it wasn't on top of his car; well, if it was, I'm pretty sure the dealership would tell him to get lost.

A couple years ago there was story on our local news about on one idiot bought a small tale top grill. He lost or never recieved one of the legs for said grill. To stabilize the grill he put a full "camping size/plumber's torch" propane tank under one side a lit the grill. The mini propane tank exploded and took the other tank with it causing a small fire to erupt on the attach to the house wooden porch.

Was he from Texas? (note I'm from Texas; I'm always reading in the paper about these boneheads). There are no words for this...

[Cthulhu]

What kind of relationship do you have with your boss? Could you call him on his suck? I'm sure the grill packaging had some comment or warning about leaving unattended. And I'm sure he's also the one to disregard the warning label on an iron saying "Do not iron while wearing garments".

Actually, we have a pretty good relationship, I have worked here almost 9 years, and am his only employee (Small company).

I didn't call him on his suck though...I was kind of too stunned.

Seriously.

[Cthulhu]

Personally, I think the best part of this story is the fact that the table was still sitting there a year later, for him to notice and remember that he burned it.

Yeah, it was only part of the table that burned, he was actually considering trying to repair it.

[Becks]

Yet another person gets rewarded for their own stupidity.

How do I cash in on this?

[Andara Bledin]

Yet another person gets rewarded for their own stupidity.

How do I cash in on this?

You have to act like a brain-damaged tantrum-thrower and it won't work if you run into a manager who comes equipped with a spine.

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[Evil Queen]

Your boss wins the WTF-a-thon Gold Award.

If the bloody burger was undercooked he should've left it on the stupid grill longer. Geeze.

He would have gotten the same thing if he microwaved the meat for 45 seconds.

[Becks]

You have to act like a brain-damaged tantrum-thrower

Hmmmmmmmm, if I can get the right combination of PMS and sleep deprivation to work on that, that just might work.

[Ironclad Alibi]

In this case, I think he deserves the $150.00. He was told the main office would contact him, and they didn't. After two reminders, they still didn't contact him. A year later, they get to pay for their lack of diligence.

I suspect it was a charcoal grill, not a gas grill. A gas grill would not be expected to "burn itself out."

[Andara Bledin]

I suspect it was a charcoal grill, not a gas grill. A gas grill would not be expected to "burn itself out."

My first thought was that it was a charcoal grill, too, but I don't know of any way that a charcoal grill could be designed that you couldn't get a good enough flame to cook a burger patty.

And he's already demonstrated that he's stupid enough to set up a grill on a wooden table. Thinking that a gas grill would "burn itself out" is just a baby-step away.

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[Ironclad Alibi]

My first thought was that it was a charcoal grill, too, but I don't know of any way that a charcoal grill could be designed that you couldn't get a good enough flame to cook a burger patty.

And he's already demonstrated that he's stupid enough to set up a grill on a wooden table. Thinking that a gas grill would "burn itself out" is just a baby-step away.

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Well, if you don't put enough charcoal in it, it won't be hot enough to cook the meat. Also if you don't leave it on long enough, it will be underdone. With a charcoal grill, the embers could fall through the holes in the bottom and start a fire. With a gas grill, wouldn't the whole grill and legs have to get hot enough to catch the wood on fire?

However, I cannot argue with your second statement.