Jeffrey Fowle just lost his job for being in a North Korean prison instead of at work.
“We had hoped this action would not be necessary,” states a letter dated Sept. 16 from Moraine City Manager David Hicks, “but in light of your continued incarceration in North Korea resulting from your (a) unilateral decision to travel to North Korea against the advice of your family and acquaintances; and (b) running afoul of North Korean restrictions on ‘anti-government’ activities, and as stated, the exhaustion of your accrued vacation time, we have to act in the best interests of the city of Moraine and its residents.” [WHIO News]
Current TV was a much more indulgent employer. Never say that Al Gore isn’t a nice guy.
He never should have gone to NK. Why should this city continue to pay him?
Matthew Todd Miller side-stepped this problem entirely by firing himself in advance.
“the exhaustion your accrued vacation time”
That made me chuckle.
I wonder how many vacation days he’ll get at his new job.
This reads like an Onion piece. I wish it was, and that Mr. Fowle wasn’t languishing in some labor camp.