During annual training some time ago we always had a two hour spot with the warden. He spent about 30-45 minutes speaking, mostly giving updates, and spent the rest of the time answering questions. Thankfully he’s retired. Well someone asked him a question and he gave a completely absurd lie for an answer I busted out in laughter. He was angry. He asked, “What’s so funny Mr. *my last name*?” I replied, “How dishonest and absurd your response to the last question was.”
I had to speak with him in the hallway during break. He told me he admired my bravery, but sternly told me not to question his honesty and integrity in front of others. I told him, “I don’t care who anyone is, when they are lying and/or full of s***, I call them out.”
I was under a microscope for awhile. Thankfully I do my job well so they never had anything on me. I’m honest to a fault regardless of who it is.
It was a question about why he didn’t lockdown the facility after two assaults on staff in the same day. He lied his butt off. He was an inmate lover and too soft on them.
I would think an open-casket funeral might be a touch tacky.
At a wedding when they say, "speak now or forever hold your piece." guffaws of laughter would probably make the bride and/or the groom a bit uncomfortable.
This post was edited by Merlin at September 2, 2018 2:09 AM MDT
Always a pleasure to see and read you Rizz. :) :) I am still amazed at your line of work. I'm glad you share your ups and downs and some of the things many of us don't know about how it feels to be on "your" side of the equation. It's cool. :) :)
This post was edited by Merlin at September 2, 2018 2:10 AM MDT
Big Smiles! Happy! Happy! I rarely do it now but please allow me to share a quick, silly story with you. A few years ago when I was on Ask.com, the original smiley face was being born. Many of my friends there were doing it. When I first saw it, I was baffled. Not being very good on the computer to begin with and thinking I knew a little about punctuation, I couldn't understand why people were using a colon and a curved bracket at the end of their sentences. In fact, I couldn't even figure out how to make them. Talk about being brain dead for about a month!! Using my very attuned, attentive skills, (winks and smiles) I noticed they were doing it after they wrote something positive. Still not being able to figure out how to make them, I started to write, "Happy! Happy!" I have sense, obviously, figured this small feat out but that is why every now and again when I am really "Happy! Happy!" I write it out. Now, you should be able to go to bed. A very boring story but I thought I would share and give you a heads-up if you see it again. ! The End. ;) ;)
I went with a few friends to see "The Death of A Salesman," when I was very young. They told me it was a comedy. I laughed at times just to humor them. Very inappropriate.
Rizz 