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June 13th, 2017 | by Trae Dorn
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  1. Shadow
    Shadow
    June 13, 2017 at 1:00 am | # | Reply

    I’d like to mirror Lynn’s reaction. Who on earth risks compromising a whole business just to get back at one individual…? Especially when that individual is a newcomer who was asked to come help out… O.o

    • Viktor
      Viktor
      June 13, 2017 at 11:52 am | # | Reply

      He doesn’t see it as risking the con. The con isn’t fun for him anymore, therefore it’s already failing. Getting rid of Lynn will make it fun for him, so he’s actually saving the con. It’s perfectly reasonable as long as you’re selfish as hell.

  2. Langland
    Langland
    June 13, 2017 at 4:22 am | # | Reply

    Why the hell does he want to take her down a peg? She hasn’t done anything wrong.

  3. Abdiel
    Abdiel
    June 13, 2017 at 6:20 am | # | Reply

    Because she’s getting things actually done, despite all the procedural insanity. That threatens his comfortable little cage of circle-jerking around and not having to actually do much. Never, NEVER underestimate how much some people are threatened by demonstrated competence. It’s one of the biggest reasons I’ve seen for firings and like.

    He wants to go back to running around in circles gibbering until it’s too late to do anything, then pulling some plan out of his arse that is immediately dumped on whatever poor SOB is too dumb and too gutless to tell them to get bent and do their own work – at which point if it works wow he’s a genius – and if it doesn’t it was all the poor SOB who shall be referred to as proto-Scrappy’s fault! Shame, boo, etc.

    Or… I may be projecting from past experience a bit. But only a bit. No joke, a lot of committee stuff works that way. Sad, true.

    • Langland
      Langland
      June 13, 2017 at 8:07 am | # | Reply

      Fair enough, I guess that does sound reasonable although Lynn will not put up with his bullshit and she will put him in his place or at least knock him down two pegs.

      • John Trauger
        John Trauger
        June 13, 2017 at 12:06 pm | # | Reply

        That’s very fulfilling personally but irresponsible. The resulting personality war could destroy the con. It’s arguable this guy doesn’t care anymore but Lynn can’t make that claim.

        The best result from picking a fight with Garner is having Lynn ejected from the staff. Garner’s honesty says he feels very comfortable in his position, whatever it is he actually does. And that he could win a conflict between him and Lynn.

  4. EcchiKitty
    EcchiKitty
    June 13, 2017 at 8:19 pm | # | Reply

    I’ve heard honesty is the best policy, but in this specific case, it seems unwise.

  5. Xero
    Xero
    June 13, 2017 at 8:26 pm | # | Reply

    ….because she’s competent at her role with the con? cause she’s qualified to do it professionally?

  6. viga
    viga
    June 13, 2017 at 11:23 pm | # | Reply

    Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! But no really, we hear of the wrath she can do, and I wanna see it. Punch!

  7. WizeManBOB
    WizeManBOB
    November 15, 2017 at 10:09 pm | # | Reply

    There’s actually a really old story about this happening in Greece or Rome. Aristides, I think. He was ostracised at one point, which was a fancy form of being voted into exile.

    During the voting, an illiterate citizen asked Aristides to write the citizen’s choice on his shard for him. The man wanted to vote to have Aristides ostracised. Aristides, not telling the man who he was, asked the man why. The citizen said he was tired of hearing Aristides addressed as ‘the Just’, and thought Aristides should learn some humility. Aristides wrote his own name on the shard as requested and returned it to the citizen ready to be cast.

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