Bank of America fires man for mooning

[Bubba1]

According to CNBC.com, in 2005, a gentleman named Jason Selch, concluded a meeting with his bosses (while working at a subsidiary of BofA) by mooning them. the reason was to express his extereme dissatisfaction with the firing of a friend who refused to accept a reduced salary.

At the time, it appears his bosses were willing to turn the other cheek and issued a warning. but when the subsidiary's CEO caught wind of his butt's exposure, he was fired.What made it seem below the belt was that The firing meant that Selch lost a multi-million contingent bonus package that would have vested had he stayed on just a couple more months.

Mr. Selch sued BofA as he felt after being given a warning, he should not have been escorted out the back door (fired)...unless he did one more bad deed. He contended that his buttocks remained on good behavior after that incident but there was a big financial motivation by BofA to keep his bonus package.

The original trial court sided with BoA. And this past Wednesday, a 3 judge appeals panel supported the trial judge's decision describing the mooning as “insubordinate, disruptive, unruly and abusive.”


Do you think the punishment fit the crime?

[audtatious]

He should have been immediately fired. Now, if he had been issued an official warning in writing and was still fired later then I would side with him.....

Kinda depends on the employee handbook and whether BofA followed the guidelines. If the judges all side against the employee then I would assume they did.

[Jesda]

Giving him a warning was being too generous, but BoA deserves a face full of chocolate starfishes.

[sx moneypit]

Giving him a warning was being too generous, but BoA deserves a face full of chocolate starfishes.

[Dattebayo]

It's hard to care about what some overpaid douchebag executive did to get himself fired. Maybe he should have mooned the judge too after the ruling against him...

While I do feel that way, I have never understood how a company can fire someone after they won't take a salary reduction. BoA can suck a big one.

[audtatious]

Why do you immediately think he is overpaid? I don't dislike someone simply based upon their salary. If they are successful then good for them. I don't understand the whole class warfare thing.

[Bubba1]

It's hard to care about what some overpaid douchebag executive did to get himself fired. Maybe he should have mooned the judge too after the ruling against him...

While I do feel that way, I have never understood how a company can fire someone after they won't take a salary reduction. BoA can suck a big one.

Companies do it all the time, except they call it different things like "downsizing".

[Irvxing]

Too bad the head honchos cant fire people at will.
People threatening to sue
Hear it all the time at work.

[nissangirl74]

He absolutely should have been fired. If you're in a position to receive a multi-million dollar ANYTHING, you should have the brains to not do something so stupid.

[float_6969]

I can't think of any job where you can moon your boss when you're pissed and not get fired. I don't understand why making a lot of money would change that.

The guy was obviously a douchy b**** if he resorted to mooning when he got upset. Is it a surprise that he resorted to a douchy move of suing after he got fired?

[Bubba1]

I can't think of any job where you can moon your boss when you're pissed and not get fired. I don't understand why making a lot of money would change that.

The guy was obviously a douchy b**** if he resorted to mooning when he got upset. Is it a surprise that he resorted to a douchy move of suing after he got fired?

I agree. Although it's not as if he brandished a deadly weapon (well, it might have been if he ate at Taco Bell earlier), it was an incredibly childish, unprofessional, and stupid act. That said, what I found interesting was that he was issued a formal warning by his boss, who was on the "azz-end" of the attack and not fired. So it appears he was not THAT offended by the crack.

We don't have access to his employment contract, but normally when one gets a formal warning for doing something bad, they are given an opportunity to continue on until they break another rule. In this case, I believe the mooner behaved himself post moonage. "Butt" once his boss' boss "caught whiff", he was not satisfied with the bun-ish...er punishment and took it a big step farther by firing his a$$.

I'm also enjoying the puns.

[Dattebayo]

Why do you immediately think he is overpaid?

Easy:

multi-million contingent bonus package

That, and he obviously has the work ethic to support his decision to moon his superiors.