Day four of Mallard's outrage that an employee can be terminated for not doing what his supervisors ordered.
Today Mallard claims that the reason Bob Zelnick was actually terminated was because he was a minority, a conservative journalist. Then the -duck says "Oh... excuse me. I was just listening for a rousing chorus of support from civil libertarians."
Mallard, Mallard, Mallard. How could you? You spend dozens of cartoons ridiculing people who believe something different than you, then you expect them to come to your aid when it suits you?
Let's face facts. ABC is a business. It is operated to make money (what a great idea!) And the stock-holders expect management to keep doing just that. My father used to say "Know which side your bread is buttered on." And I would guess that Mr. Zelnick either forgot that cliché or else had a sweeter deal in the works. It's pretty good publicity for an anti-Gore book if you can get enough "ducks" believing you were somehow persecuted, when in fact you just couldn't follow directions.
Imagine the same scenario at the local auto repair shop:
| Interviewer: | So Mr. X., it says here on your application that you were fired from your last job because you couldn't follow directions. |
| Applicant: | Gee, it sounds so much more glamorous when you say "zelnicked." |
| Interviewer: | Yeah, well whatever. Sorry |
| Applicant: | You're repressing me! It's discrimination against incompetent people! |
What a turn of events. Only a few days ago Mallard was touting the advantages of "Hooked on Histrionics" where you didn't have to learn, you could just make stuff up. Now, I guess, he has graduated and is using the system.
"I don't want to do my job, I just want you to pay me!"
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