Mike the Engineer covers himself in glory. Again.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You invited him to the birthday party, right?

Absolutely not.  We have FUN freaks for that.

[Internet Jesus]

Gross. I can understand tenure in terms of protecting people from office politics, but there's a point where sheer incompetence just needs to be fired.

Well, it's not actually tenure.  It's that we're the forgotten station.  Nobody remembers we're here.  That's why Mike was exiled here from the parent facility.  It's like I work in Siberia.  Or an oubliette.

So then his current assignment is punishment for being a goddamned Jackass to begin with?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Gross. I can understand tenure in terms of protecting people from office politics, but there's a point where sheer incompetence just needs to be fired.

Well, it's not actually tenure.  It's that we're the forgotten station.  Nobody remembers we're here.  That's why Mike was exiled here from the parent facility.  It's like I work in Siberia.  Or an oubliette.

So then his current assignment is punishment for being a goddamned Jackass to begin with?

Yep. 

I, on the other hand, was hired on here.

I can't decide which is worse.

[Internet Jesus]

Gross. I can understand tenure in terms of protecting people from office politics, but there's a point where sheer incompetence just needs to be fired.

Well, it's not actually tenure.  It's that we're the forgotten station.  Nobody remembers we're here.  That's why Mike was exiled here from the parent facility.  It's like I work in Siberia.  Or an oubliette.

So then his current assignment is punishment for being a goddamned Jackass to begin with?

Yep. 

I, on the other hand, was hired on here.

I can't decide which is worse.

Then you must fuck with him at every opportunity.  It's a moral imperative.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Gross. I can understand tenure in terms of protecting people from office politics, but there's a point where sheer incompetence just needs to be fired.

Well, it's not actually tenure.  It's that we're the forgotten station.  Nobody remembers we're here.  That's why Mike was exiled here from the parent facility.  It's like I work in Siberia.  Or an oubliette.

So then his current assignment is punishment for being a goddamned Jackass to begin with?

Yep. 

I, on the other hand, was hired on here.

I can't decide which is worse.

Then you must fuck with him at every opportunity.  It's a moral imperative.

I'm on the phone with him right now.   

[Internet Jesus]

Gross. I can understand tenure in terms of protecting people from office politics, but there's a point where sheer incompetence just needs to be fired.

Well, it's not actually tenure.  It's that we're the forgotten station.  Nobody remembers we're here.  That's why Mike was exiled here from the parent facility.  It's like I work in Siberia.  Or an oubliette.

So then his current assignment is punishment for being a goddamned Jackass to begin with?

Yep. 

I, on the other hand, was hired on here.

I can't decide which is worse.

Then you must fuck with him at every opportunity.  It's a moral imperative.

I'm on the phone with him right now.   

Draw an unreasonable line on how much you're willing to help clean up his latest fuckup and insist that you're meeting him halfway.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Gross. I can understand tenure in terms of protecting people from office politics, but there's a point where sheer incompetence just needs to be fired.

Well, it's not actually tenure.  It's that we're the forgotten station.  Nobody remembers we're here.  That's why Mike was exiled here from the parent facility.  It's like I work in Siberia.  Or an oubliette.

So then his current assignment is punishment for being a goddamned Jackass to begin with?

Yep. 

I, on the other hand, was hired on here.

I can't decide which is worse.

Then you must fuck with him at every opportunity.  It's a moral imperative.

I'm on the phone with him right now.   

Draw an unreasonable line on how much you're willing to help clean up his latest fuckup and insist that you're meeting him halfway.

I told him that his piping scheme is fucked, his instrumentation idea was retarded, but that I still respect his engineering skills nonetheless.

He hung up on me.

[Internet Jesus]

Wait.  Does Mike have any sway with regards to staffing decisions at all?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Wait.  Does Mike have any sway with regards to staffing decisions at all?

Nope.

This is why I fuck with him constantly.  I mean, besides his apparent mental deficiencies.