Fireable

"We were definitely never told that this could be a 'fireable' offense." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The network ruled this to be a fireable offense "for the sake of avoiding controversy rather than because someone broke some cardinal rule" against chiming in. ❋ Danny Groner (2010)

We don't have any teacher's unions down here so if you get charged with a fireable offense, you almost always get fired pretty fast. ❋ Trinfaneb (2009)

BLOCK: And let me ask you first, do you think that what Juan Williams said was a fireable offense? ❋ Unknown (2010)

After memorializing his charges in a lengthy memo -- the "embezzlement" involved free subscriptions to big advertisers, while the slow-walking was, on its face, an outrageous and fireable offense -- he swiftly marched into my office and laid down an ultimatum: "It's him or me: If he's not out by Thursday, I'm gone." ❋ Michael Sigman (2011)

One year into his job, he says he was canned after barely missing his rate three days in a row, earning three consecutive writeups -- a fireable offense. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And whether or not Tressel's actions are a fireable offense is not for me to decide. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Yet the country now appears headed down a slippery slope where speaking one's mind is a fireable offense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Denver's Independent monitor Richard Rosenthal says that the false statements the officers made in reporting the incident constitute a fireable offense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This disparity in reactions to McChrystal's statements a year ago and today, then, gives us a very clear idea of what the Obama administration and the larger political/media class considers - and does not consider - a fireable offense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Shouldn't it be an automatic fireable offense to defy the constitution, but a relatively minor offense to use mean language? ❋ Unknown (2010)

What is a fireable offense is a general using petty or mean language in describing the elected civilian leadership whose power he is unconstitutionally usurping. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is no doubt that Nasr made a mistake -- the question is, does it amount to a fireable offense? ❋ Unknown (2010)

A: "How many redundants do we [have on] the [payroll]?" B: "I found a fireable at [Sales]." A: "OK. Proceed." ❋ Rperazag (2010)