# DrDeth is Pitted Again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044 "2025-10-17T03:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/61 "2025-11-10T04:56:27Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > I hope DD appreciates how useful and educational his dumb Texas thread turned out to be for so many people. > > That’s a remarkably positive takeaway for it all. I legit found the thread interesting. I never knew that about the history of Texas. Oh, and fuck Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/62 "2025-11-10T06:26:18Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > He used to drop “as a Fed” in LEO threads, giving the impression he had some sort of front line duty without saying he was an FBI agent. Yeah, he spent a few years being extremely cagey about what kind of “federal agent” he was, dropping hints about his “badge” without being specific, trusting us to read between the lines and infer more than he was actually saying (examples **[here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-itself-dont-give-legal-advice-when-you-dont-know-what-youre-talking-about/371105/142)** and **[here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-professional-courtesy-work-with-cops/368032/50)**). He was then repeatedly confronted on what exactly he was implying, and he backed off the cagey hints and **[clarified](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccw-question-about-carrying-a-gun/400860/31)** somewhat. In fairness to him, this was all twenty years ago, and he has been somewhat more **[disciplined](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-strangers-talking-in-a-theater-during-the-movie-stories/560375/114)** in the years since. It was definitely something he _used_ to do, but it’s probably inappropriate to keep beating him with that specific club, absent any appropriate context. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/63 "2025-11-10T08:06:22Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > he backed off the cagey hints and **[clarified](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ccw-question-about-carrying-a-gun/400860/31)** somewhat. That didn’t actually clarify what he actually did. What is an “OD Officer”? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/64 "2025-11-10T08:48:18Z")
I did say “somewhat.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/65 "2025-11-10T14:44:28Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > What is an “OD Officer”? Organizational Development Officer, apparently. Sounds a bit adminny. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/66 "2025-11-10T14:47:13Z")
Are we sure that the Dr. doesn’t just spell _odd_ with only one d? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/67 "2025-11-10T14:47:22Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > has been somewhat more **[disciplined](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-strangers-talking-in-a-theater-during-the-movie-stories/560375/114)** in the years since [Or not.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-search-and-seizure-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-residence-august-8-2022-case-dismissed-july-15-2024/969329/3596) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/68 "2025-11-10T14:49:06Z")
Hey, _he_ didn’t say it, he just didn’t contradict the other person who did. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/69 "2025-11-10T16:47:50Z")
What, as in _HR_? Why would he need to carry a gun? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/70 "2025-11-10T16:58:27Z")
I think he could carry a gun, not that he needed to. For example my exgf’s brother was a probation officer who was a sworn officer and had a badge. He was entitled to carry a concealed gun without the permit that a regular citizen would need. He didn’t though. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/71 "2025-11-10T17:01:04Z")
Probation officer, I can see, you’d work with criminals. HR guy concerned with rearranging org charts, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/72 "2025-11-10T17:02:19Z")
Until he changes the vacation policy or something. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/73 "2025-11-10T17:02:57Z")
Hah! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/74 "2025-11-10T17:07:38Z")
“Give me my days off or I’ll kill you!” “Oh, I’ll give you days off… PERMANENTLY!” …He reaches down slowly toward his weapon, then quickly whips out the pen he will use to write down the official complaint. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/75 "2025-11-10T17:39:15Z")
> Now, I was a US Treasury officer for 20 years. FROM: ``` https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-justice-department-fail-to-protect-us-from-trump/1008944/129 ``` ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/76 "2025-11-10T17:43:07Z")
Hey, we had a completely useless employee that we’d been trying to fire for months. HR kept demanding more documentation. Then HR made him wait 20 minutes before handing him his paycheck or something, and he physically threatened them. Amazingly, they managed to process his firing that very day. (And we kept the door to our department locked for a week. Dunno if HR took any similar precautions.) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/77 "2025-11-11T09:27:20Z")
“Treasury Officer” covers everything from forensic accountant to the night watchman at the mint… ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/78 "2025-11-11T11:31:25Z")
And it apparently it has great powers over cinema managers : > Some long time ago, a customer lit up a cig during a movie. I went out to talk to the MGR, and he said “There’s nothong we can do”. I then showed him my ID, and then suddenly he discovered there was something he could do. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/79 "2025-11-11T11:33:28Z")
Sounds like his job title was Jedi. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044/80 "2025-11-11T12:58:02Z")
Sounds like his job title was “Karen” I feel for that unfortunate voluntold minimum wage movie theater employee having to deal with yet another entitled asshole complaining about other entitled assholes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-is-pitted-again/1024044.md?page=5)