# Stress ball factory employee punches out boss **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120 "2013-02-22T22:07:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/1 "2013-02-22T22:07:32Z")
> [@](#): > > A UK worker lost his temper when he lost his job at a stress ball packing plant. > > Darren Baldwin, 44, allegedly punched his boss then brandished two knives when he was fired from his temporary job at a warehouse, the Blackpool Gazette reports. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/21/stress-ball-warehouse-worker-loses-his-cool-upon-firing/](http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/21/stress-ball-warehouse-worker-loses-his-cool-upon-firing/) They should have made him a tester. Just sayin’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/2 "2013-02-22T22:24:13Z")
He should at least get a free stress ball as part of his severance package. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/3 "2013-02-22T22:24:41Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > They should have made him a tester. Just sayin’. 😃 Sounds like he was testy enough. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/4 "2013-02-23T00:06:27Z")
Of course, punching your ex-boss can also be a great stress reliever. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/5 "2013-02-23T02:19:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Of course, punching your ex-boss can also be a great stress reliever. As well as squeezing his balls. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/6 "2013-02-23T02:22:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Of course, punching your ex-boss can also be a great stress reliever. Somebody find me a venture capitalist. I need to open a factory that manufactures annoying bosses. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/7 "2013-02-23T02:52:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Somebody find me a venture capitalist. I need to open a factory that manufactures annoying bosses. Too Late [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_United\_States\_graduate\_business\_school\_rankings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_graduate_business_school_rankings) The market is saturated. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/8 "2013-02-23T02:55:50Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > As well as squeezing his balls. No, the suggestion is that the guy should be a tester, not that his manager’s balls should be the testees. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-ball-factory-employee-punches-out-boss/651120/9 "2013-02-23T05:11:24Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > No, the suggestion is that the guy should be a tester, not that his manager’s balls should be the testees. I saw what you did there.