# Union files grievance against goats that are taking away their jobs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712 "2017-07-07T18:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/21 "2017-07-08T00:45:55Z")
I think the real solution is to unionize the goats. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/22 "2017-07-08T01:22:20Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I think the real solution is to unionize the goats. Their leader would be Jimmy Hoofa. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/23 "2017-07-08T02:04:29Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Their leader would be Jimmy Hoofa. That’s good–I hear that he’s out standing in his field. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/24 "2017-07-08T02:22:55Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > That’s good–I hear that he’s out standing in his field. I herd he was the cornerstone of the union. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/25 "2017-07-08T03:30:10Z")
Breaking the pun cycle here, if the union is worried about the goats, what does that say about them? That a goat can do a job just as well as a union member, or better even? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/26 "2017-07-08T03:32:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Breaking the pun cycle here, if the union is worried about the goats, what does that say about them? That a goat can do a job just as well as a union member, or better even? I’d say more worried about a contract being broken without consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/27 "2017-07-08T23:27:05Z")
My reading is that the area the goats are tending isn’t covered under the union contract. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/28 "2017-07-08T23:38:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’d say more worried about a contract being broken without consequences. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/29 "2017-07-08T23:40:35Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Either there is a very subtle and extremely clever goat pun hidden in there somewhere, or you are breaking the rules of this thread. Hey, our shitposting is the greatest of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/30 "2017-07-09T15:07:56Z")
What with dogs found to have [the ability to sniff out cancer](http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/can-dogs-sniff-out-cancer/), I’ve been worried that I’ll come to work at the hospital one day and find a Labrador in my office chair, slurping coffee out of my cup. :eek: But not if the union has anything to say about it. :mad: ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/31 "2017-07-09T15:17:40Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > What with dogs found to have [the ability to sniff out cancer](http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/can-dogs-sniff-out-cancer/), I’ve been worried that I’ll come to work at the hospital one day and find a Labrador in my office chair, slurping coffee out of my cup. :eek: > > But not if the union has anything to say about it. :mad: If you don’t like Lab reports, wait 'til you see who’s doing CAT scans. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/32 "2017-07-09T15:58:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If you don’t like Lab reports, wait 'til you see who’s doing CAT scans. A moonlighting [copy cat](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lO9MFXX6MPM)? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/33 "2017-07-09T17:17:29Z")
I’m fetap with these really bad puns. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/34 "2017-07-09T18:04:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’m fetap with these really bad puns. Yeah, they are getting a bit tebwongo, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712/35 "2017-07-09T18:51:39Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’m fetap with these really bad puns. Well then, go on an get out of this thread. Alpaca you a lunch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/union-files-grievance-against-goats-that-are-taking-away-their-jobs/790712.md?page=1)