# You're on indefinite probation (work-related) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-indefinite-probation-work-related/360587 "2006-06-13T17:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-indefinite-probation-work-related/360587/41 "2006-06-17T04:00:19Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > There is someone in management who is playing guardian angel–or **featherlou** is right and you have some of the most cowardly managers on the planet. It didn’t occur to me till this was written. OF COURSE, they have a guardian angel. I recall a quote from Dress for Success’s John Molloy: As soon as you make comment at work about the dumbest person there, you immediately take their place. This person is related to somebody! hh ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-indefinite-probation-work-related/360587/42 "2006-06-17T18:00:29Z")
> [@hlanelee](#): > > Thanks for correcting my quote for me, guys. Hey, I was brain damaged in an automobile accident, I’m glad that I remember things at all and I have a handy excuse to remember things as they suit me. So there. :rolleyes: Dang it - I got it wrong, too. I have no excuse, though, except that my brain is getting old and tired. 😃 \*Note to self - actually do some research before correcting other people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-indefinite-probation-work-related/360587.md?page=2)