Frenchman who wanted to 'smash a guy's face in' fined €135 – despite correctly filling out paperwork stating why he left home during lockdown
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/11/23/france_fine_leaving_home/
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The errant 39-year-old was found in the town of Lannion in the early hours of Saturday, 21 November, according to expat news site [1]The Local .
A police commander, Daniel Kerdraon, told the AFP newswire that the unnamed man was spotted lurking behind a parked car by a passing police patrol. On questioning, he told cops he was "waiting for someone to smash their face in."
France's coronavirus lockdown laws state that anyone who leaves their home must fill out a paper permit – called an attestation - explaining why they're out and about.
The man, who was armed with a flick knife, had duly filled his out "with his real name" and the time he had left home.
"In his own way, he was trying to fulfil the letter of the law," sighed Kerdraon, who added that the man's reason for being outdoors was not valid.
He was duly arrested and fined €135, along with another €150 for "drunken behaviour."
French pensioner ejected from fighter jet after accidentally grabbing bang seat* handle [2]READ MORE
France has had its fair share of oddities during the strange year that has been 2020. In April a comedy of errors came to light after an elderly and reluctant French pensioner, shanghaied into a fighter jet trip by well-meaning colleagues, [3]accidentally ejected himself after takeoff . By pure luck, an ejection seat system malfunction meant the pilot stayed inside the jet and was able to safely land it, albeit without its passenger. Both were uninjured.
Then, in June, a chap who stolidly stared down his employer's attempt to constructively dismiss him by giving him nothing to do [4]won £44,000 in compensation for the so-called "bore-out." ®
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[1] https://www.thelocal.fr/20201123/frenchman-fined-for-breaking-lockdown-to-go-and-smash-a-guys-face-in
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/09/frenchman_ejected_fighter_jet_retirement_jolly/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/09/frenchman_ejected_fighter_jet_retirement_jolly/
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/10/frenchman_50k_payout_bore_out/
[5] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: Bore-out compensation
That always seems like the dream job, being paid to do nothing, but I can confirm it is indeed a form of hell when it's not by choice.
A pint to those stuck in that position.
Re: Bore-out compensation
Isn't there some kinda anonymous comments site where people can describe experiences working for a company? Describing how they try to get you to leave 'voluntarily' would be useful.
Me, they gave me an 'impossible' job to do, without any of the help needed to get it done. After many months of slog (bisync comm handler written in Fortran80 -'ts what they demanded!) and getting it to demo stage, I suffered a bit of a mental brownout. After staying home a month making chain mail, they started calling. Since I still couldn't talk, no luck. After a bit more, pleading. Seems they figured out 1) their original beef against me had no foundation 2) they had a lawsuit verging. So I started back, documenting the code. Since I still couldn't talk, nor code.
I guess the "no work to do" is just as cruel, but _maybe_ not as likely to definitively injure?
BTW: the 40 pound mail shirt is a footrest under the desk. My worklife balance has a solid basis these days. ;-)
Re: Bore-out compensation
What style of mail did you do? Clip+form wire or pre-made ring, butted only or welded?
I've been tempted to make a mail messenger bag with a fleece liner, but I really can't see myself having the patience to make the mail, or the ability to turn off the perfectionist and accept the small flaws like dented rings.
Re: Bore-out compensation
How much for the chainmail shirt? I promise I'll be up to no good
My nick at the Gmail place, use "chainmail shirt" in the subject line so I know not to filter you out as spam. =-)P while wearing it! =-D
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Can I just say that I am sorry to hear about your mental breakdown, and am glad that you have recovered. Can I also point out how the first two people's responses were not about your mental issues, but questions about the chain mail.
(People, this is why it is claimed that IT is not a nurturing environment...)
Re: Bore-out compensation
I tend to, as a person, feel weird when someone asks/talks to me about my anxiety or any other issues related.
So I don't tend to bring up anyone else's things in conversation, in-person or online.
Chain mail just happened to tick my Johnny 5 "NEED INPUT!" a bit, so that's the first thing I blurted out.
I guess it's a bit of a geeky nerd problem?
Upvote for bringing it to attention.
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I guess if you're put in that situation then armed with a browser VPN you could potentially spend the time teaching yourself new tricks or running a business online. The one job where I'd not got a fat lot to do, I didn't take my own advice sadly and spent rather a lot of time on this site. Strangely enough it was 2008 and the very year I decided to finally register a commentard account after much lurking.
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Had to install some of our kit at a "union site" in the former colonies
Their rules insisted that 4 union electricians were needed, but they weren't going to help us - they were just going to sit around drinking coffee and making comments about the limeys
So the local boss had them stand in pairs holding opposite ends of a short cat5 cable for the whole day.
When they complained he asked if they felt they needed further training or didn't have the correct PPE ?
Re: Bore-out compensation
I've seen it in person, done to colleagues who were put in a room we called the aquarium (guess why) with nothing to do for months on a row in the hope they'd quit or died out of boredoms. Thankfully I quit that shithole without being subject to that kind of treatment, but it did inspire me to look for new opportunities.
I think companies doing that kind of stuff and their management deserve all hell (and fines) that might befall them.