A partner at a leading Scottish firm has been pretending to work after being fired for sexual harassment, RollOnFriday understands.
The male lawyer was sacked late last year for being "handsy" with a female colleague, said an insider. But he didn't tell his wife and has been spending his days in the city centre "in a suit trying to arrange meetings", while maintaining to his family that he is still employed by his ex-firm.
Another day at the office.
Lockdown in Scotland now presents a significant obstacle to his fake lawyering, however. Either he's running down empty streets dodging the police, or he's having to learn how to pretend work from home (PWFH)*.
Busted.
Our thoughts are with you at this difficult time, XXXXX XXXXXXXXX.
*a practise in which even some people who haven't been fired are now engaged.
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I think it's pretty rotten to publish this. It affects his family. Do consider taking it down.
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Don’t be so ridiculous. RoF hasn’t even named the firm! There’s not the slightest way this idiot could be identified.
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What was he accused of doing that was 'handsy'?
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Heh! It reminds me of the bloke in The Full Monty who couldn’t tell his wife he’d been let go. So he wandered around in a suit all day freaking out that she was in town with a credit card, looking at skiing holidays...
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I do know of a partner at my old Scottish shop that was sacked for such behaviours. Did wonder if it was him but a quick Google suggests he has popped up as a partner at another firm ...
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What behaviours?
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If it's who I think it is, he hasn't updated his LinkedIn to show he no longer works there.
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Better to be Jock McHandsy than Jock McCocksy.
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I'd take your word for it, but let's ask Mrs McCocksy.
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11:06
Just had a look. Fairly sure it's that one and that we're thinking of the same person.
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He ought to be cleaning the house surely, doing the shopping and cooking and house stuff if he hasn't anything to do but sit in cafes all day never mind childcare.
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/whoooooooosh for Lydia
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Lydia - surely those are his wife's tasks?
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Sounds like the basis of a movie.
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I'd probably do something like this if I won the EuroMillions tbf.
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@ all washed up 26 April 20 10:41
Why? Couldn't you think of anything better to do than pretend you still have a job?
Why not open an office, staff it with a multitude of people whose looks excite every fantasy you've ever had and sit all day in a glass-walled office behind a desk with a modesty board, slowly working your way through a warehouse full of tissues and a tanker full of lube.
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@ Anonymous 28 April 20 10:30
That is actually an excellent idea! The though of cracking the jackpot gave me bad dreams of having to set up a familiy office. But now I know how to spend the bucks sensibly and live in relaxation.