This reminds me of a story I heard about a true aggy legend, Artie McFarrin. The same Artie that gave all that $ to his beloved ags and what the practice faculty is named for. I worked at his former chemical plant until it blew up due to his legacy of cutting corners on process safety for all the years he ran it.
Anyway, Artie did a background check on all his hires. This included college transcripts for new hires, etc. Not surprising or out of the ordinary.
However, what was out of the ordinary was what he used them for.
See ole Artie wanted a particular kind of employee and engineer. Passed the FE? Rejected. GPA > 2.75? Rejected.
What was he looking for? Well, if you had a DUI or some kind of criminal record that was a bonus. Bad credit? +1. Shit GPA preferably close to 2.0? Get this man a second interview. Been fired from your last job? Alright.
See Artie wanted to hire people no one else would. Why? Because they neeeeed that paycheck. You can make them do things, put up with shit conditions and not ask questions, they’d put up with a toxic work culture of fear, and they’d be too dumb to question you when they are asked to break the law.
Yep. That was his management style. Dumb people you can pay less while cutting corners on safety.
It worked too. This aggy hick made so much money that he bought Faberge eggs in Europe and bring them back in his carryon. You can see them now on loan in the Natural history museum in Houston. And also made so much $ he could donate millions to the ags and get his name on the Business school and practice facility.
He died a painful cancer death which is sort of karma. But considering his legacy led to a plant that exploded, death of an employee, and the permanent disability of others I only hope that aggy fuckstick has to live out eternity in a continuous chemical fire where he constantly roasted while watching Justin Tucker drill that winning field goal.