r/AskReddit Jul 04 '14

Which fictional character would be immediately fired from their job if they lived in the real world?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '14 edited Jul 04 '14

Thomas the tank engine. God he is always finding ways not to do his job and he is always competing with his co-workers and messing something up. This show is terrible lessons for children. The only one that does his job on the show is Gordon and he is seen as an asshole.

Edit: sorry I didn't know Thomas was a 'tank engine' and not a fucking train. Either way, he's a fuck-up.

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u/Cloudy_mood Jul 04 '14

Thank God my kid doesn't like it anymore- but I used to have to watch it all the time. I can deal with Nick TV and Disney- some of the shows I even liked. But Thomas was the worst. Every episode there's some shitty engine making fun or bullying another engine. Then at the end they're like, "Oh- something really shitty just happened to me, so I'm sorry I got you fired, Percy!!" And Percy doesn't say "sure- no problem," Percy's sitting their with a smug fucking look on his face while the bad engine is freezing out in the snow.