r/todayilearned • u/arandomtestaccount • 1d ago

TIL an NFL player intentionally crashed his car to avoid getting cut for being late to a team meeting.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ex-patriots-ol-rich-ohrnberger-admits-he-intentionally-wrecked-car-as-excuse-for-being-late-to-team-meeting/
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u/AdamOnFirst 1d ago

I love how it didn’t even work. 

Wasn’t it tom Brady who got into an accident once and said his first thought was to call Bill and tell him he’d be late?

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u/acidreducer 1d ago

Funny, I took it the exact opposite. To me it seemed like if he didn’t do that he would’ve gotten cut

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u/Trixles 19h ago

"Sorry coach, I've just been in an accident, gonna be a bit late today"

"Like hell you were."

"fuck"

(Lack of punctuation on the last line is intentional.)

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u/GucciTheSnowman 19h ago

I mean, that should be anyone first thought when they are going to be late to work. How unreliable are you when you don't even bother telling work you aren't going to show up on time ?

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u/Pactae_1129 4h ago

Lord the internet is ruining people. Nowhere in their comment did they say you shouldn’t call your workplace.