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Constant Cliché User Loses Unfair Dismissal Claim Assault
and firing was 'legal', 'more than understandable'- Judge Speaking
from the witness box, his former employer gave evidence of how many clichés
Donnelly used per day. He was quickly asked to desist by the judge who
stated, "Ye Gads man, it's terrible. Tell us about the assault."
"Myself
and Donnelly were in a meeting with a client forecasting sales when he
said, "So much for the Celtic Tiger!" Davis then reached across
the desk, punched Donnelly and tried to gauge his eyes out with a bic
biro, the court was told. A shouting match followed and Davis fired Donnelly
there and then. In
his ruling, Judge Carty said that the assault was "legal and more
than understandable. If it were me making the laws instead of just interpreting
them, I'd outlaw that poxy saying for good and no mistake." Speaking
afterwards, Donnelly told reporters, "At the end of the day, when
all's said and done, every cloud has its silver lining and every dog his
day, as I've just now been offered a £500,000 book deal. It's a
funny old world, when a guy like me can land a gig like that. The Celtic
Tiger, eh?". |
Bill
Donnelly (right), a former employee of Davis Consultancy today lost his
unfair dismissal case against his boss in the High Court. Donnelly, is
a "chronic, constant cliché user" according to his former
employer Paul Davis, which was the cause one day for him to snap, then
assault and fire Donnelly.