Move over, George Costanza:
There’s a new office slacker in town.
This says it all. Big Labor's union contracts at work. Whopper pension too..right? And the city is broke because…. http://t.co/0LBaQBshT3
— Frank Hartnagel (@FrankHartnagel) May 28, 2013
This morning, the New York Post published a simultaneously hilarious and maddening exposé on New York City’s Mark Rosenthal, president of Local 983 of District Council 37.
I love that every picture in this story is of the Union Big #SLEEPING. @nypost please don't ever change! pic.twitter.com/jM2b5zp3dF
— Albert Gattullo (@algattullo) May 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/Chris_Oman/status/339379131932364800
It’s true. While Rosenthal insists that he works 12- to 14-hour days, his coworkers’ testimonies suggest otherwise.
NYC union boss: “He eats lunch when he arrives at work at 2. Then, he goes to sleep with a cup of soda on the table." http://t.co/CIIjt4bPoJ
— Richard McGregor (@mcgregorrichard) May 28, 2013
Not to worry, though — he has a very good excuse:
He also blamed his meetings with the sandman on the effects of pain medication he takes for backaches he has suffered since he fell through a chair at a McDonald’s last year.
“The chair broke because I’m big,” Rosenthal said.
“I’m 60 years old, so if I eat during my lunch hour and take a little medication, can’t I close my eyes?” he said outside his apartment complex. “Is it so outrageous?”
Yes, Mark. Yes it is. Also outrageous? This:
https://twitter.com/elizabethfalvey/status/339384741407113217
The Post also reports that the union’s executive board is ticked at Rosenthal for allowing a lawyer to accumulate $6,500 more in union legal fees than the amount for which he’s on retainer.
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And for Rosenthal’s efforts? An annual salary of $156,000.
$156,000 a year to nap through his two hour workday. Union dues at work. http://t.co/8mc9w7aeT2
— Are you there? (@ru3) May 28, 2013
Another #union man doing his job! 156k salary and only 2 hours of work a day! http://t.co/VTrDHM1nfB
— Dominika Kramer (@Dominika7) May 28, 2013
He’s a hell of a guy!
https://twitter.com/SteveRKlein/status/339364613537804289
https://twitter.com/Warden_AoS/status/339416522617401344
This @nypost union boss story has restored my faith in stereotypes: http://t.co/kwLQ0q3roY
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) May 28, 2013
Unions couldn’t ask for a better poster child.
This guy's not only a slob, he's a thief….Like most #union bosses http://t.co/p3p2oQKXsk
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) May 28, 2013
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