Boss: “We’re going to have you attend a meeting with the Senior Vice President. You may be asked to present information. Just know that he doesn’t suffer fools gladly.”

Me: “Ok.”

Me over a decade later remembering this conversation: “Heyyy, wait just a damn minute!!!”

I never knew what that phrase meant. Until today. :)

A person who does not “suffer fools gladly” is one who does not tolerate stupidity in others.

Just for the non english speakers...

A way to paraphrase: keep your idiocracy to a minimum or your head will roll.

@IntrusionCM The story behind this was that I was one of three men in a majority women environment. They talked like this to us all. the. time. If I, as a man, had said this to a female subordinate today, I’d be fired on the spot.

They also had me “investigated” by HR and interrogated me for 2 hours about an e-mail they interpreted as me being hostile to and stealing a project from another woman who was brought onto it after I had started it.

I’ve taught my sons to go into the trades. The corporate world is fucked.