Lol! Even the threat that could happen would have avoided this whole fiasco.
I’m not sure it will hurt his career though.
we have now a couple of generations of men who were raised with privilege relative to previous generations; Great economies, never forced to go to war, participation trophies, etc… men who were coddled.
Mothers would spank kids from my generation for crying, today the call their kid’s bosses to complain about their kids performance review…
In this young man’s world this hair brained scheme seemed like a perfectly good idea; so used to sympathy, so accustomed to accommodations why would he expect anything but outrage for being treated so badly—poor baby even had a scratch under his eye….
of course people saw through this, because most of us, fortunately live in a more realistic world.