Be careful what you believe about what has really happened here Johnny. Nobody from management has said they have been filming all along. Nobody said that their jobs weren't on the line. I believe they were. The fact that they had done some things that could easily get any typical employee fired is beyond dispute. Even among their most ardent fans and defenders in here, I don't think any of us would go as far out on a limb as to say they had never done anything wrong here. The fact that as part of their reprimand they were banned from the forum (and still are for the moment), is obvious.
Saying that it's a busy "filming week" doesn't mean that nobody at all from the company had time to come in to the forum to say they were still employed. With two sites needing new content three times a week, it seems to me that every week is a "filming week" of some kind. Even though granted, with Johnny out sick, I imagine it's much busier and possibly hectic than usual.
The bottom line is that I don't believe this was all a ploy by
Damien Kyle and Paul to get attention. They were obviously in some hot water. Even if this was all a ploy, then management with a simple one or two sentence post could have stopped it at any time, if they had really wanted to. I'm sure that as with many things in the history of the
Broke Straight Boys site, this latest storyline has drama, intrigue, some larger than life personalities, some nail-biting cliffhangers, along with at least a little bit of comedy. I'm sure it's worthy of a "truth is stranger than fiction" soap opera. I've got an idea! Maybe they should make it into a reality tv show! Oops. That idea's already taken.
As Damian Christopher says, there is a whole lot to the story that we members don't know. We have only a few pieces of the puzzle to interpret. Those in the staff and management have all the pieces. Then
Damien Kyle, PC, and management may have their own interpretations of all the pieces. Or they may be in near full agreement on them. I think we can agree that some of the issues that got Damien and Paul into hot water in the first place were in regards to sharing too much information.
Damian is being the professional by
not sharing all the inside info and twists and turns of this latest drama. Having already told us there is a whole lot that he can't and won't share, he is forced to give a vague and oversimplified explanation to inform us of the end result. As with so many human interactions, given the versions we members think we know...and the admittedly simplified and rather opaque version given to us by Damian...the whole truth lies somewhere in between.
The end result being that I am still thrilled to know that
Damien Kyle and PC are still with the company. And I want to extend my sincere gratitude to the company for allowing them to stay.
Thank you!!
