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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProfessor With Incredible Beard Fired For Unknowingly Appearing On A Beer Bottle
I dont have a strong facial hair game. Its quite poor. Im not proud of it, but those were just the cards I was dealt. Paul Roof, however, is not a man who suffers from the same debilitating circumstances that I do.
Roof is an associate professor at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina. He is also the proud owner of an incredible beard, one that leads him to enter competitions across the nation.
At a competition in New Orleans, Roofs impeccably styled beard was photographed by a professional photographer, and unbeknownst to him, was subsequently discovered by Holy City Brewing. The brewery, also located in the Charleston area, seemed to have a bit of an infatuation with the image, and it chose to use the photograph on the label for its Chucktown Follicle Brown beer, which is an awfully named beer to say the least.
Roof was fired recently, thanks to the brewerys use of the image and its promotion of a non-Christian environment. In fact, Roof had no idea his imagine was used in the marketing of the beer until he was fired, claiming he gave no one permission to use his photograph. He also stated he never received any form of compensation.
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Professor With Incredible Beard Fired For Unknowingly Appearing On A Beer Bottle (Original Post)
n2doc
Jun 2014
OP
Next, they'll fire someone for letting their collie appear in a painting of dogs playing poker. n/t
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#6
longship
(40,416 posts)1. "Prof. says beard, beer got him canned at CSU"
Isn't that a better headline?
From Charleston Post and Courier
Love some headline writers.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)2. Probably a lawsuit brewing.
He'd should hop on this. They could have at yeast asked him before using his image.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)4. I could see this issue coming to a head.
A good lawyer would pour over this case .
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)8. I'm sure he fermently disagrees with his firing
I Amstel at a loss myself.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)12. I barley understand it myself.
sakabatou
(42,189 posts)13. That sounded like one of George Takei would write
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)17. Thanks, but I couldn't possibly compete with the master! nt
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)3. How typically X-tian
of the school to not even let the guy answer for himself before they shitcanned him.
Fucking assholes.
Omaha Steve
(99,818 posts)5. I have a beard
I'm a uniformed IST for the Omaha Police Dept. Because I'm a civilian (not sworn) employee, I get to have a beard. I get positive comments on it all the time from the public.
I just don't understand how this happened. K&R!
OS
JJChambers
(1,115 posts)7. What's an IST?
Omaha Steve
(99,818 posts)9. Information Service Technition
I write reports, register guns, answer the phone to direct the public to the correct dept, confirm warrants for 911, handle requests from other police departments, and much more.
FULL description here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityofomaha.org%2Fhumanresources%2Fimages%2Fstories%2FInformation%2520Services%2520Tech-5135.pdf
OS
JJChambers
(1,115 posts)11. That sounds like a fascinating piece of behind the scenes work.
I'm intrigued. Thank you for your service!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)15. So how are the negotiations going for your beer label?
Omaha Steve
(99,818 posts)16. The OS PD brew is....
Still in the research phase.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)6. Next, they'll fire someone for letting their collie appear in a painting of dogs playing poker. n/t
Omaha Steve
(99,818 posts)10. .
DUZY.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)14. Put those cards down, Lassie--Timmy's in the well!!!
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)18. DUzy!