What a goddamned crybaby. There are probably millions of workers around the world whose workdays run unreasonably late for various reasons, causing them to have to settle for a cold sandwich for dinner, and they don't fly off the handle and punch their co-workers in the face and then verbally abuse them for half an hour. Those who do, usually have every expectation that their employer is going to fire their asses.LaCroix wrote:And he had his quarrel with the crew. To be precise, the producer - THE person responsible for the situation of them being out there all day and not getting dinner.Thanas wrote:The ones who messed up are the crew themselves, for they went far over the time allotted for shooting. They were supposed to come in at dinner time, they came in past midnight. It is all in the articles.
No, he didn't file a complaint. However, bear in mind that Clarkson also verbally abused him for half an hour, threatening to have him fired. It's likely the producer kept mum out of fear for his job.Not as if a grumpy old person getting angry with people was something uncommon. The producer himself didn't even file the complaint, if I got it right.
When you go to a workplace, you should have every expectation that your co-workers aren't going to physically and verbally assault you just because they've had a long day at work. You should also have every expectation that if a co-worker crosses that line, that they won't be your co-worker for much longer.As a criminal case, he'd probably got off with a warning to learn to keep his temper in check. It's just that it was within the work environment which caused this to be a scandal, for BBC publicity reasons.
Even if Jeremy Clarkson wasn't a raging asshole, the BBC's only option would still have been to terminate his employment with them once their investigation revealed that, yes, he physically assaulted his producer. The fact that he is a raging asshole who seems to have always just managed to avoid getting terminated for repeatedly embarrassing his employer is merely icing on the cake.