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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by inklesspen on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:09PM (#648196)
I dunno, seems overly dramatic and kind of fake to me.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by froo on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:39PM (#648235)
I'd say no, I followed the link back to his site and started watching a whole bunch of episodes from last year.

If his boss had watched even half of the stuff I just saw scotty get up too (some of it plain funny, especially the answering of viewer mail during staff meetings), I'd say the reaction could be considered not fake...

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by tptacek on Monday June 08, 2009 @09:11PM (#648338)
And the theatric "you're fired, get the hell out" thing at the end? The firing end of that conversation doesn't usually work like that, either --- except in the movies.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by edmccaffrey on Monday June 08, 2009 @09:55PM (#648376)
If the boss saw the videos where Scotty mocked him then he might be pissed--the binging clients will discover videos of him looking foolish and incompetent.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by tptacek on Monday June 08, 2009 @10:29PM (#648417)
He'd start out pissed if that was the case. Usually, when you actually fire the guy, you feel better, not worse.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by edmccaffrey on Monday June 08, 2009 @10:47PM (#648439)
He sounded very pissed at the start, and lost control when Scotty implied that the job was only important for video material.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by chris11 on Monday June 08, 2009 @10:39PM (#648431)
Yeah, and I did find one small error. At around 2:20 he starts hitting himself in the head while at home, and then it switches over to the hidden camera. At 2:23 you can hear him hit himself once more when the boss starts to speak.

So unless I get convinced he starts hitting himself in the head while arguing with people, I think this is fake.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by tracksuitceo on Thursday June 11, 2009 @04:11PM (#653523)
I have to agree with froo, if this was a fake conversation it would have gone a lot smoother and Scotty would have had a few more one-liners.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by tptacek on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:22PM (#648211)
Agree. "Bing", "bung", I call shenanigans.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by anigbrowl on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:01PM (#648265)
Unfortunately, I find that all too credible. Shenanigans or not, it's easier than ever to start a career in showbiz these days.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by axod on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @05:21AM (#648772)
"kind of fake"?

This has worse acting than most pornos... (As far as I've heard)

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by Caged on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:16PM (#648207)
And...scene.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by ErrantX on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @07:13AM (#648878)
the previous episodes seem legit. this one feels fake to me.

Very lucky to be videoing in his pocket when he got fired....

And it does sound a bit staged.

But then I know managers like that so.....

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by froo on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:10PM (#648197)
I wish I could upvote this more for "bung" - makes me think of Jay (of Jay of Silent Bob fame) from the Kevin Smith film, Dogma.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by mahmud on Monday June 08, 2009 @09:10PM (#648336)
This is how Scotty views himself:

http://www.scottyiseri.com/Welcome_files/shapeimage_1.png

An anime assassin in a world filled with cuteness.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by dantheman on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:18PM (#648282)
Wow, Hilarious -- Here's the first video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJChMx1TrEI

I had never seen this before, and a lot of this stuff is great.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by rrival on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:45PM (#648243)
http://laughingsquid.com/scotty-got-an-office-job-a-video-se...

has some sample videos.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by paulgb on Monday June 08, 2009 @09:28PM (#648352)
Could this be a viral ad for Bing?
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by Xichekolas on Monday June 08, 2009 @10:34PM (#648424)
Could be, but it's pretty elaborate. I just watched all 45 episodes. His website had the originals, and youtube had the newest ones. Two of the videos on his site had broken links too, which is either the mark of a true personal site or a really clever viral campaign.

The whois on scottyiseri.com shows it was registered in 2004.

Of course, it's possible that MS approached him and they did a fake episode for the 'firing'.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by radley on Monday June 08, 2009 @10:44PM (#648436)
Seriously? This is (was?) a well-known series poking fun at office work. It's totally for real and he really was fired.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by paulgb on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @12:10AM (#648514)
I figured so, but I'd never heard of it myself. Still, I'm sure some of Microsoft's reported $90+ million advertising budget could have convinced Scotty to fake a video.

It would be pretty clever of them. Even we Hacker Newsers are apparently prone to rubbernecking enough to get this on the front page (really, guys?). The Bing references are subtle enough that it doesn't feel like product placement, but prominent enough that people talk about it (like many comments in this thread).

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by mynameishere on Monday June 08, 2009 @10:28PM (#648415)
This guy's website seems to be consistent going back a few years,

http://web.archive.org/web/20051215004824/http://www.scottyi...

http://scottyiseri.com/The_Big_Rock_Show.html

...but he looks like an entertainer rather than a "freelancer" so maybe they hired him.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by jjs on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:26PM (#648296)
Foolish Scotty! The corporate world is no place for human beings!
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by Silentio on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:51PM (#648255)
I don't care if it's fake. "Bung" is too funny.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by johnnybgoode on Monday June 08, 2009 @10:10PM (#648394)
After seven years as a freelancer, I've taken my first full-time, 9-to-5 position in a small not-for-profit company.

It's a strange and exciting new world involving dress-codes, business lunches, casual fridays and something called "Synergy."

I guess Scotty should've been more synergistic.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by tom_rath on Monday June 08, 2009 @09:50PM (#648371)
Real or not, saying "I Bung it" is going to replace "Googled" for me.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by arketyp on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:09PM (#648195)
I thought they only talked like that in the movies.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by jonknee on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:51PM (#648253)
Well technically this is in the movies.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by granular on Monday June 08, 2009 @11:52PM (#648498)
Can anyone confirm from a different video that the boss's voice matches up?
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by ph0rque on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @09:48AM (#649056)
In one of the first videos, he mentions that his boss is female...
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by granular on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @09:39PM (#650376)
The reason I asked was because it's difficult to believe someone would be such ass when letting an employee go. Especially in the way that he seemed to psyche himself up and get angrier and louder as he went.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by blhack on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:41PM (#648237)
Can anyone explain what is happening here?

The guy got fired for something to do with videos?

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by froo on Monday June 08, 2009 @07:53PM (#648257)
Having just watched the videos... this is what I can gleam of the situation.

Scotty Iseri got an office job after freelancing for 7 years.

Scotty decided to film himself goofing off at work. Scotty made 2 seasons of episodic content about it... there is some pretty funny stuff in there (answering viewer mail covertly during staff meetings would be personal favourites)

Scotty's videos got posted to Laughing Squid, his boss found out - he was fired.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by crad on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:24PM (#648293)
Or it's all staged -- the escalating anger in the boss comes off a bit too much.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by enjo on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @03:23AM (#648674)
I'm not sure I should admit this, but I was fired from a job (while I was in college) in rather similar fashion. I don't think it's even that unusual.

Think about it. The boss KNOWS this guy is making fun of him in a very public way. He's calmed down (he thinks), he's going to have a really rational conversation with this guy. He's going to work with him... and then the guy starts smirking a bit, starts sort of mocking him a bit. The real anger comes out.. he gets pissed... and great drama ensues.

It happens.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by froo on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:53PM (#648319)
Perhaps... Perhaps not.

Scotty takes the piss out of his boss during some of the meetings by lip syncing some of the guys overuse of buzzwords.

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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by lvecsey on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @04:52AM (#648750)
It seemed like an appropriate amount. The boss was genuinely pissed when Iseri wasn't using the job as a negotiating point.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by hunterjrj on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:56PM (#648327)
What a loser.
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Re:Guy captures firing on the Mino HD in his pocket by kwamenum86 on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @12:05AM (#648511)
Uhhh. I am pretty sure that recording someone without their consent is an actionable offense. Viral or lawsuit.
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