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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 09:19 PM Jun 2014

Professor With Incredible Beard Fired For Unknowingly Appearing On A Beer Bottle



I don’t have a strong facial hair game. It’s quite poor. I’m 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, Roof’s 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 brewery’s 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
"Prof. says beard, beer got him canned at CSU" longship Jun 2014 #1
Probably a lawsuit brewing. GreatCaesarsGhost Jun 2014 #2
I could see this issue coming to a head. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #4
I'm sure he fermently disagrees with his firing pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #8
I barley understand it myself. GreatCaesarsGhost Jun 2014 #12
That sounded like one of George Takei would write sakabatou Jun 2014 #13
Thanks, but I couldn't possibly compete with the master! nt pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #17
How typically X-tian sharp_stick Jun 2014 #3
I have a beard Omaha Steve Jun 2014 #5
What's an IST? JJChambers Jun 2014 #7
Information Service Technition Omaha Steve Jun 2014 #9
That sounds like a fascinating piece of behind the scenes work. JJChambers Jun 2014 #11
So how are the negotiations going for your beer label? pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #15
The OS PD brew is.... Omaha Steve Jun 2014 #16
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
. Omaha Steve Jun 2014 #10
Put those cards down, Lassie--Timmy's in the well!!! pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #14
DUzy! winter is coming Jun 2014 #18

GreatCaesarsGhost

(8,584 posts)
2. Probably a lawsuit brewing.
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:15 PM
Jun 2014

He'd should hop on this. They could have at yeast asked him before using his image.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
3. How typically X-tian
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:17 PM
Jun 2014

of the school to not even let the guy answer for himself before they shitcanned him.

Fucking assholes.

Omaha Steve

(99,630 posts)
5. I have a beard
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:30 PM
Jun 2014

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

Omaha Steve

(99,630 posts)
9. Information Service Technition
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:44 PM
Jun 2014

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.
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:48 PM
Jun 2014

I'm intrigued. Thank you for your service!

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