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2021-07-28 // day precision

A wrong-contractor award ends in a termination paperwork joke

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

True story
Dumb and Dumber meme describes a chapel-retreat contract sent to the wrong contractor, a modification changing its name, termination for convenience, and a poor negotiation memorandum.
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Dan labels this anecdote true and later says it happened some time earlier and the specialist had left. The meme alleges a chapel-retreat contract went to the wrong contractor, followed by a modification and termination paperwork problems. Preserve it as the poster’s account; the event and unnamed individual were not independently verified. A separate reply discusses experimenting with a new hashtag. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-28 — John Cone: What a time to be alive 2021-07-28 — Dan Cary — reply in John Cone’s thread: John Cone it was some time ago and that CS is long gone. Too funny 2021-07-28 — Timothy Wilhelm: Dan Cary I’m liking the new # you added. 2021-07-29 — Shaun Wilke: Wait what???? Lol 2021-07-29 — Dan Cary — reply in Timothy Wilhelm’s thread: Timothy Wilhelm toying with it Coverage: Captured count matches displayed count at selected review; hidden/deleted comments remain unknown. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, Contract administration, Termination for convenience, Documentation, Workforce frustration