Man Gets Fired For Playing The Cat Game From The Movie 'Super Troopers'

"Here's your strip steak, meow."

Stephanie

• Published in Funny
• December 12, 2021

Have you ever been fired from a job for doing something foolish? Like, so ridiculous that you were embarrassed to tell your friends the real reason you were given the boot?

Well, if you have, you're certainly not alone. After all, work can be tiresome, and we all need to have a little chuckle from time to time during a long shift.

Reddit user u/jdsupreme412 recently shared his story to the TIFU (Today I F-d Up) subreddit. He explained how he was fired from his job as a waiter because he played the cat game from the movie 'Super Troopers,' and let's just say it didn't end well.

If you're unfamiliar with the cat game, here's a short rundown of how it came about. There is a scene in Super Troopers where Steve Lemme and Paul Soter pull over Jim Gaffigan for speeding.

While speaking with Gaffigan, Soter and Lemme replaced the word "now" with "meow," and the scene became one of the funniest in 60 seconds in comedy.

So, how did the idea come about? "It was late at night," says Lemme.

"We were in the Travelodge on Pico in Santa Monica," he said. "The five of us (Soter, Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, and Erik Stolhanske) were all jammed in a hotel room."

"So we were partying a little bit. We were not writing the script, so we started riffing on this magical clown wizard."

"A wizard who could turn your tongue into a cat's tongue," Soter added. "And how funny that would be if suddenly your tongue was small and sand-papery."

"And that was the riff for a while, and then somebody was like, 'Oh yeah! Instead of saying now, you'd say meow!'," Soter said. "We were yelling, screaming 'meow' at each other in this hotel room, to the point of getting noise complaints."

And so the cat game began. But, you see, u/jdsupreme412 wasn't entirely playing the game right when a customer took offense and decided to complain to the manager.

You can read the original post here.

The OP explained that he and his colleagues would often do "dumb stuff" to pass the time waiting in a steakhouse. One of the games they played was the cat game from Super Troopers.

When delivering a customer's food, they would say something like, "here's your strip steak, meow." It was not exactly how the game was intended to be played, but it gave them a laugh.

One day, a customer misheard the "meow" and thought the OP had called him "ma'am." Well, all hell broke loose, and the unhappy customer complained to the manager.

The manager said he needed to "make an example" of the OP. And so, he was fired upon finishing his shift.

Here's how people reacted.

"What are you doing with your life?"

A missed opportunity.

What a rubbish manager!

Plot twist.

That guy deserved it.

"Yes, please?"

It's all about the apology.

A round of applause!

"You can repeat the yes, but never the please."

How rude!

Ick, customers!

"What do you say?"

"It's just an attempt to get a free meal."

"Yes?"

Awkward.

"It's sad."

"The bigger the deal, the more free shit you get."

Satisfying.

It's a fair point.

Nothing better to do.

So, what's your take on this story? Do you think the OP was wrongfully fired?

Or, do you think the customer had every right to complain? After all, he was the butt of the joke, and isn't the customer supposed to be always right?

Either way, it makes for a good story, so thanks, OP! Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

Stephanie