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Mr. Patrick was Jeff Muskin's boss at the fast food restaurant who Earl had to work for whilst filling in for him.
Season 1[]
Mr. Patrick was incredibly abusive to Earl, forcing him to eat a French fry covered in dirt. He was also a very awful man, as he embezzled money from work, kept goods from the restaurant for himself, damaged property, and showed no remorse. Yet in spite of this, he had a nice car, a huge house, several friends and an attractive kind wife named Charmaine but was having an affair with an equally attractive woman. All of this left Earl unable to understand why he seemed to have such a good life.
Because of his past histories with bad bosses, Earl restrained himself from lashing out at Patrick. However, Patrick soon pushed Earl to the limits after humiliating him in front of kids on a field trip and Earl could not help himself from punching him. His employee Xena took the time to kick him in the groin repeatedly for his cruel actions. Whilst in the hospital, both Charmaine and his mistress came to see him, causing them both to leave him. Also, his wife found the money he stole from the restaurant and he was sent to prison. Earl felt bad for causing him to lose everything, but Randy said that maybe it was karma manifesting itself within Earl's fists, and Earl felt better about the situation. In the end, Charmaine took ownership of the restaurant and hired Jeff as the manager ("O Karma, Where Art Thou?").