round peg in a square hole

A creative eccentric in a bureaucratic institution is always a round peg in a square hole, and Pete was no exception.

“The work environment is both unsafe and toxic,” one worker from Spokane wrote to L&I. “At Amazon, they ask that you put a round peg in a square hole. And if it doesn’t fit … it’s somehow your fault.”

Over 6 feet in height and commensurately bulky, a high school wrestling champ, Jane has always been a round peg in a square hole.

“Many of my peers regarded me as the round peg in a square hole, too different for GE. I was brutally honest and outspoken. I was impatient and, to many, abrasive.”

He contrasted that with Congress, where he says, “I was kind of a round peg in a square hole.”