As someone who has been through this myself, here is my take....

I was given ample warning the when it happened to me last year, even though at the time I didn't understand it or necessarily 'get' that I was being warned. It took a few weeks for me to let it go in such a way that I could look back retrospectively and ask myself 'what did I do to make this happen?', in other words to take responsibility for my mistakes and quit blaming Bob or those people that may have complained to him about me.

Does he deserve a second chance? I got one...and I have to say publicly, that goes to show you how truly fair and patient Bob is about these issues. It's not up to us ....