It’d be funnier if she actually got fired for this, thus voiding her pension.
Ooo, oo, that’s a great word problem: If Professor Asshat gets fired three weeks before retirement, calculate the percentage of income Professor Asshat will be living on while collecting food stamps (if the amount of her pension is 100%). Then calculate exactly how fucked Professor Asshat will be, having given up said pension and attempting to start over in a new career in her 50s.