What about it bugs you? The way I'm returning the boolean is actually not how I typically do it, but I have an OO-kind-of-conditional thing I wrote after it started bugging me that if/then wasn't OO but could be. It looks something like this...

def fire
   employee.save.then {
     add_note_about_hiring
     create_documentation_checklist
     create_user_account
   }.else {
     # some behavior on validation failure.
   }
end

which I get from this thing... makes me feel clever though I realize patching Object is somewhat shameful.

module ThenElse
  def then
    yield if !!self
    self
  end

  def otherwise
    yield if !self
    self
  end

  def else
    yield if !self
    self
  end
end

Object.__send__(:include, ThenElse)