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Fri Dec 11
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11/13/09
Like I want the job of being his conscience. I don't do a good enough job with my own, you know? But by telling me, he's now implicated me in it. That, I deeply resent. And homie don't roll that way. #lovesucks
11/13/09
I guess it all should come down to what you mean by calling him your "friend". If his thievery alone disqualifies him from being your friend, or if you consider his (your?) employer a better "friend", then things are easier. But I've got friends I would probably die for, and losing my job or taking a moment to in-no-uncertain-terms lay down the law with them falls waaaay short of that.
Basically, my conscience allows that a friend of mine would get a chance to straighten this out without me blowing the whistle first.
11/14/09
The manager's a good friend, too, and the thought of him finding out about this and then finding I'd kept mum was the deciding factor. I didn't want to be distrusted, or be placed in danger of losing my job.
I thought it was rotten of my friend to tell me about what he was doing. He was bragging! When I tried to reason with him, reminding him what he was doing was expressly forbidden by company policy, he was unrepentant. That infuriated me- as I said, we're talking a couple hundred dollars per sale that he's shorting the company.
I did tell the manager that I wondered if my friend might be suffering from an undiagnosed illness, because surely he knows he's doing wrong. I still consider my friend one of my friends. It's been a long day. #lovesucks
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When I was in high school, I worked for a sporting goods store in Chicago that has since been bought out, but it was a big chain back in the day. Our sweetest, most seemingly harmless employee was trying to fast-track his way to assistant manager, and I have to tell you that his lips were so far up the manager's ass that we never even questioned what he did with inventory intake. Then one day a Loss Prevention manager walked in with the police and walked him out the door. It only took about 3 months worth of damage for him to get felony charges brought against him. He played the "sick mom, trying to help with her bills" defense until mom came out and said "No way, I will not defend this, it wasn't for me."
I have a feeling she didn't do this for a crush, they were in on it together from the beginning and this "crush" story is her identifiable defense in case she has to go to trial. #lovesucks
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I just hope they keep investigating and find some culpability on his part as well.
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@Halfmad also known as MaxAgron: I think it was $5K at the time in that state. It was weird, because while you would feel kind of bad for the people caught because it seems sneaky, you couldn't feel too bad because they must've been stealing for a long time (at $2/game) to hit that number, and the park told employees during training that undercover guests were going to be used. So it was a combination "sucks to be you"/"how dumb can you be?" reaction. #lovesucks
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Statute of limitations is waaaay over now. #lovesucks
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Yeah, I worked in customer service when I was 16. Fuck you, like you were perfect?? #lovesucks
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@rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: I believe that's the movie "Serendipity". #lovesucks
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ETA: Isn't this how most bartenders operate? I've probably consumed $20,000 in uncharged drinks in my lifetime. Too bad she didn't work in a field where you could hide the evidence.
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@lj1968: Yeah, it's totally his fault too. I always tell the cashier if I'm undercharged significantly (say more than $1) or get the wrong change. I can't believe people sometimes. #lovesucks
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But I didn't want any of them to like me or be my boyfriend, if that makes it any less pathetic. #lovesucks
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