I read a story once about a guy who set up a booth to collect parking fees near a zoo. Ran it for decades. Turned out had no connection to the zoo or the city, nobody realized this until he just quit after thirty years of collecting fees. That guy and the guy in this thread should open a business.

 

I read the same story, I believe it was the Bristol Zoo in England.

 

I also remember seeing other stories saying it was a hoax.... the story, not what he did.

I have worked with people where I said the company would make more money if they were paid to stay home.

 

This is fraud, and it is also similar to a way people can de-fraud a company that does not have good payroll/hr/paycheck control. A person leaves, the supervisor or someone else in the process doesn't report it and just keeps the check for themselves.

For the record I think this is fraud/theft and he should be prosecuted.

 

#BucketofColdWater

#BucketofColdWater

 

Do you disagree?

I remember working in Indiana and we hired a couple of people for 3rd shift that had recently been laid off from their previous job as the factory was down sizing. Within a week they were feeling out other employees about how they could get them to clock them in and out so they wouldn't have to show up for a week at a time. They said that it was common place at their previous employer and they assumed that all jobs were like that. They would miss days or weeks at a time and no one would notice. They also attempted to make "Beds" out of cardboard in storage bins to nap at night.

 

Evidently in their previous job no one ever followed up on them.

 

I say that to get to this, there are more people than most of us can imagine miss work unnoticed or just fall through the cracks.

Based on conversations with my kids most college professors these days could get away with this anytime. I think many already are and nobody notices. Google or You Tube what you need to learn and do the assignments and tests online. No live body required.

 

Not at our university. I don't know a single professor here who isn't totally committed to teaching. Not one.

Ultimately these people are thieves and responsible for their criminal behavior however employers are at fault too for two reasons.

 

1. Inadequate management/supervision.

 

2. Passing the buck.

 

What I mean by passing is the buck is most employers want to get rid of people stealing from them and move on in life/business. What they really need to do is prosecute the thieves. You are not getting ahead when you just fire a thief and nothing more. You are passing them on to the next company and that company is passing their thieves on to you.

My first thought when I saw the headline... Was he a representative or a senator?

Not a private company, local government job.

 

That explains a lot.

I've known a few people over the years who could have got away with it.

 

Hitting close to home, 75.

Do you disagree?

 

I would say a lion-share of the blame / fault is a THEM problem more so than a HIM problem.

I would say a lion-share of the blame / fault is a THEM problem more so than a HIM problem.

 

In other words the company (THEM) made it easy for him (HIM) to be a thief so HIM should get a pass from THEM?

For the record I think this is fraud/theft and he should be prosecuted.

If anyone needs to be prosecuted it's his supervisor. They did a far worse job of performing their duties than he did.

In other words the company (THEM) made it easy for him (HIM) to be a thief so HIM should get a pass from THEM?

 

Or....the company had so little over-sight that someone slipped through the cracks and now because they are so embarrassed they make him out to be a swindler. Was he in the wrong? Obviously. Should they be rewarded with a judgment for their complete lack of institutional control? Not in my opinion.

In other words the company (THEM) made it easy for him (HIM) to be a thief so HIM should get a pass from THEM?

From what I read it doesn't look like he made any effort to deceive anyone. Office was vacant, he didn't lie when asked what he did, it appears he is open about not being there...