Tale of the Idiotic

[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

A few months back, my company hired several sales people, including one very odd and overbearing weirdo from San Francisco. He spent a week in my office being those things (weird and overbearing) and freaking people out. I gave him his company-issued laptop like I did all the others. He finally left my office to head to our SF office. Oddly, he left his personal laptop behind. He called to ask me to ship it to him. I went to retrieve it and it was still logged in. A quick glance at it led me to believe it was a laptop that once belonged to some previous company he worked for. Not all that odd, so I really thought nothing of it.

So! About 6 weeks ago, someone thought it would be a good idea to FIRE this strange fellow, so they did. A high priority thing when firing people is the recovery of the company computer that was issued. On several occasions we've been able to get in touch with the elusive nut job, and each of those times he has promised to ship that laptop back to our Home Office. He even was given pre-paid FedEx packaging. All he had to do was put the computer IN the box and off it would go. But for some reason, he thought it would be a better idea to KEEP this computer.

So, for a computer, something he already HAS, that's valued at about $1500, this Retardo Montalban is looking to go to JAIL for theft. That is what it has come down to. So either this guy is just plain insane, or I am leaning towards the idea that when he first was told he was fired, he went out and got hammered, then flung the laptop in question off a bridge, and will soon wish he did NOT. Or maybe he WANTS to go to jail. He seemed the type of guy who would actually ENJOY it, if you know what I mean. 0_o

Imagine how boring life would be without the thrills and spills of the crazy going on around us.

Comments

[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

Will your company press charges? I've known situations like this but the company never had the balls to really follow through. The most they would do was withhold the final paycheck until all items were returned.

[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

Apparently withholding the final paycheck isn't legal in California. He has been notified several times that this would happen. They have decided to bypass the legal the letter thing. The police are being notified of the theft today!

Maybe his so-called sales skills will better serve him in the joint. :D

[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

Ooo.. he's in BIG trouble. Dumb thing to do, really.

[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

Dumbest thing of all was hiring him in the first place. Maybe the director was sniffing dry-erase markers during that interview.

[bitterfun.livejournal.com]

It probably wouldn't be that hard to notify the previous company that he is still using their old laptop.

[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh!!! Great idea! Too bad I don't recall the name of that company.

[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

Did you call the coppers?

[ghostdandp.livejournal.com]

Mine does


Actually we've done it twice.

And we're a government contractor, depending on the project they were working on it can become a federal issue.

[ptstech.livejournal.com]

Retardo Montalban.

Pure comedic gold right there.

[jecook]

Ouch. the Federal "Pound me in the ass" prison.