See if you can believe this...

[Trekker4747]

So I was talking to my counterpart in another location a couple of days ago and he told me of this situation he has with one of his employees.

This woman, we'll call her Karen, was supposed to come in to work her 1p - 9p shift. This guy was the opener and he intended to leave when she got there so that she could close with the other closer. 1 o'clock came, she didn't arrive, 2 o'clock came and she still wasn't there so he called her home, got her husband who said she wans't home he had no idea where she was.

3 o'clock comes and goes, 4 o'clock comes and goes and it gets to be around 5 o'clock. An auto dealership calls looking for her saying no one was at her home and they need her to come to the dealership to sign the paperwork for her new car so that she can pick it up. The manager tells the dealership he has no idea where she is, but he'll let her know they called.

Finally 6:30 rolls around and she comes into work, when asked where she was she relays this story:

So Karen was out doing some shopping before coming into work about a block away from the store. She sitting in her car and suddenly a man gets in on the passenger-side, tells her not to look at him, and tells her that she needs to drive him to some other location or he'll hurt her -he claims to have a knife. He ends up making her pretty much drive him around running different errands and at one point even "makes her" take money out of an ATM and give to him. When the errands were done he simply left.

She called the police but couldn't give them any information on what he looked like or really any details at all. So all of that is what held her up. Needless to say the manager was skeptical. The days wore on, and he tells her he needs to see the police report in order to make her no-call "kosher" with the big-bosses. She complains that she doesn't have it and is having a hard time getting it as the officer(s) didn't file it correctly, or something. Over the course of the intervening time she's told the story to other co-workers who found some gaps or inconsistancies in her story, until it reaches something that seems to bust a hole in the whole thing.

The manager asks her if this guy did this to her in her new car or her old car.

She says it was in her new car and that she was really worried because she had just picked it up that afternoon and was really worried the "kdnapper" was going to take it.

So, in short, me and this guy were kind of laughing about this as her story is so absurd and we're guessing a complete lie. Unfortuantly he's "stuck" having her as an employee due to a bit of nepotism from his managers/bosses.

 

[nevermore]

^It was obviously a lie unless it happened after 5:00.

 

[Trekker4747]

^It was obviously a lie unless it happened after 5:00.

No, the impression I got -and he got- was the "kidnapper" got her when she was picking something up/doing errands on her way into work. So for her story to be true she would've had to of been in her new car at a time before the dealership called the store.

 

[Miss Chicken]

It definitely seems that she made it all up.

Strangely enough something like this did happen to my elderly, blind uncle. My aunt had left him in the car while she went in to a shop. As my aunt was walking back to the car she saw a woman get into the car and drive off.

My uncle, despite being legally blind was able to give some details about the woman to the police i.e. he thought she was in her 20s because of the sound of her voice, he was able to say what colour top she was wearing as he has a limited amount of vision. He also talked to her and found out some details about her.

It seems that my uncle was able to be more helpful to the police than this woman said she was.

In the end the woman left my uncle on the side of the road and drove off in my aunt's car. My uncle had no idea where he was but some high school girls came along. They called the police and stayed with my uncle until the police arrived.

 

[nevermore]

^It was obviously a lie unless it happened after 5:00.

No, the impression I got -and he got- was the "kidnapper" got her when she was picking something up/doing errands on her way into work. So for her story to be true she would've had to of been in her new car at a time before the dealership called the store.

Right, they said she had to sign and pick up the car at 5:00. Implying that she hadn't yet picked up the car that she claimed she was driving at some time before 1:00. Ergo, clear lie. I'd at least try to get her shitcanned regardless of the nepotism, if just for trying to pass off such a stupid fucking lie.

 

[Holdfast]

SThe days wore on, and he tells her he needs to see the police report in order to make her no-call "kosher" with the big-bosses. She complains that she doesn't have it and is having a hard time getting it as the officer(s) didn't file it correctly, or something.

Because the cops can always get away with misfiling the reports on such a serious incident.

No police report, or even a reference number? Not buying it. Even for a dollar.

 

[Canadave]

It sounds like a lie to me, but stuff like this has happened. I remember hearing about a New Brunswick woman, who was forced to drive a man all the way to Toronto last summer. It was a pretty bizarre story.

 

[Trekker4747]

^It was obviously a lie unless it happened after 5:00.

No, the impression I got -and he got- was the "kidnapper" got her when she was picking something up/doing errands on her way into work. So for her story to be true she would've had to of been in her new car at a time before the dealership called the store.

Right, they said she had to sign and pick up the car at 5:00. Implying that she hadn't yet picked up the car that she claimed she was driving at some time before 1:00. Ergo, clear lie. I'd at least try to get her shitcanned regardless of the nepotism, if just for trying to pass off such a stupid fucking lie.

Well, the impression I've gotten from him is that she's mostly "an extra warm body" she's not critical to things being done right and the only reason why she was the only other closer that night was because there was no one else to work that night due to RTOs. He's a pretty laid-back, easy going guy, and he's told me about other stuff this woman has done and talked about and he just laughs about it. (She's one of those people who always seems to have some insane drama going on) He says he doesn't really need her, she's part time and she's not getting paid much, and she's not really "taking a job that he'd rather have filled with someone better." He has all the crew he needs to get stuff done, she's just a warm body to be back there and fill in "gaps" in the schedule and not really do any of the important work. She's also really good with customers, so... And the nepotism? Her brother-in-law is the store-director.

 

[auntiehill]

If I were that manager, I would go document every single time that person was late or a no-show, and then talk about how difficult it is to work with such an unreliable and unprofessional person.

That may embarrass said family member to either talk to the lousy employee, find her another job, or reassign her to something less important. I had a staff member who was certifiably insane. No one ever wrote her up or took her to the boss because she was such a nut-job, they didn't want to be bothered.

I bothered, and yes, she went friggin' batshit crazy on me, but I didn't care. When one person doesn't do his or her job, three others get inconvenienced or put out because of it.

Even with my current job, I document the CRAP out of every shift, so the good people get rewarded and the lazy bastards get the boot.

 

[nevermore]

No, the impression I got -and he got- was the "kidnapper" got her when she was picking something up/doing errands on her way into work. So for her story to be true she would've had to of been in her new car at a time before the dealership called the store.

Right, they said she had to sign and pick up the car at 5:00. Implying that she hadn't yet picked up the car that she claimed she was driving at some time before 1:00. Ergo, clear lie. I'd at least try to get her shitcanned regardless of the nepotism, if just for trying to pass off such a stupid fucking lie.

Well, the impression I've gotten from him is that she's mostly "an extra warm body" she's not critical to things being done right and the only reason why she was the only other closer that night was because there was no one else to work that night due to RTOs. He's a pretty laid-back, easy going guy, and he's told me about other stuff this woman has done and talked about and he just laughs about it. (She's one of those people who always seems to have some insane drama going on) He says he doesn't really need her, she's part time and she's not getting paid much, and she's not really "taking a job that he'd rather have filled with someone better." He has all the crew he needs to get stuff done, she's just a warm body to be back there and fill in "gaps" in the schedule and not really do any of the important work. She's also really good with customers, so... And the nepotism? Her brother-in-law is the store-director.

Yeah, but how will she ever learn to tell a decent lie if she doesn't face consequences for telling bad ones?

 

[Trekker4747]

Yeah, but how will she ever learn to tell a decent lie if she doesn't face consequences for telling bad ones?

Politics?

 

[Amaris]

^It was obviously a lie unless it happened after 5:00.

No, the impression I got -and he got- was the "kidnapper" got her when she was picking something up/doing errands on her way into work. So for her story to be true she would've had to of been in her new car at a time before the dealership called the store.

Right, they said she had to sign and pick up the car at 5:00. Implying that she hadn't yet picked up the car that she claimed she was driving at some time before 1:00. Ergo, clear lie. I'd at least try to get her shitcanned regardless of the nepotism, if just for trying to pass off such a stupid fucking lie.

Completely agreed. Nepotism or not, there's no excuse for it. The attempt needs to be made.

 

[doubleohfive]

I'd be curious also as to what the general level of appearance this woman has -- is she beautiful? Average? Fugly? Admittedly this is a rather sexist thing to ask and even if it does matter to the grand scheme of it all it's a very minute element of the entire saga, but the fact remains -- People slide by based on their good looks all the time; could this be another case of that happening?

 

[Trekker4747]

She was described to me as a "Three beer'er with a lot of desperation."

 

[eastman23]

It sounds like a lie to me, but stuff like this has happened. I remember hearing about a New Brunswick woman, who was forced to drive a man all the way to Toronto last summer. It was a pretty bizarre story.

Which turned out to be bogus.

Based on the details you gave Trekker, I'm in the "she's lying" camp. And that was before you got to the point about her saying it was in her new car. I find it very difficult to believe that these "errands" that the guy made her do would not have provided the opportunity for her to escape at some point unless none of them required her to leave the car.

 

[Trekker4747]

It sounds like a lie to me, but stuff like this has happened. I remember hearing about a New Brunswick woman, who was forced to drive a man all the way to Toronto last summer. It was a pretty bizarre story.

Which turned out to be bogus.

Based on the details you gave Trekker, I'm in the "she's lying" camp. And that was before you got to the point about her saying it was in her new car. I find it very difficult to believe that these "errands" that the guy made her do would not have provided the opportunity for her to escape at some point unless none of them required her to leave the car.

Yeah, he pretty much just had her drive him around town to various places, a local Wal Mart, a Whole Foods, etc. I mean, literally, just running errands. And he bought his items with her money she pulled out of the ATM. I kind of checked out on the whole thing where she couldn't look at him which is oh-so convenient when it would come to describing the guy to the police. And, oh yeah, the police messed up the report enough to where she couldn't get a copy of it/it was ineffective.

 

[JonathonWally]

-- People slide by based on their good looks all the time; could this be another case of that happening?

That explains how I get away with everything








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[Robert Maxwell]

There is no way she could've gotten confused about which car she was driving. An obvious lie. You know for a fact she didn't have her new car at the time of the incident, yet she claims she did.

The police report should clinch it. If she can't produce it, just assume she made up the entire story.

So, we know she wasn't home, she wasn't at work, and she wasn't at the auto dealership. Where was she? My money is on her fucking around with someone else.

 

[Canadave]

It sounds like a lie to me, but stuff like this has happened. I remember hearing about a New Brunswick woman, who was forced to drive a man all the way to Toronto last summer. It was a pretty bizarre story.

Which turned out to be bogus.

Seems I missed hearing the follow-up. My bad!