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Lost_Count

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11. Reminds me of a young private...

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 07:49 AM

Feb 2014

Last edited Mon Feb 10, 2014, 10:03 AM - Edit history (1)

... Who was complaining how it was unfair that the officers got paid more when all they did was "paperwork."

I ribbed him about it a few years later once he had some experience and knew with certainty that he was happy with his job and wouldn't take mine to save his life.

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Police: Teen Tricked Oklahoma Walmart Managers Out Of Nearly $30,000 [View all] RandySF Feb 2014 OP

Is it wrong that this made me chuckle? nt Mnemosyne Feb 2014 #1

I did, too. Fawke Em Feb 2014 #3

Glad I'm not alone! Mnemosyne Feb 2014 #12

Shows you the intelligence of Walmart management. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #2

Management tends to not be, in any industry Scootaloo Feb 2014 #6

Reminds me of a young private... Lost_Count Feb 2014 #11

Very impressive jsr Feb 2014 #4

The kid wasn't that bright without some "flee the country" escape plan Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #22

Wish I'd thought of that. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #5

Yes! NobodyHere Feb 2014 #7

Apparenlty only if you're already really wealthy. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #25

Maybe he's the person who bought $1000 postulater Feb 2014 #8

Until he got caught. This isn't exactly a "success" story. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #9

Gotta admit he was pretty avebury Feb 2014 #10

The culture of obedience in action. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #13

+1. Brickbat Feb 2014 #14

I can remember when we made a big deal of being independent thinkers and bemildred Feb 2014 #15

Remember the TV show "The Rockford files" from the 70s? JoePhilly Feb 2014 #17

Yeah, McGyver, Hiram Holliday was my favorite back in the day. bemildred Feb 2014 #19

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday bemildred Feb 2014 #21

Line managers and other middle managers are some of the worst tinpot dictators in business. Brickbat Feb 2014 #18

And very poorly trained, with poor social skills, but they are disposable too. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #20

They've gone through so many employees nilesobek Feb 2014 #16

Kids has balls Springslips Feb 2014 #23

here ya go! Vinnie From Indy Feb 2014 #26

Jail him. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #24