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Tue Jan-24-06 07:37 PM
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Have you been arrested at work? |
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Come on, fess up. OK I'll start. I was arrested for putting rat poison in the boss's Skinny 'n Sweet. It was an accident though, I didn't mean it at all, said redwitch with a smile as innocent as...SnowWhite. :-)
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Tue Jan-24-06 08:32 PM
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redwitch
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Tue Jan-24-06 08:40 PM
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We just need jane "judy" fonda now and we can take over corporate America. Yee Haw!
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Tue Jan-24-06 08:45 PM
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3. Yes, I was arrested last summer |
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by the MDA. I even have a picture of me behind bars! It was to raise money for kids with muscular dystrophy, not because I did anything illegal.
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Tue Jan-24-06 08:46 PM
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4. sure, that's what they all say |
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Tue Jan-24-06 08:47 PM
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5. I rest all the time at work |
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put my feet up on a kid and snooze out.
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Tue Jan-24-06 08:49 PM
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Tue Jan-24-06 09:31 PM
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Tue Jan-24-06 09:42 PM
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Tue Jan-24-06 09:53 PM
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9. The VERY short version |
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was I worked in Vernon CA and unincorporated area past DT. I didn't know this ( thought it was part of LA) and I racked up hundreds of dollars of parking tickets in front of my office ( everyone did, employee parking lot was 3 blocks away in a bad neighborhood). Since it was such a small city the cops have plenty of time to come and arrest you, which they did. My assistant bailed me out and I paid the $350 fine (1987!) and went back to my office. ONE week later there were still 3 tickets that had not yet gone to warrant so they came and arrested me again....we went thru the same exercise. Was in a 'holding' cell twice for two hours.
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:15 AM
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10. LOL parking violations, I guess I'll still talk to you. |
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You had us worried for a bit!
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Wed Jan-25-06 05:53 PM
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11. Actually it was quit funny |
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Both times they sent a male and female cop. They got great pleasure in coming back the second time.
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Wed Jan-25-06 05:56 PM
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I assisted in an arrest of someone on Alcatraz, LOL. He had gone into a closed part of the island, I noticed him, called the Law Enforcement Ranger, she learned he had a warrant and he was led off the Rock in handcuffs.
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:29 PM
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16. Did ya put im in stir? |
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Sounds like someone's prison fantasy! People with outstanding warrants shouldn't stray too far from the crowd. :-)
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Wed Jan-25-06 05:56 PM
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13. No, but I had papers served to me at work |
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And that was embarassing as hell. Five years ago, when my ex brought me to court for child support (which i was already paying voluntarily - he just likes to mess with me).
That was bad enough - I'll pass on getting arrested there, thank you very much.
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:31 PM
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17. Wow, not an amicable divorce I take it? |
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That was mean of him, I hope you can improve the relationship for the kid's sake. But I know some people are really tough to get along with.
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Wed Jan-25-06 05:56 PM
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14. No, there's never been any reason to. |
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:34 PM
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19. Sure, I'll bet you've got a "sheet" a mile long Joan! |
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Wed Jan-25-06 06:03 PM
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15. The company I work for doesnt even have security! |
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:35 PM
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21. no problem buddy, we can fix that. |
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"You have the right to remain silent..." :-)
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:33 PM
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:38 PM
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:51 PM
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28. I guess we're just boring folk! |
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:57 PM
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boring is good! Now if you had gotten arrested, say, for protesting in front of the White House...
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:14 PM
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that would be a good thing! :)
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:34 PM
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Every year at work, we have a fundraiser where you can have someone "arrested" (by college students and professors dressed up in uniform) for whatever violation you can concoct. The students make money from the accuser and from the arrested individual who can pay to avoid jail and pay a little more to find out who had them arrested.
Last year, I had one of my colleagues in the math department arrested for "possessing weapons of math instruction" - her students thought it was hilarious! :rofl:
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:38 PM
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22. I know a local band called The Mathematicians |
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Their two big hits are Binary Girl and Weapons of Math Instruction! Great minds and all that... :-)
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:47 PM
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When I worked for Greenpeace. Of course they got me out too.
Blockading the Chevron headquarters and trespassing on the Nevada Nuclear test site.
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:56 PM
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33. I knew you were dangerous! |
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:48 PM
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25. Yes....not joking. About 8 years ago. |
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:52 PM
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29. Oh yeah.....it seems like a million years ago. |
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I've moved on since then.
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:54 PM
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here's to better days! :toast:
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:48 PM
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There was a spare set of rooms at the office (my old landscaping job- the office was set up in an old house)- my boss rented them to me because there was no other use for them at the time. He had installed an alarm system in the building. I knew it was there, but he neglected to tell me A. It was completed. B. It had been activated. 3. What the code was. Thus, I came in after a long LONG day of work (about 9pm) and started getting ready for my shower. I suddenly heard a loud knock knock on the front door, so (half-dressed) I went to see who it was. Upon opening the door I was facing a very short cop with a very LARGE 9 mil automatic in his hand. (Those pistols look INCREDIBLY large when they're pointed at your face.)
Fortunately, after I called the boss, I satisfied the cop I wasn't a burglar or something, and life went on. After the adreneline rush faded, anyway...
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:52 PM
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minor oversight! Or did your boss have a sick sense of humor?
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:07 PM
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38. Guess he had other things on his mind. |
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Edited on Wed Jan-25-06 10:07 PM by Prisoner_Number_Six
All in all, it was a minor glitch. The cop didn't pull the trigger, thus all ended well. (Since boss man was signing my paycheck at the time, it would not have been advantageous to me to hold on to the moment...)
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:55 PM
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Wed Jan-25-06 09:59 PM
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35. Me thinks thou doth protest too much |
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:01 PM
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a one-word answer is protesting too much?
I've never been arrested at all, at work or otherwise.
I never claimed to be interesting.
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:07 PM
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37. I was just funnin' with ya |
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I thought this thread died early last evening but it hasn't. It was a copycat to Have you been abused at work? and hmmm I don't remember the other one Have you been amused at work? In any case, THE THREAD LIVES!!!! I'm not interesting either. Sigh.
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:10 PM
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39. Abused - not really; amused - often. |
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I didn't resurrect this thread, so I can't take credit for it. ;)
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:16 PM
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did it take you to hogtie that sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot?
:P
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:21 PM
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Haven't seen it in ages. Don't know why the Snow White fantasy scene came to mind yesterday, I swear I'm not planning to poison the boss- I'm self-employed! :-)
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:25 PM
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43. LOL-correction-I just remembered another occasion, but this one's funny. |
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When I was 16, I used to work at Opryland, which was an amusement park in Nashville. The park has since closed, but it was a great place to work.
The park had a cruise ship that went up and down the Cumberland River. One night they had an employees' cruise, and we were all going. However, I stopped by a party and got totally hammered beforehand....and I'm talking about getting so drunk that I was having blackouts - that degree of drunkenness. We went to the ship, but they wouldn't let me on because I was just too far gone (from what I was told - I don't remember that part). So they "detained" me by putting me in the security office and then they called my parents. The only thing I remember is puking on the floor of the security office (and they had carpet).
So technically I was "at work," because that was were I worked. However, I wasn't on the job, and I wasn't arrested by the cops...just detained by the security guards.
So I guess you can say I've been arrested at work twice. The funny thing is that I wasn't fired from Opryland, or even scolded. My bosses all thought it was hilarious.
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:51 PM
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45. I was living in Nashville when Opryland closed. |
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Edited on Wed Jan-25-06 10:52 PM by Prisoner_Number_Six
I thought it was a great crying shame- to have something like "DollyWood" (or whatever the hell it was) move in and take its place was somewhat of a statement on the mentality of the money moguls, imho.
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Wed Jan-25-06 11:09 PM
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46. It was a dream job for a teenager |
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Edited on Wed Jan-25-06 11:11 PM by TroubleMan
It was more fun that work.
Also, something to miss about Opryland was the live shows - and they were good, too. I don't know of any other amusement park that puts on the original musicals that Opryland did.
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Thu Jan-26-06 06:49 AM
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today it would be quite a different story.
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Wed Jan-25-06 10:48 PM
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but I expect Fatherland Security any day now...
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