Government employee draws paycheck for 12 years without showing up.....

[her209]

It took till the 14th post for this? If this was ATOT, this would be post #2 if not in the OP.

I am disappointed, P&N.

Milton still showed up to work though.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

i'm not sure if you guys didn't get the memo, but she IS entitled to it..... it is her RIGHT

haha americans oh wait

This post makes zero sense to me.

 

[Jhhnn]

Yes, you're right: the best thing to do is sweep any potentially damaging crap under the rug. Your government apologetics are absolutely amazing - you really believe that government can do no wrong.

That's not what I said should have happened, but rather what might have happened. There's a difference, but You apparently can't help yourself, and therefore get your little moral superiority dance going, and attack. I never offered that I believed what transpired was a desirable outcome, at all.

As it is, the whole thing went national as a sop to the usual outrage junkies, anyway. You got your dose- did it feel good? Did it make your putter flutter?

 

[CycloWizard]

That's not what I said should have happened, but rather what might have happened. There's a difference, but You apparently can't help yourself, and therefore get your little moral superiority dance going, and attack. I never offered that I believed what transpired was a desirable outcome, at all.

As it is, the whole thing went national as a sop to the usual outrage junkies, anyway. You got your dose- did it feel good? Did it make your putter flutter?

You declared that everyone who would point out that the situation is absolutely ridiculous, yet hardly unexpected, is irrational. Immediately prior, you offered an insane explanation which is no less ridiculous than what everyone else here already knows happened, but you find more palatable because you're a blatant pro-government apologist. I have no outrage because this woman is doing exactly what she should do: push the ridiculous system as far as she can. I made my post while doing the same thing she did for 12 years, so why would I exhibit signs of outrage?

 

[sactoking]

I agree that it's ridiculous that she was collecting for that long of a period, but could it have been because of this:

For reasons that remain unclear, the agency's director, George Pratt, never resolved McGlone's suspension by either firing her or putting her back to work. She was paid an estimated $320,000 before Womack, Pratt's replacement, found out and fired her around May 2010.

She was suspended, then never officially fired or removed from suspension. Yeah, she could have said something, but the city obviously did a piss poor job with their records management.

See, I thought that in situations like this the recipient of "unearned" money had a legal responsibility to inform someone that something wrong was going on. For example, if my credit union just randomly put $1,000,000 in my account I would have a legal duty to tell them or I could face theft charges. In this case, after her suspension lasted, say, a year wouldn't it be reasonable to assume she had a legal duty to ask "Hey, what's going on with my suspension?" that might have tipped someone off earlier?

 

[Jhhnn]

See, I thought that in situations like this the recipient of "unearned" money had a legal responsibility to inform someone that something wrong was going on. For example, if my credit union just randomly put $1,000,000 in my account I would have a legal duty to tell them or I could face theft charges. In this case, after her suspension lasted, say, a year wouldn't it be reasonable to assume she had a legal duty to ask "Hey, what's going on with my suspension?" that might have tipped someone off earlier?

How do you know she didn't?