MINI 037 Jack the Driver

 Jack the driver retired from the Gobbleup & Sons Construction Company a few years back and his retirement checks were a lot lower than he expected.  So, paperwork in hand, he asked the human resources department why.

 Pricilla Personnel assumed her official scowl, pretended to read Jack’s papers and then said it was because the market tanked.  Jack hauled out his Wall Street Journal which said the market’s been just fine.  The scowl deepened. Trucker with a Wall Street Journal?  These days, sure. 

 

What really happened was that members of the Gobbleup clan and some of their poker buddies were fudging the figures. The kind of fudge that comes in dollar-green and lands in hiding.

 

The court said give the money back.  They did… along with one of those agreements that says “We did nothing wrong and we’ll never do it again.”  Consent decrees, they’re called.

 

But guess what everyone just now found out.  They had started siphoning a whole lot earlier than anyone told the judge.  So now they’re all back in court.

 

The big question isn’t what the court does, or the company. It’s whether the judge is a member of their weekly Texas Hold ’em circle?

 

I’m wesrichards@gmail.com 

My opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them.

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