So one of my employees almost got locked up.

Coldstream wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

...she said it was because of a domestic violence charge for a fight she had with her ex in which she tossed him out a window.

Admit it, this is the moment you decided to hire her. :D

Turns out one of my other cashiers knows her ex and her ex's sister pretty well. The sister says he was beating on her pretty regular and she snapped and tossed him out a window. Since that was the only reported incident she was the one who got the bracelets.

Seriously, how long before this thread gets into the Goodjer commandments? Or at least a weekly show on A&E?

Episode 21: "Nose Chains of Love" or "Battered Battery"

Paleocon wrote:

I asked her why she no longer works at the gun store she had on her application and she said it was because of a domestic violence charge for a fight she had with her ex in which she tossed him out a window.

I had no idea that running a gas station involved recruiting a squad of Amazons.

Or should I say, "Paleocon's Angels"?

misplacedbravado wrote:

Or should I say, "Paleocon's Angels"?

I just came here to say:

Episode 22: "Paleo's Angels"

They'll need more hand to hand training afte they're hired. You need that ass kicking room up ASAP, Paleocon.

LarryC wrote:

They'll need more hand to hand training afte they're hired. You need that ass kicking room up ASAP, Paleocon.

Paleocon is Tony Stark - he's forming the Avengers

Tanglebones wrote:
LarryC wrote:

They'll need more hand to hand training afte they're hired. You need that ass kicking room up ASAP, Paleocon.

Paleocon is Tony Stark - he's forming the Avengers :)

Yeah. Except in this universe pepper pots kicks Tony's ass on a regular basis.

Paleocon - thanks for sharing your adventures for those of us who have that boring 8-4pm office job.

Paleocon wrote:
Tanglebones wrote:
LarryC wrote:

They'll need more hand to hand training afte they're hired. You need that ass kicking room up ASAP, Paleocon.

Paleocon is Tony Stark - he's forming the Avengers :)

Yeah. Except in this universe pepper pots kicks Tony's ass on a regular basis.

And Nick Fury is a sub-100lb wife to Tony? And I thought Samuel L. Jackson was a change!

Also, if you hire metal faced punk rocker, the thread title should change to "2 of my female employees almost got locked up for breaking their abusive boyfriends".

Suddenly all my years running a camera shop in an elite western suburb are like crystaline spring melt water rushing below an angelic footbridge. Bless you Paleo.

Now I've found myself in the middle of a management vs labor dispute regarding cashier shortages. And my attempts to get the cashiers to calm down are being interpreted by the wife as "going native " .

Fml.

Paleo is the 1%?

And my attempts to get the cashiers to calm down are being interpreted by the wife as "going native " .

The used tire bonfires probably didn't help...

Paleocon wrote:

Now I've found myself in the middle of a management vs labor dispute regarding cashier shortages. And my attempts to get the cashiers to calm down are being interpreted by the wife as "going native " .
Fml.

Wouldn't some of the wife's relatives say the same thing about her?

1Dgaf wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Now I've found myself in the middle of a management vs labor dispute regarding cashier shortages. And my attempts to get the cashiers to calm down are being interpreted by the wife as "going native " .
Fml.

Wouldn't some of the wife's relatives say the same thing about her?

The wife's relatives think I'm the greatest thing since instant noodles.

Paleocon wrote:
1Dgaf wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

Now I've found myself in the middle of a management vs labor dispute regarding cashier shortages. And my attempts to get the cashiers to calm down are being interpreted by the wife as "going native " .
Fml.

Wouldn't some of the wife's relatives say the same thing about her?

The wife's relatives think I'm the greatest thing since instant noodles.

Did you ask them this before or after you put them in a choke hold?

Ugh.

It looks like corporate has charged us over $1000 for back taxes on rent that the previous owner was responsible for. And of course, corporate took all of that out of our account electronically without any comment period, instead just telling us that they were going to do it and doing it.

We sent a series of letters to the person in charge of our area and he's been absolutely no help. His suggestion was that we somehow work it out with the previous owner (i.e.: try to get him to pay us for the taxes we've already unwillingly paid on his behalf). Needless to say, this got my wife into a homicidal rage.

Moreover, first he denied that we've paid that much and got huffy when we presented the electronic invoices and draft notices. He even demanded that we send our financial portal password to him via email so he could check it himself. When we refused on the basis of piss poor security adherence, he got even huffier and said that he'd get it from IT.

Ugh.

Never trust a corporation. Ever. They're the ultimate supervillains, and, of course, the archenemy of The Paleos.

They are clearly in the wrong here. If they wanted to get their taxes, they should have gone after the previous owner instead of stealing our money. And this business about making it OUR FCUKING BUSINESS to go after the previous owner is complete and utter bullshiite.

It makes me wonder if it is worth contracting a lawyer.

Paleocon wrote:

They are clearly in the wrong here. If they wanted to get their taxes, they should have gone after the previous owner instead of stealing our money. And this business about making it OUR FCUKING BUSINESS to go after the previous owner is complete and utter bullshiite.

It makes me wonder if it is worth contracting a lawyer.

I would demand the money back and threaten to file a lawsuit otherwise. Stealing money from your account is against the law, I would think.

a domestic violence charge for a fight she had with her ex in which she tossed him out a window

Depending on the cause, I could either really like or really hate that girl.

(edit after reading the next page: damn, you should hire that girl. Who cares about the metal in her face?)

Malor wrote:

Who cares about the metal in her face?

I do. Metal in face make girl sexy for Coldstream.

Coldstream wrote:
Malor wrote:

Who cares about the metal in her face?

I do. Metal in face make girl sexy for Coldstream.

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Hot

The best night shift convenience store guy I've met so far was at a 7-11.

He was from some sort of eastern European country - I want to say Croatia. He was funny as hell but once you got him talking he had a lot of sad stories about being in the war. Maybe his stories were true, maybe they were bull, but he was a great character. He would give us tips on local drug dealers and drunk drivers all the time. He was the kind of guy that when your BS meter told you that maybe he was telling a fish story, you'd look at him, and think, "I dunno, that guy is probably good for it, now that I take a second look at him."

He disappeared and the replacement told me he got fired for stealing or something. Too bad, he was pretty much what you think of when you think "weird late night clerk who absolutely will not tolerate any crap in his store".

Paleocon wrote:

They are clearly in the wrong here. If they wanted to get their taxes, they should have gone after the previous owner instead of stealing our money. And this business about making it OUR FCUKING BUSINESS to go after the previous owner is complete and utter bullshiite.

It makes me wonder if it is worth contracting a lawyer.

I would strongly recommend that you talk to a lawyer.

momgamer wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

They are clearly in the wrong here. If they wanted to get their taxes, they should have gone after the previous owner instead of stealing our money. And this business about making it OUR FCUKING BUSINESS to go after the previous owner is complete and utter bullshiite.

It makes me wonder if it is worth contracting a lawyer.

I would strongly recommend that you talk to a lawyer.

And have your lawyer talk to the lawyer you used when you bought the place.

clover wrote:
momgamer wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

They are clearly in the wrong here. If they wanted to get their taxes, they should have gone after the previous owner instead of stealing our money. And this business about making it OUR FCUKING BUSINESS to go after the previous owner is complete and utter bullshiite.

It makes me wonder if it is worth contracting a lawyer.

I would strongly recommend that you talk to a lawyer.

And have your lawyer talk to the lawyer you used when you bought the place.

This was my initial thought, but it turns out that there were no liens against the business or any pending actions. Since corporate owns the property, there was no reason to believe they were not current on taxes. And since they just pass them through to the franchisee this was not something that would have been flagged in a proper due diligence.

In any event, there is no possible legal precedent in which we would be responsible for the prior owner's taxes. We are not the same corporation.

As far as I'm concerned, it was corporate's fcukup and they can take it up the pooped for it and their attempts to steal from me are likely to result in legal action.

I am guessing that there is an upside to working with this particular evil corporate overlord? Why not just go full indie?