First time I met with my ex-boss was the job interview
I just knew there was something not quite right about him, very much an air of second-hand-car-salesman, too smiley, dead eyes, that sort of thing. He turned out to be devious, but not smart.

At the beginning (it was a new company, starting from scratch) he was clever enough to accomodate the employees, but even with that, within the first month a steady trickle of resignations began. There was little confidence in the chap as a professional, his incompetence was obvious. But he had state and private sector backing, oh yes. He had managed to charm those folks very well. very silver-tongued. Charmed them enough that they trusted him absolutely.

And so it was to be that over the next ten years he privately ran up a huge 'expense account' (read: stole a lot of company money). And this was on top of his already ample salaries. and on what did he spend all the money? quite simply: tat. He eventually blew over €700,000 on rubbish. An awful, awful person.

A combo of stupidity and many enemies was to be his downfall: for example - he was stupid enough to trust one or two people enough to give them access to the books. They waited and sharpened their knives, eventually giving it to him right between the shoulder blades.

The climax of the long-awaited court-case was just before last Christmas, in which the judge stated that the guy's arrogance and disdain for the law had not helped in her final decision which was payment of €100,000 by the end of this year, or face 5 years in pokey. Of course there will be the appeals and all, but looking at him on the tv cameras outside the court, he looked tired and broken.

Many of my colleagues feel sorry for him. 'I'm sorry', I tell them, 'but I cannot feel pity for pure stupidity.'
(roysin, Sat 2 Mar 2013, 10:15, 3 replies)

I pity the fool that cannot feel pity for pure stupidity

( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Sat 2 Mar 2013, 10:54, closed)

pitiful

(roysin, Sat 2 Mar 2013, 11:18, closed)

I "liked" this more than your original post.
Sry roy. Here's some soda water.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 2 Mar 2013, 12:39, closed)

Cheers
*throws soda water over own head*

*sings 'Make 'Em Laugh' in silly voice*

Here - smell this plastic flower on my lapel.

*sniggers*
(roysin, Sat 2 Mar 2013, 14:03, closed)