Hi Dean,
This story had a better outcome I think.
Mine, was an old retired, Detroit cop. I was working at a hospital at the time, as a supervisor, in Risk Management. One of my responsibilities was to oversee the security department. This one guard, would put raw shrimps in peoples hubcaps, while their cars baked in the summer heat. Stir up conflict among the other gaurds and sit back and laugh.
First I used verbal reprimand then writing him up, but nothing got through to him. I didn't want to terminate him, he was just an old man, taking care of his eldery mother, and trying to stay productive in his later years.i had to find a way to reach him, before the worst happened, but the worst happened first.
For some reason, hospital employees were fascinated with the morgue, and some ladies from medical records, were easily enticed, by this guy to go with him to see it. Unfortunatly, for us all, he had deviced a horrible prank, that caused one of the women to faint and hit her head on something, requiring her to get stitches. Now the hospital administrator was involved, and I was being given an ultimatum, correct this, or he would take matters into his own hands.
I decided to beat him at his own game, by hiding a Gurnee that contained a dead body, that he left unattended, big no no, against hospital policy. I knew he would have to come to me, and confess, because he would never find the body, I made sure if it. There was no denying his responsibility, he had signed the log, at the nurses station, as the person transporting the body to the morgue.
The outcome, was more than I could hope for, there were real tears, a humble heart, remorse and gratude for showing him compassion instead of terminating his employment.
He worked another three years without a single incident, before retiring. Karen, maybe you could find something harmless to teach a lesson, hopefully not involving a dead body.☺
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