How far would you go — to avoid going to work?
A 21-year-old German woman who did not feel like
going to work at a fast food restaurant sent her parents a text message saying
she had been kidnapped.
A 21-year-old German woman who did not feel like going to work at a fast food restaurant sent her parents a text message saying she had been kidnapped.
Police in the Bavarian town of Straubing said Wednesday they had launched a massive search throughout the region for the woman who disappeared on December 23 but turned up unscathed the following morning, saying the kidnapper had set her free.
A spokesman said the woman was questioned over the Christmas holiday and admitted she made up the story because she owed a colleague 25 euros ($32.9) and did not have the money to pay her debt.
She now faces a fine of up to 1,000 euros.
This was decades ago. I told my boss I had to go to the other side of the country to be with a close friend who was deathly ill. When I returned, they were ready to confront me about my extended absence [I’d called and said I was providing a transfusion]. I had returned — looking drawn and exhausted [well, hungover].
The boss asked me, sarcastically, “how’s your buddy, now?”
I responded, softly, “He died.”
End of questions.
Posted: Wed - December 27, 2006 at 08:36 AM