[Laneco]

This is a bit of a convoluted story, but it shows quite nicely how mixing business with pleasure should probably NOT be done by certain people....

I had an employer who tended to hire every person in her social group which consisted mostly of square and line dancing. The employer would put people to work for the company who were woefully unqualified. Employer wanted to bring an individual, let's call her Jade, to work and knowing that my mother was aquainted with Jade, asked me my opinion. I told my employer point blank that his was a TERRIBLE idea because 1) Jade is not qualified to do any job here, and 2) Jade is having an affair with someone else's husband and that someone else happened to be the employer's accountant. What are the odds, right?

Well needless to say no-job-skills Jade gets hired. Turns out she can't even type but I spend ALOT of time with her and she actually starts to catch on pretty decently. Even worked hard. But there's still that "other thing" out there right? So one day, middle of the day, Jade gets a phone call. She stands up in the middle of the office and screams "OH MY Fxxxing GAWD HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?" and runs from the office. Took a couple of days to find out what happened. The accountant filled us in on the details.

It seems that Jade and the accountant's husband liked to film their adventures. This was in the day of VHS technology. Lacking a blank tape, they decided to tape over an old square dance practice session. The first few minutes were Jade and assorted kitchen utensils, later joined by the accountants husband.

Fast forward a month or two and the accountant has a couple of people from the dance group over. They decide to review a past practice session to teach a new member a few moves. Boy did they ever... The accountant found the tape, put in and walked out of the room into the kitchen to fix refreshments for the small group. The tape played and no one said a word. They just stood there and watched Jade (remember, she was a member of the dance group) and her lively activities with the kitchen utensils. At the point were the accountant's husband joined the action on the screen - the accountant walked into the real life room with a tray refreshments. The tray hit the ground and the you-know-what hit the fan!

Very interesting weeks at work with the accountant and Jade in the same office...

angela