MOST CREATIVE WAY TO GET CANNED

It's been a few years since I was on Alcatraz as an inmate, so I've missed some of the more recent stories. However, from what I recall, every year one or more seemingly good employees would pull a memorable/mind-bendingly stupid/ borderline genius stunt of some sort during the first month of the season and be persona non grata by June.
Does anyone have a recent story that fits this mold?

Specifically, I'm thinking about maybe 6 years ago when a ride op went nuts a few weeks into the season, ran swabinchen nonstop for about three cycles, called out a bluetag on his microphone and then summarily quit and went home. Also, I knew another dude in admissions who processed in with an apparently fake or stolen SSN, name and address, and one day after working the night shift at cashierland, simply took the money he was entrusted with and skipped town without telling anyone. (I'd played golf with him a week beforehand and still have no idea if he really was who he claimed to be...)

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One of the guys on our crew called in a bomb threat. He did it from his own cell phone too. He was arrested and spent a few nights in jail. He somehow got out. I heard it was because someone messed up the evidence but I never heard the real story.

Last edited by lladnar, May 1, 2008, 11:57P

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The best story I have heard was at Walt Disney World. A Jungle Cruise skipper had done something stupid after a series of other stupid things...and he knew he was going to be a gonner anyway.

So, he ran out into the attraction and jumped onto the "cave". He grabbed a hose and started spraying down passing boats and their passengers.

Of couse, when the first boatload of wet passengers arrived at the dock the jig was up and the supervisors and security ran out to get the guy. When he got there he jumped into the "river" and ran from island to island until he was, at last, captured.

I can verify that story.

Antother I hear about but am still skeptical was that a 20,000 leagues skipper jumped onto the back of a departing submarine, stripped down to his underware, and dove into the lagoon where he promptly "made out" with a submerged mermaid. If that is true then that might be the most creative ever.

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^ HAHA, that's amazing!

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I am still amazed that people aren't fired more often after the stunts that I have seen them pull within company Housing.

I have witnessed it all firsthand from an amateur male hustling ring to physical gaybashing to obvious drug use to non employees hiding on property after park closing "just" to have a place to stay with friends, etc., etc.

Yes, some of them were taken into police custody...but others were simply given a "stern warning" and reprimand. What the *&^%$!!

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Swimming with the Dolphins

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Is that an idea or did you know someone who actually swam with the dolphins?

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Another Disney classic!

Come to work to get your paycheck, then go out to your car to call in sick on your cell phone, then go to the Magic Kingdom to play!

BOING!

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Nobody said you had to be smart to work at Disney.

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Disney Mike said:
Another Disney classic!

Come to work to get your paycheck, then go out to your car to call in sick on your cell phone, then go to the Magic Kingdom to play!

BOING!

Yeah, ignoring the fact that they can check and see if you've used your company ID at a park turnstile...I don't know how easy it is to do this anymore. They won't even let you hop on the bus to the utilidors at MK anymore if you're in street clothes and aren't carrying anything that could conceivably be containing your costume (assuming you're not wearing it). Anyone I know that attempted this got termed pretty fast.

On a side note, when I worked at Wicked Twister, 2 weeks into the season some guy on my crew got in a fight at the bus stop back to Commons and was subsequently fired. Was pretty glad I brought my car that year because those bus lines are insane, I probably would have done the same thing.

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