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tragedy of our times
Oct. 23rd, 2008 05:09 pmSomeone I know from church, an employee at a toy manufacturer, just got arrested for buying toys from the company on her corporate credit cards and then reselling them on eBay and keeping the profits.
The news accounts say "An affidavit for [her] arrest says she told officials she committed the acts because she was overwhelmed with debt."
She's the mother of six children, the youngest under five, the older three of college age. Her husband has tried various jobs... most recently? ....real estate agent... *sigh* And now she has been fired from her job, and what will happen? Will she go to jail?
What will happen to this family? Without her job, where is their health care? For that matter, how about food, how about the heating bill?
This is a good person... she must have felt so desperate to be driven to this.
The news accounts say "An affidavit for [her] arrest says she told officials she committed the acts because she was overwhelmed with debt."
She's the mother of six children, the youngest under five, the older three of college age. Her husband has tried various jobs... most recently? ....real estate agent... *sigh* And now she has been fired from her job, and what will happen? Will she go to jail?
What will happen to this family? Without her job, where is their health care? For that matter, how about food, how about the heating bill?
This is a good person... she must have felt so desperate to be driven to this.
