Day: August 6, 2012

Off The Internet — Retirees Having Fun

Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day I went downtown and into a shop.

I was only there for about 5 minutes, and when I came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. I said to him, ‘Come on, man, how about giving a retired person a break’? He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.

I called him a ‘Nazi.’ He glared at me and wrote another ticket for having worn tires.

So I called him a ‘doughnut eating Gestapo.’ He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he wrote a third ticket.

This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I abused him the more tickets he wrote.

Personally, I didn’t care. I came downtown on the bus, and the car that he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said, ‘I ♥ Obama.’ I try to have a little fun each day now that I’m retired. It’s important to my health.

Amtrak Food Service Lost $834 Million Since ’02

Despite having a captive cliental that even a Jim Carry character could have turned a profit with, it has been revealed that Amtrak’s food service has lost $834 million since 2002.

The causes are waste, employee theft and lack of proper oversight according to government auditors.
Anybody surprised?
What is the incentive for there to be oversight to stop theft and waste? The overseers have nothing to gain but aggravation by stopping the waste and theft, and they are going to get paid no matter what.  Why not be popular with the rank and file and maybe even get cut in?
Of course, if they were the ones who had put up the money to buy the stuff getting wasted and stolen it would be an entirely different story.
Here’s a question to ponder: what do those who run and work for Amtrak have to gain by increasing the number of riders other than more work for the same amount of pay? 
Now, ask yourself that regarding SEPTA. 
Hat tip TrueBlueLiberty.com

Ex-Employee Accused Of Theft

By Pattie Price

Brian Alexander, 48, of King of Prussia waived a hearing Thursday before Magisterial District Justice Lee Hunter on the charge of theft   for an incident at Barsons Deli, 3807 West Chester Pike, Newtown, Pa. that was reported at 11:15 a.m., May 11.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Officer Dean Hodges said the General Manager of the delicatessen contacted police when his manager reported someone entered the office are and removed $428 from a locked safe.

A security video revealed a former employee, Alexander entering the deli office at 4:27 p.m., May 10. 

On June 14 Alexander provided police with a written confession that he was responsible for entering the deli and stealing the money.

Alexander is scheduled for an Aug. 30 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.