One of Jobdig’s ex-interns works for a major accounting firm here in Minneapolis and swears the following happened at one of their client’s office.

Seems like this client was interviewing for an opening in middle management. The interview went fairly well, the interviewer got a sense of the candidate and the candidate asked appropriate questions of her, as well. After the interview, the candidate was escorted not to the front door, but near it. “Thanks for coming in this morning, we will be in touch,” or words to that effect. Further pleasantries were exchanged and all seemed fine, normal some might say. The interviewer watched as the candidate walked down the short hallway to the reception area.

Well, turns out this day was one of those days, where employees all chipped in some cash, left it at the receptionist’s desk for her to order in some pizza or Subways. Employees would congregate at the desk, chip some money in, make change and leave their $7 for lunch. It was late in the morning, cash was not exactly falling off her desk, but the little basket was full. No one knows for sure how much was in it.

You know what happened next, don’t you?

Yep. The candidate scoops up the money and runs like Randy Moss out the door, dodging people and getting out to our skyway system. The receptionist, one of those don’t-F.-with-me grandmotherly types, leaps out of her chair like she just sat on a whoopee cushion and takes after the guy. Him, being younger and faster, soon blends in to the near-lunchtime crowd and she loses him.

Unfortunately, she doesn’t see a cop or a skyway ranger to help her, where are those guys when you need one?

Overall, a sad day for the company, interview someone for a real, decent paying job and he steals petty cash…not even from the company but from his future co-workers.

Luckily, the company still had his resume with his phone number and current address on it.

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hat tip:  Harley