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Ohio Official Docked Vacation Time For Stolen Tape

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-beach-for-you dept.

Lucas123 writes "The missing tape, stolen from an intern's car, contained data on all 64,467 state employees, 19,388 former employees and 47,245 Ohio taxpayers. The state believes the incident will cost them $3 million. So after four months of deliberation, the Ohio Department of Administrative Services announced today that they decided to take a week's vacation away from Jerry Miller, their payroll team leader and the guy in charge of the missing data."

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  1. So his salary must be... by patman600 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, if this cost them $3 million, and they took a week's vacation away, his yearly salary must be $156 million. I think I know where I should be looking for a job now.

    1. Re:So his salary must be... by User+956 · · Score: 2, Funny

      So, if this cost them $3 million, and they took a week's vacation away, his yearly salary must be $156 million. I think I know where I should be looking for a job now.

      I wouldn't be so sure. It took them four months of deliberation to make that determination. From that, I'm guessing they're using some kind of magic-8-ball-fueled-fractal-algorithm to come up with these figures, which means you very well could end up earning a salary in turkish lire, if you're not careful.

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    2. Re:So his salary must be... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 5, Funny

      which means you very well could end up earning a salary in turkish lire, if you're not careful

      Or worse, US Dollars...

    3. Re:So his salary must be... by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know [flies up in the air] Aaaaaargh!

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    4. Re:So his salary must be... by ragefan · · Score: 3, Funny

      The New Turkish Lira or the Old Turkish Lira? :P That's nobody's business but the Turks!
  2. Re:Wrong punishment by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without vacation he will make more mistakes

    It's okay. He's from the government.

  3. Re:What's that in private sector terms? by August_zero · · Score: 2, Funny

    The terrible truth is, that after the data was lost, they were not sure how much vacation time anyone still had but they were pretty sure he had a lot of it so he was probably burned.

    That will teach him next time.

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  4. Re:Is that all they are going to do? by bronney · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I screw up that bad at my work, I'd also be facing a discharge...

  5. Re:Is that all they are going to do? by ritesonline · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you've got problems with a discharge then you should probably change your medication.

  6. After 4 hours of deliberation... by Jtheletter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mr. Miller announced "Well, fuck it," and decide to revoke all Payroll DB access rights, delete the tables and go on "permanent" vacation from the job. Problem solved!

    On a more serious note.... what happened to the intern?

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  7. What are you going to do next... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Announcer: "Jerry Miller, you just caused the loss of $3 million for the state of Ohio, and negatively impacted the lives of more than 100,000 people. What are you going to do next?"

    Miller: "I am apparently NOT going to Disney World."

  8. Re:The guy's Union Boss says... by Dragonslicer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like the Union is staffing IT security now. Who was doing it before, the Confederacy?
  9. Turkish Millionaire by Night+Goat · · Score: 2, Funny

    No wonder they haven't done "Who Wants To Be A Turkish Millionaire" on Howard Stern lately!

  10. Re:Mistake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If a doctor makes a mistake and a patient dies, do we kill the doctor?


    Yes, we should. The medical profession would have us believe that they know what they are doing, when in fact they really have no clue. 50% of medical students cannot pass organic chemistry.

    Doctors are biologists (NOT SCIENTISTS). Biologists simply name and memorise structures they do not comprehend, there is no real science involved.

    The best medical attention is no medical attention. (Aside from common sense hygiene, bandaging, tourniquets and amputations that any dexterous person can perform - anything else is pure guesswork at this point.)
  11. Re:A week? by smeaggie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, and if you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

  12. Re:A week? by m50d · · Score: 2, Funny
    well how about i DRIVE my way down to an area that had living viable, highly evolved cultures years before any European country did...... I'll see you in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico.

    All of which involve leaving the US, you tool.

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  13. Re:Republican Cuture of Corruption by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I take it you live under one of the extremely slow bridges so you don't have much to do?