Woman Jailed For Starting Office Fire To Leave Work Early

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @03:42AM from the take-this-job-and-spark-it dept.

A Florida woman was sentenced to nine months in jail, followed by five years of probation, for starting an office fire so she could get out of work early. From the article: "Pasco sheriff's investigators said Michelle Perrino, 40, started a fire at Bayonet Point Oxygen on May 12, 2009. Perrino drew suspicion when she mentioned the fire's origin — a filing cabinet — during an employee meeting. Employees had not been told where the fire started." I hope she had the good sense to start the fire on Friday so she could have a long weekend.

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Case of the Fridays by Gothmolly · 2010-06-23 03:44 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, studies HAVE shown that if you do this sort of thing on a Friday, there's less chance of an incident.

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Re:What? by CaptSlaq · 2010-06-23 03:49 · Score: 5, Funny

News for nerds? Stuff that matters? This is not front-page material.
They must have taken her stapler.