Have you ever had to work with some really questionable people?

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Rooster Cogburn Profile
Rooster Cogburn , Rooster Cogburn, answered

HA ! In the Automotive business? Worked with and for many questionable people ! Glad I'm retired !

Jann Nikka Profile
Jann Nikka answered

Yes, I worked many years at one of the biggest/largest bank 🏦 in world.

Liars, all types of scammers, adultery, child born to adulters and his mistress, tow trucker drivers, people smoking and selling marijuana, stealing cars, fraud, dealerships involve with multiple frauds, people stealing cars with false checks, people with guns, thieves, trickery, cons.

I had to deal face to face and indirectly with these people.

Employees, vendors and executive upper management. 

dragonfly forty-six Profile

Yes, wherever you go there is always one person that you will wonder about.

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DDX Project answered

I undertook a huge project once that required outsourcing secondary tasks in order to meet deadline. There's quite a few options to choose from whether it be Mexico, India, or  contracting  companies here on American soil. And of course, myself being a true patriot contracting company company out in the Midwest *cough* Kansas despite the price tag. 

And now it occurs to me that in some parts of the country, being "college educated" meant graduates from ITT Tech, Devry, or the University of Phoenix. People I assigned to lead those teams remotely described it as a babysitting service. The work was atrocious and had to be redone, it was like I didn't outsource anything at all. With an Indian company, you just send them a set of specifications and they'll complete the work exactly to that specification including the errors in those specifications if it had any. Smart people. Can't say the same about those other folks who are probably running around bragging that they've worked on projects for *my company*.

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Corey The Goofyhawk , Epic has no limit, answered

A co-worker of mine has been to jail about three times amd arrested several times more, mostly for disturbing the public, starting fightings, and assulting police officers. Why they decided to allow him to return to work after all that, I'll never know.

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otis campbell answered

Im questionable with my history. But i know chrysler dodge fuel inj inside and out. And here in texas one in seven texans have a felony  what are u going to do. The law is locking up everyone because it is a money making enterprise!!

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Didge Doo answered

During a working life that extended over fifty years I've worked with quite a few people who have had, ah, interesting hobbies. Among people I've worked with have been two fences, three (possibly four) murderers, a guy who became a major drug importer, a couple of (another 'ah') sex workers, a handful of thieves, a professional stand-over man, and half a dozen chancers of one kind or another. (You'd never believe Uncle Naffy, even if I told you about him.)

The fact is, criminals blend in with the rest of the community and the clever ones don't boast about it. You never quite know who's doing what until they get caught and most of the people I mentioned blended in very well.

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Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
A stand-over man is a professional goon, somebody who extorts money (or favours) by physical violence.

"Chancer" is a British term. Means somebody who takes chances, attempting to gain money or advantage by all manner of questionable (or downright illegal) actions.
Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
Two of the people I alluded to in my answer worked with me at the same time, in a crew of less than 25 men (no women). That was back about 1962-63. One of them was arrested for receiving stolen goods while we were still working together. The other made his name later as a major drug importer.

I saw a criminal being interviewed on one of those so-called current affairs programs. His face was blanked out but it would have been obvious to anybody who knew him who he was. He named the importer and just a week or two later the police found his body. My acquaintance was convicted of his murder. Coupled with drug importation, he was sentence to 20 years, which is a particularly long sentence in Oz.
Jann Nikka
Jann Nikka commented
wow. I only shared 1% of the shenanigans, foolishness and craziness that went on at the bank. LOL
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Barb Cala answered

I remember when my husband's boss's son started working for the company I had been working for.  His boss used to brag about his son and how accomplished he was for years.  But as soon as this kid started working at my company, he was in trouble all the time and eventually ended up getting fired.  I heard years later that he continued to get fired from other companies ... So I always wondered about him for sure.

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Rath Keale
Rath Keale commented
I feel sorry for that father. The embarrassment and disappointment must follow him around every day. His son is a total failure in several different ways and is not learning from any of it.
Barb Cala
Barb Cala commented
Unfortunately, the father doesn't deal with the realities of his son's problems though.
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PJ Stein answered

If you work for more than a year, chances are you will have worked with someone questionable.

I had a skeezy boss when I was 18. The term sexual harassment wasn't something that was used back then, especially by 18-20 year old young women. If we had known, that guy would have lost his job.

I had a friend who I worked with who got caught stealing from our company. Because we were friends I was thoroughly investigated because of him. I had no idea he was stealing and was furious when I found out.  I have also turned people in for stealing.

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