Loser allegedly stole 212 pair of the Costa Del Mar sunglasses, which retail for about $250 each. He had planned to sell the eyewear to his friends.
UPS worker charged with sunglasses theft [Daytona Beach News-Journal]
(Photo: beau-foto)
]]>The only company who comes close to Costa in customer care is Maui Jim. One year guarantee, but when a frame cracked within that period, they told me the glasses were discontinued and to pick any other pair from their line up.
]]>Also, I may be basing this whole theory on one case study: having gone to high school with a girl who really lived up to her last name. I'll leave it to you to try and figure out what her last name was.
]]>@tbax929: My old boss had a Dr. Doctor. Wonder if it's the same one...
]]>Hmmm *removes employees name* yep, he's still a loser. I refer back to my original comment "i can already see it "You sir... you are a LOSER!". "
]]>Those del mars look like cheap chinese made crap, and they probably are. No country of origin on their website eh? And what do you know...suspicion partially confirmed by backcountry and geartrade.
]]>Lastly, [consumerist.com]
]]>@sinrtb:
I am willing to bet he was just watching out for the high value flags and stealing what came his way. Sunglasses, cat p_rn, mamma's Cash4Gold shipment etc.
]]>Interesting that this guy thought so little of his own company's security that he committed the theft. Looks like UPS can get its gears in motion when faced with a single loss of that size.
The article didn't say whether Loser needed to take time off from work.
]]>@temporaryerror: Didn't see this post at first-I posted the same thing above. I should scroll down before posting...
]]>@kgazette: Oddly enough, Freakonomics has the story of parents who named their kids Winner and Loser. Winner's a criminal and Loser's a NYPD cop.
Summary here (couldn't find full story): [freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com]
]]>A "self-fullfilling prophecy" only works if you let it. Many people have the strength of will to work harder to overcome a disadvantage, while other people are content to let it dictate who they are.
]]>(No, seriously, he had some quirks.)
]]>Now remove the employee's name from the headline and rewrite the headline....
"UPS employee steals $53,000 of consumer goods from customer's shipment" .... is a pretty damn important Consumerist topic.
Instead of commenting about UPS's lack of oversight on high value shipments, people are commenting about the employee's name.
]]>No, because he is an UPS employee and you know how evil all UPS/FedEx/USPS employees are.
]]>Jeez, what kind of people would reproduce knowing that each and every one of their kids was a BORN LOSER.
]]>Is the only reason that this story showed up on Consumerist is that the guy had a funny last name?
]]>Usually I'm all "self-esteem, shmelf-esteem," but you gotta figure someone called this guy "Loser" every day, and a lot of people probably took advantage of the fact that they could do it without him really knowing whether they were insulting him or not.
(Before the other commenters show up and decide my commenter-fate, I'm about 50% kidding.)
]]>