The case of the missing sneakers

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on 6/28/2002
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What a day! To tell the story, I’ll have to go back to Wednesday when I left my car window open during a storm. My car’s interior, floor matt and a pair of sneakers got soaked. So on Thursday I let them dry in the sun right in front of my car in the parking lot at the office. I check on my gradually drying item as the day when on, but at the end of the day my sneakers were missing. I though someone in the office was playing a joke on me.

Cut to today, I asked the folks I work with if anyone was ‘hiding’ my sneakers. The answer was no, but someone said that one of the guys from the warehouse was wearing a pair of sneakers that look just like the one that were in front of my car the day before. I didn’t think that anyone would want my water drenched size 11.5 Nikes, but the footwear my co-worker was wearing (without socks no less) look exactly like my sneakers, small tears in all the right places. (Keep in mind there were a very limited run of reissue Air Darwins.) When I confronted the co-worker, he catagorically denied that he took them. I said “No problem, we must have the same sneakers.” Besides I didn’t want them at that point anymore. I figured I just let the incident pass. My co-workers however ran with this, and the un-ending frenzy of ‘borrowed’ sneakers jokes aimed at both me and the ‘suspect’ caused a bit of a stir.

The ‘accused’ worker left for the day he was so mad. (I heard he was pissed off and ‘looking’ for me while I was out at lunch.) When I returned, I sat thought no less than three meetings regarding the touchiness of the situation. My attitude from the beginning was to laugh the whole thing off as an unfortunate situation. Imagine me the ‘victim’ in these meetings being told that we need to handle this situation delicately.

It was never my intention to get any department managers or Human Resources personnel involved, but it seems like my co-worker with ‘the same sneakers’ might now become my former co-worker, and I might now have a strained relationship with the entire warehouse staff.

Like I said, “What a day!” more on Monday as the story unfolds.

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Cut to today, I asked the folks I work with if anyone was 'hiding' my sneakers. The answer was no, but someone said that one of the guys from the warehouse was wearing a pair of sneakers that look just like the one that were in front of my car the day before. I didn't think that anyone would want my water drenched size 11.5 Nikes, but the footwear my co-worker was wearing (without socks no less) look exactly like my sneakers, small tears in all the right places. (Keep in mind there were a very limited run of reissue [Air Darwins][1].) When I confronted the co-worker, he catagorically denied that he took them. I said "No problem, we must have the same sneakers." Besides I didn't want them at that point anymore. I figured I just let the incident pass. My co-workers however ran with this, and the un-ending frenzy of 'borrowed' sneakers jokes aimed at both me and the 'suspect' caused a bit of a stir. The 'accused' worker left for the day he was so mad. (I heard he was pissed off and 'looking' for me while I was out at lunch.) When I returned, I sat thought no less than three meetings regarding the touchiness of the situation. My attitude from the beginning was to laugh the whole thing off as an unfortunate situation. Imagine me the 'victim' in these meetings being told that we need to handle this situation delicately. It was never my intention to get any department managers or Human Resources personnel involved, but it seems like my co-worker with 'the same sneakers' might now become my former co-worker, and I might now have a strained relationship with the entire warehouse staff. Like I said, "What a day!" more on Monday as the story unfolds. 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To tell the story, I'll have to go back to Wednesday when I left my car window open during a storm. My car's interior, floor matt and a pair of sneakers got soaked. So on Thursday I let them dry in the sun right in front of my car in the parking lot at the office. I check on my gradually drying item as the day when on, but at the end of the day my sneakers were missing. I though someone in the office was playing a joke on me. Cut to today, I asked the folks I work with if anyone was 'hiding' my sneakers. The answer was no, but someone said that one of the guys from the warehouse was wearing a pair of sneakers that look just like the one that were in front of my car the day before. I didn't think that anyone would want my water drenched size 11.5 Nikes, but the footwear my co-worker was wearing (without socks no less) look exactly like my sneakers, small tears in all the right places. (Keep in mind there were a very limited run of reissue [Air Darwins][1].) When I confronted the co-worker, he catagorically denied that he took them. I said "No problem, we must have the same sneakers." Besides I didn't want them at that point anymore. I figured I just let the incident pass. My co-workers however ran with this, and the un-ending frenzy of 'borrowed' sneakers jokes aimed at both me and the 'suspect' caused a bit of a stir. The 'accused' worker left for the day he was so mad. (I heard he was pissed off and 'looking' for me while I was out at lunch.) When I returned, I sat thought no less than three meetings regarding the touchiness of the situation. My attitude from the beginning was to laugh the whole thing off as an unfortunate situation. Imagine me the 'victim' in these meetings being told that we need to handle this situation delicately. It was never my intention to get any department managers or Human Resources personnel involved, but it seems like my co-worker with 'the same sneakers' might now become my former co-worker, and I might now have a strained relationship with the entire warehouse staff. Like I said, "What a day!" more on Monday as the story unfolds. 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