# 666 on tax form causes Christian worker to quit his job **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594 "2013-02-07T15:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/1 "2013-02-07T15:28:49Z")
> **[666 on tax form causes Christian worker to quit his job](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/07/man-quits-job-666-tax-form/1898021/)** > > Man says he would go to hell if he accepted number Bible calls "number of the beast." > [@](#): > > A man said that he quit his job last week in order to save his soul. > > Walter Slonopas, 52, resigned as a maintenance worker at Contech Casting LLC in Clarksville after his W-2 tax form was stamped with the number 666. > > The Bible calls 666 the “number of the beast,” and it’s often used as a symbol of the devil. Slonopas said that after getting the W-2, he could either go to work or go to hell. > > “If you accept that number, you sell your soul to the devil,” he said. > > Bob LaCourciere, vice president of sales and marketing for the Revstone Corp., which owns Contech Casting, said that Slonopas’ W-2 was labeled with 666 by the company that handles Contech’s payroll. It refers to the order in which the forms were mailed out, he said. Well, it frees up a job for a non-idiot, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/2 "2013-02-07T15:34:03Z")
I hope that stupid POS doesn’t have a family to support. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/3 "2013-02-07T15:40:02Z")
Well, his W-2 still has 666 on it, so by his own logic, now he’s NOT going to work, but still going to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/4 "2013-02-07T15:40:20Z")
That…doesn’t even make sense. I mean, less so than normal. 666 isn’t his employee ID. It’s a number stamped to a form for work he’s already done. It’s a form he needs for tax filing. So quitting won’t change the fact that he still has the form. Is he planning on not filing taxes this year? Is he planning on giving back all his wages from 2012 so he can burn the W-2? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/5 "2013-02-07T15:41:03Z")
This isn’t a pitting so much as a point-and-laugh. Unless the moron decides to sue his ex-employer, which wouldn’t surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/6 "2013-02-07T15:45:37Z")
Some people just freak the fuck out at that number. I was playing three card poker at a casino a few years ago, and hit three of a kind…all sixes. That’s a 30 to 1 payout, so I was pretty happy, but an older woman at the other end of the table got up and left, mumbling something about a sign of the devil. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/7 "2013-02-07T15:55:02Z")
Further on in the article: > [@](#): > > This isn’t the first time that the satanic number has caused Slonopas trouble at work. > > During his first day on the job in April 2011, Slonopas was supposed to be assigned the number 668 to use when he clocked in. But the human resources department gave him the wrong number – 666 – instead. > > Slonopas, who said he became a born-again Christian about 10 years ago, complained and was given a new number. > > In July 2011, the company changed time clock systems, and once again Slonopas got 666. This time he quit. The company apologized and he returned to work a few days later. > > This latest incident with the W-2 baffled company spokesman LaCourciere. He could not believe it had happened again. Either somebody is fucking with him, or God is trying to tell him something. Or God is fucking with him. Yeah, let’s go with that one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/8 "2013-02-07T15:55:16Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Some people just freak the fuck out at that number. I was playing three card poker at a casino a few years ago, and hit three of a kind…all sixes. That’s a 30 to 1 payout, so I was pretty happy, but an older woman at the other end of the table got up and left, mumbling something about a sign of the devil. And you missed a perfect opportunity to give out a loud “Thank you Satan!”. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/9 "2013-02-07T15:59:43Z")
The first grader across the street from me was born 6/6/2006. Sometimes I think she’s the antichrist but I think that about all the kids that live on my street. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/10 "2013-02-07T16:08:42Z")
We all know 1 = 0.999999999999… (shut up! :p) Now, look at that number _upside down_ :eek: Yeah, I’ll never accept anything with the number “1” printed on it, ever again… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/11 "2013-02-07T16:12:25Z")
He’ll be really pissed when he finds out that it was stamped 999, but the dumbass was holding the form upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/12 "2013-02-07T16:24:02Z")
To early for Aprils Fool’s - so, I guess, he’s a retarded idiot ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/13 "2013-02-07T16:25:14Z")
There was a true crime novel awhile back in which the loony serial killer protagonist bought some items at a store, then protested when the total came to $6.66. Occasionally when eating out, I’ll fill in $6.66 on the tip line. I haven’t yet had any born-again servers return the money. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/14 "2013-02-07T16:29:41Z")
That’s funny, my form was printed with 668 – you know, the Neighbor of the Beast. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/15 "2013-02-07T16:32:43Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/16 "2013-02-07T16:39:14Z")
Yes! Tennessee! I called it from the OP! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/17 "2013-02-07T16:44:18Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > That’s funny, my form was printed with 668 – you know, the Neighbor of the Beast. 666 Number of the beast 668 Neighbor of the beast 660 Approximate number of the beast DCLXVI Roman numeral of the beast 666.0000 Number of the high-precision beast 0.666 Number of the millibeast 1/666 Common denominator of the beast 666[-/(-1)] Imaginary number of the beast 1010011010 Binary number of the beast 29A Hexidecimal number of the beast -666 Negative number of the beast 00666 Zip code of the beast $665.95 Retail price of the beast $699.25 Price of the beast plus 5% state sales tax $769.95 Price of the beast with all accessories and replacements $656.66 Wal-Mart price of the beast $646.66 Next week’s Wal-Mart price of the beast $333.00 After-Christmas sale price of the beast $222.00 Going-out of business liquidation price of the beast Phillips 666 Gasoline of the beast Route 666 Way of the beast 665 Older brother of the beast 667 Younger brother of the beast 666 UP Soft drink of the beast 666lb cap Weight limit of the beast 666 F Oven temperature for cooking roast “beast” 666k Retirement plan of the beast 666 mg Recommended minimum daily requirement of the beast 6.66% 5-year CD rate at First Beast of Hell, $666 minimum deposit 20/666 Vision of the beast 1-800-666-6666 Toll-free number of the beast 999 Australian number of the beast 6"X 6"X 6" Lumber of the beast 66.6 GHZ Computer processor of the beast 666i BMW of the beast 666-66-6666 Social security number of the beast 6/6/66 Birth date of the beast [666.AC.com](http://666.AC.com) URL of the beast IAM 666 License plate number of the beast Formula 666 All-purpose cleaner of the beast 666 calories Diet of the beast 969 Dyslexic number of the beast WD-666 Spray lubricant of the beast 66.6 MHz FM radio station of the beast 666 KHz AM radio station of the beast Chanel No. 666 The beast’s favorite perfume 666% What the beast gives in his game ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/18 "2013-02-07T16:56:33Z")
I got #666 in the basketball ticket lottery once when I was a student. I still have the ticket somewhere. It was for several games in the 1997-98 year, when Kentucky went on to win the tournament. They called the 600s first, so we were three rows behind the bench. Best seats I ever had at Rupp Arena. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/19 "2013-02-07T16:57:34Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Well, it frees up a job for a non-idiot, I suppose. Works for me! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/20 "2013-02-07T17:07:30Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Some people just freak the fuck out at that number. I was playing three card poker at a casino a few years ago, and hit three of a kind…all sixes. That’s a 30 to 1 payout, so I was pretty happy, but an older woman at the other end of the table got up and left, mumbling something about a sign of the devil. In the days before all you could play in casinos was Hold’em, I was playing 7 card stud. I was up against a guy who was showing 2 6s up. I had a higher pair hidden. Then he tripped his 3rd 6 up. He folded the hand and I won. God didn’t want him to win with trip 6s but apparently had no problem with him gambling and drinking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594.md?page=2)