# So remember my Missing Coworker? She got paid. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 30, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062 "2007-01-30T02:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/21 "2007-01-30T09:28:06Z")
[QUOTE=auntie em] Really? Wow. Really? Because I’ve never said it, but I’ve always thought you were totally groovy. (I like how much you like your wife. 🙂 ) So that means I totally rock. 🆒 Or, wait - does it mean my nutty-ass ex-coworker totally rocks? :o [/QUOTE] It ain’t the tale, it’s the tellin’. Keep the quilt. And let kids and cats play on top of it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/22 "2007-01-30T09:34:00Z")
Man alive, but the threads about crazy cow-orkers (especially those who up and leave in a maelstrom) are the most satisfying to read. Best I can come up with is the hypocondriac office manager who took off a fortnight of sick leave when she got clamped by security for parking illegally. Even though she had a permit for another part of the campus, she felt she was entitled to park anywhere and they clamped her precious Mini. Even coming up with the £20 to get it unclamped was too much for her and rich rich hubby :rolleyes: But, **auntie em** , nice story, thanks for sharing. I too am aggreived that she received a pay out of some sort, just for making trouble :mad: ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/23 "2007-01-30T10:02:13Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Thanks for finishing up your story! It was what originally got me hooked on the Dope. [/QUOTE] Me too! I think it took a while for me to actually sign up, but the original thread was what got me from the homepage to the messageboard. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/24 "2007-01-30T10:43:00Z")
Keep the quilt because Mark-My-Words[sup]TM[/sup], someday she will be (in)famous and that sucker will fetch a lot on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/25 "2007-01-30T12:26:20Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] It ain’t the tale, it’s the tellin’. Keep the quilt. And let kids and cats play on top of it 😃 [/QUOTE] Hmmm . . . no kids, but the cats I can do. And way back when I first got it, my new puppy (who’ll be 6 this year) chewed a perfect little half-moon out of one edge. So there’s a start. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/26 "2007-01-30T12:30:27Z")
[QUOTE=Ruby] I’ve thought of you and your nutty co-worker when I’ve seen your other posts. I’m glad that she went down in flames, but as an insurance adjuster, it really ticks me off when the companies pay “something to make it all go away”. I know the logic and reasoning, and it’s sound, but nutballs like this know how to work the system so that they keep making a profit no matter how crazy they get and the rest of us schmoes just keep paying more premiums. Ok, I’m off my soapbox now. **Em** , I too am glad that you didn’t have to testify. I’ve only done it once and it’s not fun. [/QUOTE] I was scared shitless to do it, especially after Elmer (who had originally taped a deposition because he was unable to make one of the previous trial dates; he was, however, planning to show for this week’s trial) told me that her attorney was rather visious and wouldn’t allow him to say what needed to be said. And my ex-boss said that this isn’t the way HE would have gone, but he, like me, is still glad not to have to take the witness stand. I do wonder how much she got, though - 'cause shiiiiiiiiiiit, Mama needs a new pair of shoes! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/27 "2007-01-30T12:33:05Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Nice to have the saga finished. It was such a fun ride! [/QUOTE] Please exit to your left. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/28 "2007-01-30T12:38:57Z")
[QUOTE=Starving Artist] And I’m wondering the same thing as **Bryan Ekers** , sorta. You never really said whether the truck actually was outside your home. 😉 [/QUOTE] You think that trucker would have gone back to her crazy ass if he’d gotten a taste of Auntie Lovin’? 😛 Unfortunately, the fact that my little house, driveway and even street were so damn tiny that there’s no way he COULD have parked a rig anywhere near my premises - plus the fact that I never got the pleasure of meeting the bastard - kept any possibilities of an illicit affair at bay. Darn it all. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/29 "2007-01-30T12:51:13Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] It ain’t the tale, it’s the tellin’. Keep the quilt. And let kids and cats play on top of it 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, you could let **Skip** play on top of it. 😃 Thanks for the update. Yeah, it’s shitty she got some money but I bet she has to pay her lawyer out of it so she won’t get too much. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/30 "2007-01-30T13:49:32Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] If it makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside - by the time she got done paying law bills, chances are her meager settlement was insubstantial for her time and effort. And you got the better story. [/QUOTE] The first part is probably true. The second part almost certainly not - there is no way she is going to tell any part of the truth when she talks about this. 😃 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/31 "2007-01-30T14:27:59Z")
She deserves the money for all the entertainment she provided us. 😃 We had a neighbor who sued us after our dog nipped her son on the ankle. She got on the stand and made up such a drama that her own attorney was cutting her off because it sounded so implausible. She ended up getting $1200 before attorney’s fees. I was amazed at the lengths she went (took her son to the emergency room over what amounted to a blood blister; had him go to counseling five times before Medicaid cut her off, etc.) to get a mere $500 or $600. People are pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/32 "2007-01-30T14:30:42Z")
Does she know that when you had sex with her trucker hubby that it was on top of the quilt that she made and gave to you? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/33 "2007-01-30T15:10:18Z")
Keep the quilt. On the back, attach an embroidered label telling the story. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/34 "2007-01-30T15:18:55Z")
[QUOTE=auntie em] Yeah, it took awhile, didn’t it? And it’s more of a whimper than a bang, but there you have it. My ex-boss says (by way of offering a “bright side”) that she’ll never get another decent job in her life. But who knows? Quite frankly, I never woulda thought she’d have (a) gotten as far as a jury trial, and (b) reaped any benefit from it. [/QUOTE] It’s surprisingly easy to take anything you want to a jury trial. You really only need two things: 1. A buttload of money and/or a lawyer willing to work for free on contingency. 2. An unwillingness to settle…ever. The case itself is irrelevant. Radioactive Asbestos came to life and ate the limbs of your children? Jury trial! You got a hangnail and think Donald Trump somehow caused it? Still a jury trial! Ain’t America grand? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/35 "2007-01-30T15:22:23Z")
[QUOTE=auntie em] My only complaint about my current job is that they don’t let me putz around on the internet nearly as much as I’d like. [/QUOTE] Hmmmm- sounds like you might have a Federal case there! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/36 "2007-01-30T15:23:13Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] The first part is probably true. The second part almost certainly not - there is no way she is going to tell any part of the truth when she talks about this. 😃 Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] But she can’t possibly have Em’s gift for narrative even if she embellishes the truth. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/37 "2007-01-30T15:24:26Z")
Nutty pathological liars that quilt. Yeah, that’s kinda freaky. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/38 "2007-01-30T15:26:05Z")
[QUOTE=auntie em] n) And finally, does all of this mean that I really should be shoving the quilt she made and gave me for my birthday six years ago into the fireplace? Because I actually really like it. [/QUOTE] “Leave the coworker. Take the quilt.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/39 "2007-01-30T15:41:48Z")
Well, while I’m glad you didn’t have to go through it, I’m kind of sorry it didn’t go to trial. I’m sure it would have been an enormously entertaining story. And keep the quilt – after all, how many of us can truly say we have a _crazy_ quilt? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062/40 "2007-01-30T15:58:21Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Nutty pathological liars that quilt. Yeah, that’s kinda freaky. [/QUOTE] Maybe quilting is her sole sanity-retaining outlet… What was the timing between when she gifted you the quilt and when she went batshit crazy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-remember-my-missing-coworker-she-got-paid/390062.md?page=3)