Posted on 09/25/2016 5:14:38 PM PDT by Rufus Shinra
Ever since Donald Trump first announced his candidacy, and yard signs for his primary run began to be placed in supporter's yards, there have been numerous cases of vandalism/theft of those signs.
In addition to signs being stolen, reports have also surfaced of people's cars being vandalized for having Trump bumper stickers supporting the Republican presidential candidate. In fact, one voter even set booby traps around his Trump signs because they were constantly being stolen.
The latest theft comes from an employee of WOW Pool & Lawn, a company that offers home care services in Naples, Florida, who apparently on Saturday morning used the company truck to steal a sign from a customer's lawn.
Not only did the employee steal the Trump sign, but it is also reported that he urinated on the customer's mailbox, as the local news station NBC-2 states:
Video out of Collier County showing a man stealing a Donald Trump yard sign and then urinating on the homeowner's mailbox has cost the perpetrator his job. The business the man worked for is apologizing because its work truck was used in the crime.The website for WOW Pool & Lawn has a red pop-up now that issues the following statement, and apology, for their employee being caught steeling a Trump sign from a customer's lawn:The truck in the video is owned by WOW Lawn and Pool Service in Naples.
We spoke with the business owner, who says they've since fired that employee who used the truck without permission.
"WE APOLOGIZE WOW Pool & Lawn Service, Inc. has been indirectly implicated in inappropriate behavior. As you may already be aware of, one of our employees took one of our company trucks and committed inappropriate acts to private property on a late night run as well as stealing a yard sign.The company should be commended for their quick response to this incident, promptly terminating the employee who committed the act and posting a large notice on their website addressing the situation.Please know that WOW Pool and Lawn Service, Inc. was not aware of the actions taken place at the time and in no way do we condone the actions portrayed in the videos. This was solely an immature and irresponsible act from one of our employees and his friend who was making unauthorized use of the company vehicle. Our company has taken extreme measures by immediately terminating his employment as well as personally apologizing to the person directly victimized.
We would also like to apologize to the community. This act has caused many negative comments, threatening emails and phone calls to our company. This behavior is portraying us as something we are not. We are a Christian Family based company that would never jeopardize our standing by allowing these type of actions to take place. The images of the videos do not reflect our company’s views nor morals. We do not instigate, support nor accept inappropriate behavior on behalf of our employees but should not be held accountable for their actions out of company time, which is out of our control.
We deeply regret this situation and the negative impact it has had on our company and the community and kindly ask that WOW Pool & Lawn Service, Inc. not be condemned by these actions but rather consider our long history of professionalism."
Luckily the person whose Trump sign was stolen had a camera to record the action and the perpetrator faced the consequences, but many Trump supporters are not as lucky.
Although many people are voicing their opinions in the form of negative reviews for the company, who is now trending at 1.4 stars on Google.
Trump derangement syndrome.
I love Hillary signs and bumper stickers. I want to see more of them. It lets me know where the morons are.
WOW what an idiot!
Next stop for this guy.....Hillary rally and WH,
Politically motivated public urination?
Cut his d*** off.
Maybe he can get a spot next to Cuban at the debate.
**... Hillary Clinton yard signs getting stolen and the owner’s property getting vandalized?**
That’s b/c NO ONE has a Illary sign out ... or a bumper sticker either.
I haven’t seen any Hillary yard signs yet. I know one leftie retired school teacher who will probably put one out, since he had Obama signs 4 years ago. I suppose that’s what we can expect from somebody on the public tit for 30 years.
What about the guy driving the truck? Is that the boss?
I have never seen a Clinton sign on property and only one on a car. I did, though, have a couple ring our doorbell canvassing for Clinton today. My question to them was “Aren’t you ashamed to be supporting Clinton? You should be.” They left.
What a great company!
I pity the WOW Lawn and Pool Service. A person is their truck was filmed as a vandal and thief. Now the social media frenzy has begun: negative emails, brutal phone calls, and malicious Google reviews. Not sure the fine Christian family company will recover from the frenzy. After firing the foolish employee, the lawn company will need to downsize.
I have yet to see my first Hillary sign around my neck of the cornfields.
Only Dem signs I have seen are for Gov and Sect. of Ed. and all say “Educators for Gregg/Ritz”
I have yet to see my first Hillary sign around my neck of the cornfields.
Only Dem signs I have seen are for Gov and Sect. of Ed. and all say “Educators for Gregg/Ritz”
“We spoke with the business owner, who says they’ve since fired that employee who used the truck without permission.”
What about the other person in the picture. Was he an employee, as well?
“How come I never hear about Hillary Clinton yard signs getting stolen and the owner’s property getting vandalized?”
It’s because Trump supporters actually respect the First Amendment and respect the fact that other people’s opinions can differ from theirs.
The fired employee was providing an unadvertised lawn and mailbox service at no charge. The poor sap actually meant to water the lawn.....not the mailbox.
It doesn’t help WOW’s cause that the “O” in the name on the truck (as it appears on the surveillance video at least) looks an awful lot like the Obama logo.
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