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.
“I love Hillary signs and bumper stickers. I want to see more of them”
Then you’ll love it here in L.A. We have them here then there’s the really stupid bernie hard core morons who still have them on their cars.
Heres how to catch the idiot....Hang a trail cam with a no glow infrared flash near the trump sign. Get a protective locking case for it. Anchor sing so hard to pull out so you get plenty of photos. Send photos to sherrif, facebook, newspaper and local TV station to have the idiot exposed and arrested.
Strange how the story avoids that issue.
Fudimo,
Good find!
That sheds more light on the incident.
Were there two or three guys; pic up thread shows somebody in the back seat....
“I’d have to see some proof that they really are a Christian family owned company and not just trying to deflect bad publicity.”
Me too.
the CHRISTIAN’ part of the apology was bogus IMHO. It was a stop-gap word or brand that even here in Hollywood, publicists use as a subconscious power word for marketing. And I still have to see proof that the employee really has been terminated.
Hope they give him an awful reference.. dumb chump got what he deserved. You’re fired!
If the guy had just stolen the Trump sign, he would have been an A-hole. Peeing on the mailbox makes him something of a character.
LOL.
We are in Somerset County where we will forever remember 09/11/2001 and flight #93 where the Earth shook and lives are forever entombed in the earth in Shanksville, Pennsylvania...
PRAY FOR AMERICA, AND FOR THE TRUMP AND PENCE FAMILIES...WE WANT AMERICA TO BE FIRST AGAIN.
man, they’re really annihilating this company even on Google reviews and yelp. Poor saps LOL. I still think they put the word ‘CHRISTIAN’ there to stop the rightwingers from the reviews and I want proof they really are a Christian company.
I’ve had many people fired because of the cameras I keep all over.
I feel badly for this company. It was an employee, not them. I can’t stand when things like this happen. People work so hard in their businesses and one bad apple can ruin it all for you.
Looks like a woman. The guy is in the truck
A minimum of two guys are involved—A driver is clearly visible.
The 2 guys should be arrested. Where are the Naples Police? Where is the Collier Country Sheriff?
They should have thought of that when they knowingly hired a Democrat - someone who explicitly is for anti-family, anti-Christian and anti-business government policies - and then sent them out as their representative.
This is no different (other than perhaps in severity) than hiring a multi-time convicted armed robber, sending him out to client homes and then wondering why he robbed them all.
THe owner of the company was driving the truck. I doubt he fired anyone.
The owner of the company has been identified as the driver of the truck.
Classy response by the company and glad they fired the dirtbag employee.
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