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 companys 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.
What part of Pennsylvania is considered coal country? I lived in Reading,Pa. in the late 60s. Don’t remember any coal around there. Lots of real Amish though, a pretty much conservative folk.
it all started here:
The first was a Hillary for President.
The second was 30 feet away.
It said Trump the Bitch
Where is the info that the owner was driving the truck?
That’s interesting. I understand that if someone is not a postal authority it is a federal crime to put things into a mailbox. Mailboxes are for official mail only.
Haha, apparently he had two of his friends with him, but the guy taking the sign is the one who worked for the company and took the truck...for the sole purpose of stealing Trump signs I suppose.
Did I miss something? I don’t see the names of the criminals? How do we know he (they) were fired?
I’m in rural PA, but not too far from urban areas. I see more and more Trump signs every week, and even in the urban areas I see them. Some construction guys even painted Trumps name on a huge concrete pipe I saw the other day.
I’m in NEPA, seeing tons of Trump signs all the time. A lot of support in areas that are blue collar Dem strongholds, they seemed to have jumped ship this year. Just hope it’s enough to overcome the Dem city votes.
See post #82 for the link. It’s a long thread. Most of the info is on page 17.
That cannot be assumed or concluded. They are underlining that it was done without permission. Nothing more.
The owner and his took the offenders over and made them apologize...the owner didn’t do this!
Apparently the owner and his wife weren’t a part of this caper....
If you look them up on teh Google, it lists the type of business as Political Party. I guess someone changed that?
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