Friday Wisdom – Embezzlement

Posted on 02/23/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

My father was a CPA and specialized in auditing. He was often hired by companies who were trying to figure out who was stealing from the company.  The first thing father always asked for was a list of people’s vacations over the last year.  He told me that most often the embezzler was the person who never took a vacation and seemed like the most loyal and hardest working person in the company.  If this person went on vacation and gave up control they might be exposed.  I was amazed how often this theory proved true.

In my life, I’ve done my best to show employers that I am not an embezzler by being lazy, disloyal, and frequently on vacation.

More wisdom next week,

Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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25 Responses to Friday Wisdom – Embezzlement

  1. thefolia says:
    03/27/2018 at 9:42 pm

    Ha, ha…happy vacationing!

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  2. eidswick says:
    03/08/2018 at 9:16 pm

    If experts at sniffing out embezzlers, like your father, know embezzlers normally are the most diligent employees and never take vacations, a crafty embezzler should hide himself by taking lots of vacations and slacking off wherever possible.

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  3. ParentingIsFunny says:
    03/03/2018 at 1:19 pm

    Wow. What an experience. Nicely captured.

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  4. Diane Henders says:
    02/28/2018 at 7:44 pm

    Your father was a very smart man! And clearly he passed his smarts on to his son – you have an excellent work strategy. How selfless of you to reassure your employers like that! 😉

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  5. siskinbob says:
    02/27/2018 at 7:39 am

    I always knew there was a reason for lack of enthusiasm for attending the office …. lol

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  6. Baydreamer says:
    02/24/2018 at 7:03 am

    I like your take on it, Andrew! 🙂

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  7. pommepal says:
    02/23/2018 at 10:15 pm

    Well I would never have guessed that one…

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  8. George says:
    02/23/2018 at 5:42 pm

    Lol…your father was a very smart man and his son learned very well…:)

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  9. Carrie Rubin says:
    02/23/2018 at 1:40 pm

    Ha, I like your way of thinking.

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  10. Allan G. Smorra says:
    02/23/2018 at 10:08 am

    Smart man, your father.
    Ω

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  11. CJ Hartwell says:
    02/23/2018 at 9:05 am

    Great advice, Andrew!
    You know, we knew a guy who was director of a big art museum in Nebraska (yes, there are such things in Nebraska). He was a very elegant, dignified man, friendly but a little intimidating. A few years later we heard he was arrested for embezzlement and had stolen nearly a million dollars over the course of several years. He was a hard worker who never took a vacation. Hmm. 🤔

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  12. Jacqui Murray says:
    02/23/2018 at 8:37 am

    I could build a character around that. Good tip (as always), Andrew.

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  13. Ray V. says:
    02/23/2018 at 8:31 am

    My experience is similar. . . always the last person you’d expect.

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