HRBlunders.com » school http://www.hrblunders.com The worst mistakes, catastrophes, and near-misses Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:18:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc ‘My wife wants me to get my job back’ http://www.hrblunders.com/my-wife-wants-me-to-get-my-job-back/ http://www.hrblunders.com/my-wife-wants-me-to-get-my-job-back/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:00:33 +0000 Fred Hosier http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=322 Greg Nance resigned from the Nevada State Board of Education in August. Now he says he wants his job back because his wife wants him to have the prominent position.

It was Nance’s wife who caused commotion in the first place.

He resigned after complaints about how he ignored a policy discussion at a public meeting by cooing with his new 20-year-old wife of 12 days.

When a colleague complained that his wife shouldn’t have been seated with Nance at the board table, he replied, “Bite me.”

“I’ve decided to rescind my resignation on the grounds that my wife wants me to be an elected official in the state of Nevada,” Nance told the Review-Journal.

The governor has officially declared Nance’s former seat to be vacant. It’s too late for Nance to rescind his resignation, and it’s up to the governor to appoint his replacement.

 

]]> http://www.hrblunders.com/my-wife-wants-me-to-get-my-job-back/feed/ 2 School bus driver suspended after driving five hours with kids http://www.hrblunders.com/school-bus-driver-suspended-after-driving-five-hours-with-kids/ http://www.hrblunders.com/school-bus-driver-suspended-after-driving-five-hours-with-kids/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:00:53 +0000 Fred Hosier http://www.hrblunders.com/?p=323 Here’s one more story about why complete background checks for potential employees might be a good idea.

An unidentified school bus driver drove around Brooklyn for nearly five hours with a dozen kindergarteners and first-graders because he was apparantly lost and acting “bizarre.”

The driver was suspended.

Parents say their children were shaken by the extended ride that ended when police were called and reached the driver. (Someone buy him a GPS.)

The transit company he worked for says it’s trying to find out what happened. A lawyer for the company calls the man’s behavior, “bizarre.”

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