And On The Lighter Side...

Not all dispatches from the BLNN are infuriating. Some are kinda funny, if you can ignore the dark, almost pathologically criminal side of human nature... Enjoy!

Report: N.Y. School Employee Faked Daughter's Death for Costa Rica Vacation

NEW YORK – A New York City school employee has lost her job over accusations she faked her daughter's death so she could take a vacation to Costa Rica.

The Daily News says a school official became suspicious of the forged death certificate. A special investigator's report says it had different fonts that were misaligned.

Yep. She faked her daughter's death so she could go on vacation. Not only that, but she had her other daughter call the school and report that her sister had died. You can't find quality parenting like that just anywhere! "Honey, you call that school and lie your ass off to them! Mama needs a Costa Rican vacation!"

What's really interesting is that they discuss the misaligned fonts as some sort of forensic CSI breakthrough, but miss the main point:

She allegedly told school officials her daughter died in Costa Rica so she could spend 2 1/2 weeks there in March 2010.

A Costa Rican government official later confirmed the document was a fake, noting it dated from 2005.

So while school officials are poring over this document to determine whether it's legitimate or not, they apparently missed the fact that this woman was going to a funeral in 2010 for someone that died in 2005. Man, things really do work different in Costa Rica, I suppose. You wonder what would have happened if she had just called in sick for two weeks - she certainly wouldn't have gotten in any legal trouble, and while she might have gotten fired, she might also have just been reprimanded...

I guess that's what happens when the documents are fake but not accurate...

That is all.

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