A case of when your numbers up

Ac-counting one’s losses

FORMER Toowoomba bean counter reckons he might be something of a jinx.

Among his former workplaces on his march up the corporate ladder were Defiance Mills in Toowoomba which eventually flooded, The O’Brien Mill in Albion, Brisbane, which burned to the ground, and the then Defiance Mills subsidiary bakery in Christchurch, New Zealand, which was destroyed by earthquake.

His most recent position was as accountant at an elite Brisbane school where a stabbing took place this week.

Our man assures Whispers these catastrophes all took place well after he had left the company concerned. And, he wonders why jobs are drying up.

Hungry for more

IT SEEMS the lunch thief at a certain inner-city office has struck again.

After a function was held at the workplace last week, a plate of leftovers was placed in the staff fridge by a staff member with the intention of informing colleagues the following morning that a “free” lunch was up for grabs for anyone who may have forgotten to bring theirs from home.

But the Fridge Bandit had other ideas.

In the intervening hours – a mere 16-hour period (during most of which the office was unoccupied) our fiend struck, gnawing on a piece of roast chicken before placing the partially consumed morsel back on the plate.

The kind-hearted lady was aghast on discovering the evidence the next morning.

She was somewhat bemused and amused as she checked on the plate throughout the day to find more and more treats went missing at regular intervals, but that half-gnawed piece of chicken remained.

It’s in the delivery

AN OBVIOUSLY very pregnant woman picked up on an outstanding warrant appeared in the dock of a Toowoomba court on Wednesday morning.

The police prosecutor told the court that because the lady in the dock was very pregnant, it might be best to hear her matter first.

The “prisoner” had been charged with breaching her probation order.

“When is the baby due?” good lady magistrate asked her cheerily.

“I’m supposed to be induced at 2.30 this afternoon,” the woman in the dock replied.

Rising quickly to her feet, the Probation and Parole officer responsible for the defendant chimed in with: “Perhaps an adjournment, Your Honour?”

The magistrate agreed, adjourning the case and ushering the mother-to-be quickly from the court.

Garden comp?

SYDNEY-based PR company sent a press release to The Chronicle this week informing of The Chronicle’s Garden Competition.

Who’d have known that was on?