BALANCING WORK, LIFE, AND HIGH JINKS

A guard at a Wisconsin Bath and Body Works was so bored one morning around 2 that he began fiddling with his handcuffs, eventually slipping them on his wrists. He soon discovered he’d left the keys to the cuffs at home. Suddenly, his dull night became very interesting. After calling the police, who freed him, he hid the cuffs from himself so he wouldn’t be tempted to pull the same trick again.

source: Wreg.com

In February, an Arizona man was found on the side of the road with his hands bound. The victim, who worked for a tire retailer, told a harrowing tale of masked kidnappers who were after his father’s money. The story unraveled, though, when surveillance footage showed that the man had “kidnapped” himself because he didn’t want to go to work that day.

source: ABC15

A Taiwanese couple got married and divorced four times over a span of a month in 2020. But they weren’t as fickle as it seems. The groom, a bank employee, took advantage of a Taiwan law that mandates businesses give employees eight days off for their wedding. The bank balked, but the groom got his 32 days of extra vacation.

source: NEW YORK TIMES