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Court Worker Brags about $166K salary and pension and "Barely shows up for work"
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:18 pm
Ah, another of the "What's wrong with America" threads.
Fox New Link
A longtime spokesman for the state court system accidentally butt-dialed a Post reporter — yukking it up about how “I barely show up to work” while pocketing a $166,000-plus salary and boosting his taxpayer-funded pension.
After speaking by cellphone with the reporter about a planned exposé on his cushy schedule, David Bookstaver butt-dialed back, and unwittingly left a four-minute voicemail while chatting with at least two other people.
On the voicemail, Bookstaver admitted lying to The Post about how he spent his weekdays and confirmed the accounts of court-system sources who said he’s been working as few as two days a week.
Bookstaver, who’s planning to retire Oct. 1, also raised the possibility he could get fired “because of a story in The Post,” but said it “would probably affect my pension check by $6 a month.”
“Look, the bottom line is, I’ll suffer through a terribly embarrassing story and then go get my f–king pension and retire,” he said.
Fox New Link
A longtime spokesman for the state court system accidentally butt-dialed a Post reporter — yukking it up about how “I barely show up to work” while pocketing a $166,000-plus salary and boosting his taxpayer-funded pension.
After speaking by cellphone with the reporter about a planned exposé on his cushy schedule, David Bookstaver butt-dialed back, and unwittingly left a four-minute voicemail while chatting with at least two other people.
On the voicemail, Bookstaver admitted lying to The Post about how he spent his weekdays and confirmed the accounts of court-system sources who said he’s been working as few as two days a week.
Bookstaver, who’s planning to retire Oct. 1, also raised the possibility he could get fired “because of a story in The Post,” but said it “would probably affect my pension check by $6 a month.”
“Look, the bottom line is, I’ll suffer through a terribly embarrassing story and then go get my f–king pension and retire,” he said.
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 12:20 pm
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Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:20 pm to kywildcatfanone
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he’s been working as few as two days a week.
should run for a political office
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:20 pm to kywildcatfanone
Somehow, this is a millenials fault.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:21 pm to kywildcatfanone
All government workers can truthfully state , " I barely show up to work."
Fact
Fact
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:
Ah, another of the "What's wrong with America" threads.
Dude. That's the American Dream type shite there.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
Pensions should be demolished.
It's a baby boomer tactic that now Millennials have to pay for.
frick you for not being able to have a brain to save your cash.
It's a baby boomer tactic that now Millennials have to pay for.
frick you for not being able to have a brain to save your cash.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:25 pm to 50_Tiger
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Pensions should be demolished.
I agree with this. All Govt pension should be turned into a 401K type retirement, and figure out how to put in an amount for each worker based up on their current salary/tenure.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:28 pm to 50_Tiger
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Pensions should be demolished.
This cannot be said strongly enough.
Virtually all private corporations have done away with them, but lazy arse government workers get them? Absolutely atrocious.
And not to mention, many of these people can retire at age 50 and get full pension.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:29 pm to kywildcatfanone
This guy should be fired, his pension revoked and then put in jail .
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:30 pm to 50_Tiger
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Pensions should be demolished.
It's a baby boomer tactic that now Millennials have to pay for.
The pensions themselves aren't really the problem - it's the fact that everyone kicked the can down the road in terms of funding them and now it's coming to a head. They can be great if managed responsibly, but those are difficult to find. But I agree that governments should get away from them - too much risk to the public when they fail.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:32 pm to kywildcatfanone
Sadly, this story isn't anything surprising. This jackass just got caught.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:41 pm to East Coast Band
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All government workers can truthfully state , " I barely show up to work."
Fact
Wrong. The majority show up every fricking day, even if they are scheduled to be off
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:43 pm to kywildcatfanone
So there will be a job opening in October?
Interesting....
Interesting....
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:43 pm to East Coast Band
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All government workers can truthfully state , " I barely show up to work." Fact
You know anyone personally that works for the government to make such a sweeping statement?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:48 pm to lnomm34
I've never heard anyone on this board complaining about how OT rich they are - and the bare minimum amount of work they do. Weird.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:52 pm to 100851
Doesn't Shell or Exxon still run a retirement pension system?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 1:00 pm to East Coast Band
i worked gov and did 10-11 hour days without lunch most of the time.
i understand and agree with your sentiment. the majority of the people i worked with were lazy and barely there to collect a paycheck. which is why i advanced farther than anybody that started before me.
that being said, 2% raises for busting your arse gets old.
i understand and agree with your sentiment. the majority of the people i worked with were lazy and barely there to collect a paycheck. which is why i advanced farther than anybody that started before me.
that being said, 2% raises for busting your arse gets old.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 1:05 pm to 100851
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I've never heard anyone on this board complaining about how OT rich they are - and the bare minimum amount of work they do. Weird.
True, but that is a problem between the employee and their employer. When your employer is the local, state, or federal government, it becomes the problem of the public at large.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 1:08 pm to kywildcatfanone
Obama made way more than that and got the same amount of work done.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 1:09 pm to kywildcatfanone
I'd be more surprised if a government worker came out and said that he/she actually went to work for 40 hours a week.
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