Crazy with a Capital C

I just got off the phone with my sister, who had the craziest story. First of all, a little back story on my sister's work history. She is the best worker in the world, and I'm not exaggerating. Every job she has ever had, her employers just LOVE her. She once worked for a family owned ice cream shop where the owner approached her asking if she would be interested in training to someday buy the ice cream shop from him because he wanted it to go to someone he trusted. She has similar stories for every job she's worked at, except for the employer I'm about to tell you about.

So Kim started working about a year ago for an orthodontist as a treatment coordinator, meaning that she met with prospective new patients & tried to sell the process of getting braces to them. She liked the job & did well at it, but even though she's good at it, she wasn't too crazy about doing sales, because it's highly stressful. She also hated the office manager, who just happened to be the wife of the orthodontist. However, regardless of how she felt about the wife, she was always professional.

Since she was burned out on the sales, she decided to quit. So a few weeks ago she went & spoke to the orthodontist to give her notice. As with every employer she's ever worked for, he was shocked & told her that she's the best treatment coordinator that he's ever had & would she consider working part time. That sounded like an okay deal to her for awhile since it would take some of the pressure off.

So she was supposed to work 2 full weeks and then start on the two day a week job. Mid-week last week she approached the wife asking if it would be a possibly to work 3 days a week so that she could keep her benefits & not have to work another job. She told Kim that she'd have to discuss it with her husband. So on Friday Kim went to him & asked. He said, no, they don't need her anymore than 2 days a week & even though she was supposed to be working a full week the next week, he decided that she should start part time the next week. So she was disappointed & a bit hurt, but took her briefcase home like she always does, assuming she'd be back on Tuesday to work.

However, the more she thought about it over the weekend, the more hurt she was. She had an interview for a full time waitress position on Saturday, and they offered it to her. So since she had another job lined up & they were cutting her hours right away anyhow, she sent a very formal resignation letter stating her intention to not come back & that she would arrange to return the key to the office as soon as possible.

First thing this morning she gets two messages from the wife saying that Kim is breaking the law by keeping the briefcase that has confidential patient information in it. She finished the second message by saying that if she didn't hear back from her within 10 minutes she was calling the police. My sister was obviously floored because first of all, the only thing in the briefcase was statistical information, not patient information, and second of all, she didn't think she was leaving on bad terms. They cut her hours early, which they had every right to do, but as a result, she changed her mind on working for them part time. It was all very business like & there was no reason to get nasty.

To continue, obviously at this point my sister is beyond upset, so she has her new husband call to tell her that Kim is working right now & can't bring it by, but that he'll come by on his lunch break to bring her the briefcase. The wife says, no, she needs it now because it's against the law. He was like, look lady, I'm trying to work with you here. The conversation didn't go to well & I think he even told her that she was crazy & that Kim hated working for her & would come home from work crying because of her. In the end, she told Nick that if he didn't bring it down right now, she was calling the police. He said fine because he wasn't bringing it until his lunch break.

So right after they got off the phone, Kim decided to call the police herself. She basically told them that she resigned from her job over the weekend & had this briefcase that didn't even have any patient information in it, but that they were telling her that they were calling the police on her. She told them that they've left her harassing phone calls & as a result does not feel comfortable going down there herself but her husband can't go until his lunch break. Turns out they had already gotten a call from the wife. So they arranged for Kim to meet up with an officer to get the briefcase. The dispatcher & the officer obviously thought Kim was not a threat & that the wife was kinda crazy.

The worst of it is that my sister's very good friend works there & she called Kim to tell her that the wife is going around the office telling everyone about her conversation with Nick & saying that Kim went psycho, called the cops, and refused to return the briefcase. My poor sister is devastated because she really didn't do anything wrong, but this woman is obviously psycho. A huge part of me so wants to call this woman to tell her off, but I know that would not accomplish anything & only make Kim look worse. But now Kim is even more upset because it appears that some of her friends from work are believing crazy lady & now she's worried that she'll lose friends over this whole thing.

It really is just crazy. I so want to leave the name of this orthodontist & tell everyone not to go there, but I know that very few people read this in the first place, and those that do probably don't live in Florida, so it wouldn't accomplish anything. But seriously, this woman is crazy!!