Good Bye Chicken Hawk

Maybe my posts tend to dwell on Bucky a bit too much. Sometimes I get so caught up that I forget about all the other crazies that work at Dysfunctional Office. I hadn't even had a chance to post about Chicken Hawk and now he is gone. Back to the slammer, the big house, prison, lock up, the rock. You get the idea. This is exactly where Chicken Hawk was when I first started working here almost 2 years ago. Come to think of it, this is where Chicken Hawk was 2 1/2 years ago when Idaho started working here. In fact, Chicken Hawk's imprisonment is the reason Idaho was hired. You may notice a pattern here; the Bossman does not have a spine when it comes to getting rid of people.

So, anyway, it was about a year ago that the Chicken Hawk wrote a letter to the judge on the Bossman's behalf. "All you have to do is sign your name" is what Chicken Hawk told Bossman. The letter was a humble plea to be freed on work release. The letter claimed that Chicken Hawk was "quite possibly the best employee Dysfunctional Office has ever had." Yes, because employees that wind up in the clink are often the finest of employees. I better delve into some illegal underworld before I hit the Bossman up for a raise.

Needless to say, Chicken Hawk was hired and became a functioning part of society for about 10 months. Then he becomes MIA. Doesn't show up at the job sites. Doesn't return phone calls. Oh, now might be the time to mention he is driving around in a company vehicle.

Last Friday we get the call. Chicken Hawk is back in the poke. I am the lucky one that gets to pick up the company truck from the probation office where Chicken Hawk was hauled off. The back window is broke out, there is garbage and rotting food all over the place. I gingerly climb in and start driving. I find out after the fact that it is still on the police's list of vehicles to watch out for. Lucky I managed to make it back to the office without joining the Chicken Hawk.

Paris and I have spent the last week cleaning up his personal files which contain a number of pictures, which took up 15 CD's, plus I have been fielding some pretty interesting calls on his cell phone. Paris has downloaded conversations he records on the company's Dictaphone. Oh, they are funny. For as much as it seems like hiring, re-hiring, re-hiring again, then re-hiring again an ex-con, when Chicken Hawk was on, he really was the best employee Dysfunctional-Office has ever had. I'm going to miss him. Goodbye Chicken Hawk. Until Bossman hires you again.....