Day #22: Not the Brightest Crayon in the Box

Have you ever watched a show on TV that highlighted the goofs of perpetrators of illegal activities or received a list of them via e-mail? We thought we would add a true story to your collection of criminal tales because somewhere along the way the last few weeks, we heard a tale that must be told.

A friend of ours recently had to deal with a situation related to an employee who might not be the brightest crayon in the box or the sharpest knife in the block. Said in other terms, he just might be a few fries short of a Happy Meal, a few bricks shy of a full load, or a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Whatever your favorite expression for this might be, you get the idea!

It seems that said person was shopping early one morning in his local WalMart and accidentally dropped a bag of a substance that he should not have been carrying, if you know what I mean. Not realizing his clumsiness, he completed his business and went on about his day.

Later, wanting to relax himself with some of the substance in the little baggie he'd dropped, he searched and searched to no avail. It finally dawned on him that it might have fallen out of his pocket at WalMart.

What do you think he did? Yep, he called WalMart's Lost & Found to see if his baggie had been turned in, at which point he was assured that indeed it had been turned in, and he could come in right away to pick it up.

Who do you think met him at Lost & Found? Yep, the local police officers met him and welcomed him with open arms. Or was it open handcuffs?

I told you this guy definitely wasn't the brightest crayon in the box!!