School Bus Fiasco
 Several years ago I worked as the Director of Transportation for
a major Texas school district. I had a department of 200 employees
and an annual operating budget of over $2 million. At the start of
my 12th year in the position I got a new boss whose
secret agenda was to replace me with a personal friend. After a
couple of years it became apparent that he wasn't going to find a
reason to fire me (excellent safety record, satisfied parents,
highly-ranked department, etc.) so he turned to dirty tricks.
Out of the clear blue sky one day I got called down to the
administration building and my boss announced that he had
"heard" that I was selling used school bus tires and
pocketing the money. I was escorted back to my office by the head of
the Finance Dept and I was allowed to remove my personal items and
then sent home with pay pending an investigation. The police were
brought in and the Finance Dept conducted an audit of the whole
operation.
After three days the police reported to the board that there
wasn't any indication of any wrong doing on my part. The Finance
Dept report that their audit of the past two years showed everything
to be in order. I was called at home and told to report to work the
next day. Never once did my boss offer any kind of apology. Of
course the damage had already been done, a shadow of suspicion hung
over me from that time on.
I was not able to sue because I had not suffered any
"monetary loss". A couple of years later I found another
job with a boss who lived by a higher ethical standard.
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