This is awesome, and further proves our hypothesis that bringing anything Seinfeld related into the workplace can only end in tears. It also proves our hypothesis that South Africa is just completely full of crazy shit happening everywhere. Short version is that a boss shot an employee in the cankle for using the management bathroom. But perhaps more interesting is how everyone involved, from South African cops to British journalists, decided to cover this. This statement from police, which is pure gold, really gets to the bottom of how mixup took place:
It seems he underestimated the strength of his employer’s feelings on the matter of which toilet he should use.
Other highlights include the fact that the boss had the employee show him which toilet he used before deciding to shoot him (aim twice?), the fact that the boss is being charged with attempted murder for shooting the guy in the ankle, and most insightfully the article provides a great peek into the inexplicable love among British journalists of British bathroom synonyms. This article includes reference to Potty, Loo, Toilet, and our favorite, the ‘toilet cubicle’.
Potty Shot
Other highlights include the fact that the boss had the employee show him which toilet he used before deciding to shoot him (aim twice?), the fact that the boss is being charged with attempted murder for shooting the guy in the ankle, and most insightfully the article provides a great peek into the inexplicable love among British journalists of British bathroom synonyms. This article includes reference to Potty, Loo, Toilet, and our favorite, the ‘toilet cubicle’.