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"He had been going to sites, putting the barcodes on the paper instead of the devices, and then would just sit in his van and scan a few every couple of minutes. Over time we had to go back out and redo some of the inspections and found all sorts of crazy situations that he had been passing for years... like passing a dry sprinkler system that was not even connected to water and whose air compressor had been ripped out. Huge fire violations." 

"Apparently, he was caught shoplifting a few expensive items in his company-branded work gear. When asked by security why he did it, he replied, “I’m a supervisor. It’s ok.” They called us; we obviously denied it, and that was that. I used to joke that I should become a supervisor to get those secret shoplifting perks."