Actually in this case it was obviously in better hands of their friends then back home because it looks like the guys from the west were pretty meticulous about their book keeping.
Imagine making that phone call "Um remember that 2.5 million dollar painting we let you borrow? Yeah do you still have that, I cant find it anywhere? No you dont, are you sure? Oh you have a log book keeping track of this stuff? Alright then, thanks anyway, um one last question... Where can I find one of those log books?"
The arrogance of Wellesley on this one is breathtaking. Wanna bet that the insurance agent,(who just saw his profit-sharing evaporate for years to come), is about to hear from Wellesley that the new premiums are too high? How can an institution be tax exempt and be this cavalier about millions of dollars? I'm guessing the Development Officers are having a bad week at fund raising.
...back in the warehouse at Looboyle's (a long-defunct Tulsa institution -- which had the most eclectic mix of merchandise imaginable). We had to account for every case of coffee, every bag of lead shot, every fishing reel, every housewares gewgaw, etc.
I can't believe that the insurer paid off a claim on a loss due to the gross negligence of the museum itself.
My first job was at a major movie theathre with multiple screens. At the concession stands before every shift you had to count 50 bags of each size of popcorn and 50 cups of every size. If you needed more a supervisor would get them for you, and you would all recount. At the end of the night we would count everycandy bar, every left over cup, and see how much popcorn we went through. The you would count your drawer and then the management would count the drawer in the back with a member of concession stand in attendance in the back room. Keep in the mind the whole time the average time people stayed was 3 months (amazingly I lasted 6 months before finding something that paid 50 percent more)or less, and yet the whole thing still moved like clockwork (almost.)
Imagine all of that for popcorn and soda, which is like 5 cents to produce for each serving and these guys cant handle multi million dollar paintings???
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Can we ask the trash removal company if htey have it?
By stevegarfield - 8/27/08 - 9:16 am
It's probably hanging on a wall beside a trash compactor.
Actually in this case it was
By ShadyMilkMan - 8/27/08 - 9:35 am
Actually in this case it was obviously in better hands of their friends then back home because it looks like the guys from the west were pretty meticulous about their book keeping.
Imagine making that phone call "Um remember that 2.5 million dollar painting we let you borrow? Yeah do you still have that, I cant find it anywhere? No you dont, are you sure? Oh you have a log book keeping track of this stuff? Alright then, thanks anyway, um one last question... Where can I find one of those log books?"
Leger
By o_brien - 8/27/08 - 9:55 am
Shockingly unprofessional. This is quite an embarrassment for Wellesley! I wonder if someone did snatch it...
Ledger Domain Server Error
By SwirlyGrrl - 8/27/08 - 10:16 am
Had they kept a proper ledger, they might still have their Leger.
Museum donor wants her stuff back
By adamg - 8/27/08 - 7:27 pm
Geoff Edgers reports:
we don't appreciate stuff that comes free, do we?
By aging cynic - 8/28/08 - 12:09 pm
The arrogance of Wellesley on this one is breathtaking. Wanna bet that the insurance agent,(who just saw his profit-sharing evaporate for years to come), is about to hear from Wellesley that the new premiums are too high? How can an institution be tax exempt and be this cavalier about millions of dollars? I'm guessing the Development Officers are having a bad week at fund raising.
We were more careful than this....
By Michael Kerpan - 8/28/08 - 12:20 pm
...back in the warehouse at Looboyle's (a long-defunct Tulsa institution -- which had the most eclectic mix of merchandise imaginable). We had to account for every case of coffee, every bag of lead shot, every fishing reel, every housewares gewgaw, etc.
I can't believe that the insurer paid off a claim on a loss due to the gross negligence of the museum itself.
My first job was at a major
By ShadyMilkMan - 8/28/08 - 12:49 pm
My first job was at a major movie theathre with multiple screens. At the concession stands before every shift you had to count 50 bags of each size of popcorn and 50 cups of every size. If you needed more a supervisor would get them for you, and you would all recount. At the end of the night we would count everycandy bar, every left over cup, and see how much popcorn we went through. The you would count your drawer and then the management would count the drawer in the back with a member of concession stand in attendance in the back room. Keep in the mind the whole time the average time people stayed was 3 months (amazingly I lasted 6 months before finding something that paid 50 percent more)or less, and yet the whole thing still moved like clockwork (almost.)
Imagine all of that for popcorn and soda, which is like 5 cents to produce for each serving and these guys cant handle multi million dollar paintings???