Former SeaWorld employee busted for allegedly skimming $100,000 in cash

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A 30-year veteran former SeaWorld employee was arrested, accused of stealing more than $100,000 in cash from her former employer. Lisa Olivardia was a supervisor in guest relations and SeaWorld's Aquatica Waterpark. Over a period of at least three years, sheriff's investigators said she voided all or part of group ticket sales then kept the money.

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I've never, ever understood how someone can put their mitts in the company till and not know that they'll eventually get caught.
It's an addiction, I suppose, the more one does the more one wants, or something like that.

ApolloAndy's avatar

She did it to save the orcas.


Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."

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RCMAC said:

I've never, ever understood how someone can put their mitts in the company till and not know that they'll eventually get caught.
It's an addiction, I suppose, the more one does the more one wants, or something like that.

I think you hit the nail on the head. It's the same reasoning that goes into, "This time I'll win the jackpot" or "This time I will just have one drink" or "This time he won't hit me." Denial is a very powerful and very destructive force.


Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."

Carrie J.'s avatar

I blame Blackfish.


"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." --- Benjamin Franklin

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