Esther's Dog Gets Stolen By An International Dog Trafficking Ring

Esther has always had bad luck with pets. There are common stories about dogs running away, but this story she told me was definately strange. Apparently, Esther's dog was stolen by an international dog trafficking ring!

Photo of Goofy Man.

Esther's dog was a brown and white spotted Chihuahua who was kind of goofy looking, so she called him Goofy Man -- like the rapper Gucci Man.

Esther said that it all started when she would walk her dog (aka Goofy Man) around the hood.

She started getting stopped by a random old lady that was about 60 years old an missing teeth. 

Though the lady looked a little sketchy, she would stop Esther and obsess over how cute her dog was, saying,  “Oh, your dog is so cute, you should let me have him. ” Uh, no! Thought Esther and would keep it moving.


Eventually, they became friendly as the lady gave Esther some free dog food and offered to babysit the dog for FREE! One day, Esther eventually gave in since she had to go out of town and needed someone to take care of the dog. She invited the lady over to her house and then dropped off the dog at the old lady's house. 

Looking back, Esther should have noticed that the lady's house was strange. She had 1 room with about 10 dogs in it. However, the lady incisted that she just loved dogs and was taking care of them for other people. Anyway, Esther thought it would be good for Goofy to make new friends, so she left him there. 

Matching description of old lady.

When she got back in town, she called the lady and that is when things started to get stranger and stranger. When the lady eventually answered the phone, Esther asked at what time she could pick up the dog. However, the lady said she took the dog out of town to her farm and would not be back until next week. Whaaaaat!?!?!?!

With no other options, Esther had to wait unti the lady came back in town and was then informed that the lady had gone on a business trip to Panama and that she took the dog with her. Whaaaat?!?!?!

“So when will the dog be back?” askesd Esther. Well...the lady started to explain that Goofy Man had become sick during the flight to Panama and that she had to take him to the vet. Therefore, Goofy was too sick to fly again and had to wait until he got better. At this point, Esther starts to realize that she will not be getting her dog back anytime soon or ever!

After incisting several times and trying to negotiate a meeting, the lady was not budging. She had decided to give the dog to her daughter in Panama and Goofy was not coming back. Her justification was that she had paid too much money on the vet bills, so that counted as paying for the dog like she had bought it and owned it now. She even sent Esther a picture of the dog to prove that it was ok! At least Goofy was being taken care of and was safe.

But, what could she do? The woman was out of town and she had no other information about her. She could not call the cops because she did not think they could do anything about it. She decided to go to the lady's house, but the doorman said that she was not living there and did not have any information on her either.

Esther's conclusion was that the lady was managing an international dog trafficking ring where she would steal dogs then resell them to other people. Was she in an organized crime network or gang? Esther decided that it was too risky to investgate further since the lady knew where she lived and did not want to stir up more trouble.

No wonder she had so many dogs in her house!

Esther Gets Fired from Several Jobs

Esther has had a lot of jobs because she gets fired from most of them eventually. This usually happens at the 1 year mark for some reason, but the shortest job lasted 2 weeks. One reason may be that she never gets along with the Human Resources people, which is not good.


1. California Pizza Kitchen
After getting fired from her previsous job, Esther needed money ASAP and had to look for a quick and easy job to a make some fast cash. She applied to everything, but in desperation decided to try something that she has 0% experience in - waitressing. It did not seem to hard and the money was decent, so she applied to a new California Pizza Kitch (CPK) that was opening soon.

She was hired and the first 2 weeks would consist of training. Esther thought that was awsome since she wouldn't actually have to work and still get paid. Even better, she could get free food while training! However, she did not learn much in training. On the second day of actually working, she was fired.

It may have been because the appetizers would come out after that entrees because she put the order in wrong. Or, because she forgot to give a customer the free birthday ice cream and totally ignored any birthday celebration request.

2. JWT Advertising Agency
Esther got drunk at the Christmas party and tried to fight the Director of Human Resources. Once rumors of the incident got back to her manager, she was quickly fired. For details, read: Esther Gets Drunk at The Office Christmas Party - Part 1

3. Y&R Advertising Agency
There may have been an international concpiracy involved, but Esther got fired again from another advertising agency for a combination of reasons. Though, they never said why, so it could be any one of these resons:

• Esther was sleeping with a coworker who eventually dumped her and started dating the Human Resources Director. As a result, the office was a bit awkward and Esther thinks the HR Director wanted to get rid of her to keep her away from the guy.
• Esther accidently insults her boss when she did not realize the conference call phone was not on mute.
• Esther tells her boss that while on an out of town training event that the company paid for she felt like she was “on vacation”.

Esther Gets Drunk at The Office Christmas Party - Part 2

READ PART 1 FIRST! - Esther Gets Drunk at The Office Christmas Party - Part 1

While drunk yelling, standing, and pointing at a random lady that she did not know was the Human Resources Director, Esther was scolded by the party supervisor who said, “We don’t act like that around here. Sit down!”

Go home, Esther! You're drunk!

After finishing the meal, Esther began to look for her purse which had been lost at some point during the last 10 hours of drinking. She decided to look around the restaurant, but did not realize that little-by-little her coworkers were leaving and getting back on the buses to go home. Since she was the only one from the whole company left, a restaurant employees noticed her stumbling around and escorted her to the buses. But it was too late. When they made it outside, the last bus was leaving the parking lot. Oh no! Now what?

Esther did not find her purse, so she had no money, keys, or transportation to get home. She was about 1.5 hours away from home, drunk, and stranded. With no other options, the restaurant staff took pity on her and found a employee to drive her home. The next day she had to go to work and it was not pretty.

Since the office party was on a Thursday, Esther had to wake up on Friday to go to the office. Arriving around 10:30 a.m. with the worst hangover ever, she sneaked into the office. Then came the consequences from the night before -- she would have to email HR ask if anyone had found her purse. She tried to write the most polite email possible, not knowing that there was already some controversy about her stirring in the HR department.

Thankfully, someone found her purse and they were going to send it to her, but the email reply from HR was not so friendly -- clearly something had changed. But why? It was only later that Esther realized that the lady she yelled at was the Director of Human Resources. 1 month would pass before she found out.

During the next month, things started to change. Esther noticed that her manager was becoming increasingly frustrated with her for no reason -- even growling at her at one point when she asked what the conference call number was! Then, one of her coworkers told her that there were rumors about her from the Christmas party. Still, she did not think that was a big deal. She said, 'So what if I got drunk at a Christmas party. Who cares? It’s not like I was the only one. Noone is going to notice.'

Well, she was wrong. The logic may have been reasonable since she was drinking with her whole team, which was 5 other people who were also drunk. However, a couple of weeks later after another office party that got out of hand with some visiting Mexican coworkers, open tequila bar, and mariachis; she was called into a team meeting.

The no one knew what the surprise meeting would be about, they could not have expected anything worse to happen. As the team manager and director stood in front, they began to explain what they had heard about the Christmas party. Little-by-little, they said that they had been told that members of the team had been making out, falling, passed out drunk, missing the bus, and fighting. Esther said that her teammates were shocked! Even though they were all guilty of drinking, clearly the worst behavior was by her. Later that day she was fired.

Reasons for firing were unclear. Her boss told her about some error in a campaign that supposedly happened back in December, but that was a lie. The real reason was the drinking, but since legally that could not fire someone for being a badass party monster, they had to make up some work-related excuse.

Esther’s Personal Philosophy on Life

Esther’s philosophy on life is a bit strange. This definitely shapes her view on life and therefore her behavior. Here are some wise views to live by.


Should you ever have a question or are not sure what to do, take these guidlines into consideration:

• Nothing good ever happens before 11 a.m.
• Fake it 'til you make it.
• AA does not work.
• It is better to be mediocre than pursue power and fame.
• Me and broke ni**as don’t get along - Quote from Rapper 2 Chainz.
• Sober people are lame.
• Yankees suck.
• Old ladies are rude.
• If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
• Work hard, party hard.
• Believes in Determinism over Free Will.
• Atheist, yet spiritual.
• Believes in the supernatural like aliens and ghost.