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Re: Murder, She Wrote in Real Life

From:meganrouse@gmail.com To: gpodesta@gmail.com CC: eric_soller@mckinsey.com, podesta.mary@gmail.com, mpodesta@gmail.com, john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2014-07-31 13:03 Subject: Re: Murder, She Wrote in Real Life

Great story. The presence of scissors at the crime scene is funny and indicates to me the perpetrator has a sense of humor. This rules out Farnsworth. I will continue to ponder. On Jul 31, 2014 7:47 AM, "Gabe Podesta" <gpodesta@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m experiencing a real life Murder, She Wrote here in Qatar. No one is > dead (just a toaster oven) but there are so many suspects and motives. > > There is a small toaster oven in our office kitchen area. The toaster > and the coffee pot are both 110 volts, so each must be plugged into the 220 > volt transformer when in use. The transformer only has room for one at a > time, so a user must check and change, as appropriate, with each and every > use. This seems to be a particular frustration to the three people who > typically make the coffee in the morning. > > TSgt Garrison is the only person that actually uses the toaster. He > typically toasts his sandwich bread at lunch time. He has only been here > for a month or so. Prior to his arrival the three who make coffee kept > the coffee pot plugged in at all times. > > This morning LT Farnsworth was the first in the office and went to the > kitchen to make coffee. He reports that he walked in to discover that > someone had cut the cord to the toaster oven, rendering it inoperable. Next > to the toaster was a pair of scissors. The part of the cord that plugs > into the outlet was not found. > > LT Farnsworth is a reservist (i.e. he has a civilian job and only puts on > the uniform one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer). He was > activated and deployed here against his will and recently learned that he > missed out on a promotion at his civilian job because his employer needs to > fill the position immediately and will not wait for him to return. He is > also a hothead--he reportedly committed a cardinal sin during predeployment > training when he grew frustrated by his marksmanship and threw his rifle to > the ground (very, very big no-no in military culture). > > Lest you believe that LT Farnsworth is the only suspect, please note that > TSgt Garrison lives with TSgt Long. The two are very different and seem > to truly hate one another. It is unclear, however, if TSgt Long knows > that TSgt Garrison uses the toaster oven because he works in a different > building. > > Additionally, yesterday we had a random safety inspection by the Camp As > Sayliyah Fire Department. We passed, but were marked down because the > toaster oven was on top of the microwave and that is a fire hazard. MSG > Brown is responsible for office safety and thus was forced to take > responsibility for the hazard despite the fact that she, too, works in a > different building. > > When we were alerted to the safety violation yesterday, my paralegal > decided to assist by printing a sign that read “Do not place toaster on top > of the microwave. It is a fire hazard.” While well intentioned, she > taped the paper sign directly on top of the toaster. This, as you may > have guessed, is a fire hazard. The sign was removed and she was > ridiculed. > > I am truly at a loss. I feel like all these episodes of Murder, She > Wrote have been preparing me to solve this mystery. Any insight or help > you all may provide is greatly appreciated and I'll keep you posted of any > developments. > > -- > Gabe Podesta >