Disney CM Arrested for Cleaning Cobwebs
 

http://www.local6.com/news/4777892/detail.html

A 32-year-old man in Clermont, Fla., is accused of standing naked in the window of his home and using a flashlight to expose himself to people passing by, police told Local 6 News. Three men called police Tuesday to report Daniel Cioffi was exposing himself.

When officers investigated, the Walt Disney World employee told investigators he was using the flashlight to clean cobwebs.

Cioffi has been placed on unpaid leave, pending the outcome of his charges, according to the report.

Weird and all, but I have to ask if that's really fair to Disney? Do you know where Brian David Mitchell or Edward Duncan III worked? Of course not. It's not relevant to the story. So why is the fact that this guy is a CM even mentioned? If it had been a window on main street that would be a different story...

He was working on a new version of Fantasmic!

"Hey look, a Hidden Mickey."

What exactly was he cleaning cobwebs off of?

His Pepper's Ghost effect

Ah, the magic of forced perspective.

*ducks as NA throws a flashlight*

"Cleaning Cobwebs"? Is that what they call it these days?

HTHBellCaptain! I'm shockid and appalled! ;)




:Throws flashlight back at the Commodore which bonks him on his head:

Because it's an Orlando news station. They take any chance they can get to try to scandalize Disney. It turns heads and (I presume) gets ratings.

And if it was a Seattle news station, you'd hear that he was a Boeing employee, or whatever. And whenever it's a local school employee you hear that, too. Heck, we heard over and over again about Ridgeway working for the truck painting place in Kent.

Does Disney have a 'morals-type clause' with their employees? If he wasn't arrested for doing something on the clock, what right does Disney have to suspend him?

And I agree, who cares who he worked for (though I do understand 'local journalism' - Prudence, if it were a Boeing employee would it be a bigger part of the story than if it were a Microsoft employee???) For something like this, though, I think it WOULD be pertinent to the story if he was a school employee or day care worker.

I believe it is understood that if you, in your personal life, do something that is embarrassing to your employer AND can damage the image of the employer that those things are grounds for suspension and/or firing. I base this on a case recently where a husband and wife, both nurses at the same hospital here in Phoenix, ran a porn site with themselves as the stars in their off time. Though not illegal, they were dismissed. In their suit that followed, they lost because it was found that the actions outside of their employment were harmful to the image and operations of the hospital.

Ok the thread title made me think someone was cleaning the Haunted Mansion too well and Disney had them arrested for the destruction of expensive cobwebs................I shoulda known :D

Probably it would, because Boeing has a rather infamous code of morals. I think it's infamous outside my family. My dad made a big deal about signing it in front of legal and only under protest that if he didn't sign it they would escort him from the building. My dad has a history in QA and believes that many higher-level execs violate the code on a regular basis.

He did quite the neener-neener when Stonecipher was forced to resign.

(Plus, let's be honest: no one is surprised when Micro$ofties do anything.)

it's either that or "paddling the canoe" LOL

:evil:

I'm trying to figure this post out: HTHBellCaptain hasn't posted in this thread!

Does he own a flashlight?

Is he excessively tidy and somewhat absent-minded?

And, he;s the LEAST likely person to be "cleaning cobwebs" in public.

I'm glad I read this thread before I started my household chores this evening. I had my flashlight and trust stepladder ready to tackle all of those cobwebs. Fortunately, I read this thread. It may have just save me form getting arrested. I am dissappointed, though. I had gotten into the traditional WDW CM house cleaning attire. Well, I'd hate to think I went to all of that trouble for no good reason. Maybe I'll just wash the windows instead. :D



(I apologize for any added therapy bills that this mental image might add.)

You'll be hearing from my lawyers. Must go soak head in Borax now.

Too late. You made the scary bellhop face long, long ago . . . therapy is well underway.

OH NO! I didn't need to think about "scary Bellhop face"!

Oops. Didn't realize he was in Florida. :blush: