Local Mary Kay dealer busted...finally.

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Local Mary Kay dealer busted...finally.

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School bus supervisor gave employees overtime hours they never worked so that they could pay her back for Mary Kay products. Pink schoolbus was the tip off.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former Kanawha County school bus supervisor admitted Tuesday to logging fake overtime hours for employees, pocketing the excess cash and often using it pay off balances on a family member's Mary Kay cosmetics account.

Nancy Bowen-Kerr, 58, who headed the Elkview school bus terminal from at least 1998 until her resignation in 2007, pleaded guilty before circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey to a felony embezzlement charge.

In 2007, sheriff's deputies began a criminal probe into several overtime violations reported at Bowen-Kerr's terminal. Police found that the supervisor gave her employees overtime hours they never worked so that they could pay her back for Mary Kay products they purchased from one of her family members.

Bowen-Kerr also skimmed some of the pay gained from the phantom overtime hours. Sometimes, she cut the profits with other employees, Kanawha County assistant prosecutor Rob Schulenberg said.

School officials became aware of the dealings after some employees at the bus terminal complained to school board members, board President Pete Thaw said, adding that at one point he visited the terminal personally and saw hundreds of Mary Kay products stacked at least 6 feet high.

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Next they need to crack down on Girl Scout Cookie pushers...I'm strung out on Tagalongs....
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EZ103.3FM wrote:Next they need to crack down on Girl Scout Cookie pushers...I'm strung out on Tagalongs....
I think the point of the thread is that you can eat all the Tagalongs you want. As long as you're not wearing lipstick and eyeliner while you do.

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Hey, I bought that album new in 1965 and still have it. I personally consider it one of their finest.
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If we're talking girl scout cookies, for me it's Thin Mints or bust!

I have friends who either currently do or used to sell Mary Kay products, and they speak highly of the company, though like any sales job you have to hustle like crazy to make it work effectively.
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