Aaron Seibers Stabs Himself So He Doesn't Have To Work At Blockbuster

An Edgewater man has admitted to stabbing himself in the leg Monday night because he didn't want to go to work.

Aaron Seibers, 29, reported that he was stabbed on his way to work, a Blockbuster Video Store on Sheridan Boulevard.

He claimed that three skinheads or Hispanic males dressed in black tried to rob him and stabbed him in the lower left leg.

After reporting the stabbing at his job, he was taken to Saint Anthony's Hospital.

The Denver Channel reports:

Investigators reviewed surveillance video taken at a nearby business that failed to show an attack where Siebers claimed it had happened.

The Denver Post reports that after the man was released from the hospital, detectives confronted him with evidence that conflicted with his changing stories about the attack.

At that point, Siebers confessed and told them he stabbed himself because he didn't want to go to work, said the police spokesman.

Siebers had taken a bus from Denver to the Blockbuster store in Edgewater. The surveillance video from the Target store showed him walking from the bus stop to the store without any indication he was suffering from a deep stab wound.

Seibers was arrested and charged with false reporting and obstructing a police officer.

Comments

[power to the people]

I give him credit for going the extra mile to get out of work. They should give him a week off with pay. I've been to that Blockbuster before; it's a craphole.

[Tennys Daughter]

This really could have gotten very ugly for some poor, innocent, unsuspecting Hispanic men. The police would have combed the city, harassed every Hispanic in their path based on lies.

What is really sad is that the liar knew that no questions would be asked if he said it was a Hispanic. Perception is reality. Unfortunately, those perceptions have caused a lot of innocent minorities to lose their freedom and sometime their life.

How sad; how very sad indeed.

[power to the people]

You are silly. That part of town is 85 percent Hispanic.

[Chuckwheat]

Will he get workman's comp?

[TrnsNtnl]

Is this isnt a cry out about wage slavery then I dont know what is.

[TheFabOne]

You know, a simple letter of resignation would have been enough....­..........­..

[MurCal]

Thank you Huff Post for providing a link to this truly important and fascinating story!

[Rondo]

Back in the days when I had to wear a suit to work, the guy I replaced in the late eighties, allegedly threw himself down the stairs to get out of work. After three months on the job I began to sympathize with my predecessor. The person we reported to was borderline psychotic with a long history of staff and administrative assistants resigning under his watch. I checked myself into the emergency room four years into his abuse mistaking an anxiety attack for a heart attack. I found another job the next year.

[jsgaetano]

Yeah, that's bad. No job is worth sacrificing your sanity for.

[stella8]

Thanks for the reminder. I work for a greedy psychopath right now. I just came home from working 13 hours with no lunch or other breaks scheduled. I sympathize with this guy working for Blockbuster. What are we supposed to do with the economy like it is, though?

[Rondo]

read post office by charles bukowski

[HopeGrenade]

Blockbuster can't be that bad. I mean, it's not like anyone goes there anymore.

[jsgaetano]

If he think BBuster is bad, he should try a real job, like roofing.

[deaddisnee]

For once someone blames the white man!

[lefty2026]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/1103091stab2.html


I wish HP told the whole story. Sad that our commentors are able to find the "real" story so quickly, but that it seems to be so difficult for people who are actually paid to write "news" articles.

Maybe they will at least correct the headline. Man stabs himself in desperate attempt to keep his job!

[JRRWIRED]

Next time, just quit.

[Pippy67]

Poor guy.
I'm thinking worker self-stab-outs might be the way to go, in light of the fact that the labor movement is dead. Like all workers call in pretend-stabbed simultaneously. It might shed some light on the desperation of low-wage workers. Just a thought.

[wsmcke]

The worst part is that he will have to pay the hospital bill. I am sure the bill may be over $1000 just to look at his leg.

[RightWingMarine]

the easy solution to such a high medical bill is to not intentionally harm yourself.

[rkarr]

Maybe just try calling in next time with a fake cough.

[mtm4882]

Even though I think stabbing is going too far, I totally get it.
When I was a waitress at a family restaurant, screaming little kids and huge multi-family parties would have me in tears. So, when they announced a fully booked Mothers' Day AND that I was working another double, that was the last straw. I told the manager my best friend died, flew home the next day (Saturday), turned around and came back Sunday. It was so worth it.

[Pippy67]

You are totally my hero!