Grown Man Keeps Dressing Up Over a
Kid's Movie
Based on Children's Book
Post Manhattan Reporter
November 23, 2010
Associates at the Jones Mobile headquarters, located in Jones Tower, are growing concerned about a co-worker who's been dressing up for a children's movie for the past five days.
Jerry Larson, Junior VP in charge of marketing to preteens, has dressed as a wizard since Friday, opening day of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
"We didn't think much of it on casual Friday," said Valerie Bershire, head of R&D.
"A lot of people like Harry Potter. But when he showed up in it on Monday, we started worrying."
The office consensus was that Larson had worn it through the weekend.
"You could smell it," said Berkshire.
After coming to work dressed the same way on Tuesday, Jerry's co-workers decided to broach the subject at lunch.
"We established that he had seen the new movie nine times and that he was terribly concerned about how Harry would get through this," said Tim Kelly, director of customer service, "but he wouldn't say why he had to dress like a wizard."
Tuesday afternoon Larson became irate when someone from the mailroom criticized the Potter movie franchise.
"All I said was those books were written at a fifth-grade reading level, and he flipped out," said Henry Wefflers, JM intern.
"He said the last one was seventh-grade level, then he threw a stapler at me. Wizard dick."
Everyone is ready for human resources to intervene, but many are afraid of the consequences.
"I'm telling you- if they take that magic wand away from him, he's just going to come back with a shotgun," said Kelly.
