"One character witness, Teresa Holaeff, who owned a restaurant in 150 Mile House told of hiring Lewis as a short order cook but dismissed him after a day and a half because he was not doing the job.

She testified that when she initially fired Lewis, he seemed nervous but wasn’t “agitated”. A couple of days later he returned and as she sat outside the restaurant, used the “F” word on at least two occasions to complain about his firing. She also described Lewis as “A time bomb, he was very agitated and I felt uncomfortable around him.”


I wonder if they had character witnesses for the character witnesses?

If this was a trial I would definitely cross examine this witness! The guy clearly needed a job and the employer fired him instead of offering proper training to do the job. So ya I could see how the man would be agitated and possibly swear. Mr. Lewis was probably frustrated and angry at the lack of willingness by the witness to give him a fair shake at performing the job she hired him for.

Thats what it sounds like to me Tiny

Sounds like the guy had a lot of issues, that were his own responsibility, and not that of others he was trying to work for, in this case. He had prolly told his potential employer that he had abilities, that she needed, to run her restaurant, and she believed him. She shortly noticed he had oversold these abilities, and let him go. Not her problem, and these small businesses don't have the time to train every last individual that walks into the room. Because of whatever mental illness this guy was suffering from (and obviously didn't want to treat it, why else was he living in the bush?), the manifestation of his dissatisfaction was his short temper, or as the character witness described it, "A time bomb, he was very agitated...".

And now unfortunately, Canada's finest come under the microscope of our society's need to voice its opinion on every little thing. What was that thing they said about opinion again...? Oh yeah, opinions are like as_es, we all have them, and most of them stink...

The guy hired an American to cook? A social insurance number was just a unneeded formality when hiring someone? The plot thickens. Not unlike the proverbial soup he sold.

A lot of people have called me a character. Plus a lot worse, too.