Whoa!...apparently a gentleman in Brazil reportedly had police finally catch up with him as he owes the equivalent of nearly two million dollars in unpaid traffic fines. The police stopped the 36 year old man and discovered he had been ticketed nearly 1,000 times, the year he bought his current car. He accumulated fines for speeding and running red lights.

Poor guy says he never received the fines because he was always too busy to register the car in his proper name...ahhhh, let's give him a break...NOT! Too busy, how could he be too busy? Well, I suppose he was, speeding and running all those stoplights I'm sure consumes alot of time!

That new car of his, worth about $7,000.00 american dollars, is going up on the auction block unless he comes up with the fine money...mmmm...I guess he'll have to resort to running the stoplights on a bicycle.

In healthcare, we're subject to many rules and regulations by numerous agencies and sometimes we unintentionally miss the mark and receive a "fine". Or, as individual employees, each one of us is subject to an infraction if we're not careful, and that may result in something as simple as a reminder to avoid repeating the offense or all the way to serious consequences. Know the "rules", become familiar with the standards and expectations of the organization you work for and avoid "speeding and running red lights"...I'd hate to see you auctioned off to pay the fine! :)