A 666 stamped W-2 form lead a man to quitting his job. In order to save his soul, Walter Slonopas left his job as a maintenance worker.
When 52-year-old Slonopas of Tennessee saw the number 666 on his W-2 form, he wasn't about the give in to evil, so he left his job at Contech Casting LLC in Clarksville, the Tennessean reports.
The number 666 is known as an evil number and it's often used to represent the devil.
"If you accept that number, you sell your soul to the devil," Slonopas told the Tennessean.
The company that is in charge of Contech's payroll slapped the number of Slonopas' W-2 form, Bob LaCourciere, vice president of sales and marketing for Revstone Corp., which owns Contech Casting. The number represents the order in which it was mailed out.
However this was the third time Slonopas came across 666 on the job. When he started back iun April 2011, his clock-in number was supposed to be 668 but human resources accidentally assigned him the number 666.
As a born-again Christian for 10 years, Slonopas felt very uneasy about using the number, so he complained and his number was changed.
However he was assigned the evil number once again in July 2011 when the company changed the time clock system. This second incident caused Slonopas to quit for the first time. However the company apologized for the mistake and he started working there again.
The latest 666 incident involving the W-2 form was the last strike for Slonopas
"I am completely at a loss for words," he said.
Slonopas doesn't plan on suing the company but he does hope that they give him a new W-2 form with a different number or he can't file his taxes.
The company said they plan on sending him a new W-2 form by next week and they hope to rehire him.
"We'd love to have him back," LaCourciere, the spokesman for Slonopas' former employer, said.
However Slonopas doesn't plan on coming back this time, even if the company gives him a new W-2 because he doesn't want it to seem like he chose money over his faith.
"God is worth more than money," he told the Tennessean.
LaCourciere, the spokesman for Slonopas' former employer, said the firm planned to mail out a new W-2, in a plain envelope, by the end of the day on Tuesday. The company also wants to rehire him.
Slonopas and his wife are not too worried about him being out of work. They don't spend much and they're currently living in their older son's house as he's in the military. They believe God has them in good hands.
"If my husband makes $10, one goes to God, two go to savings, and we live on seven," she said. "It's not that my husband makes $10 and I spend $11."
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