No good deed goes unpunished. I’ve used that phrase myself in the past when things didn’t turn out exactly like I had planned. You know, it comes after you offer to do something for free, and it turns out costing you more time and effort than the same project would have for a paying client. Such is the case with Roy Kronk, the utility worker that found the remains of Florida toddler, Caylee Anthony.
I love reading news, and am especially drawn to crime reads. I followed the whole Scott Peterson thing, and now, I’m checking in with Nancy Grace nightly to get the latest details on this very unfortunate case. I even read the Caylee BLOG. So when Roy Kronk appeared recently on ‘Good Morning America’, and said in his exclusive interview that he feels as if he has been vilified for simply doing the right thing, I can understand where he’s coming from. No good deed goes unpunished. The media has been all over his failure to pay child support and other issues that have nothing to do with the case at hand. I am sympathetic to this gentleman’s plight — but only to a point. Why?
When Mr. Kronk first explained his reason for happening onto the discovery, he was merely there to pee in the wooded area. Later, it comes out that this is the 3rd time he reported what he thought was suspicious — and even later, he says that he believes he saw Caylee’s skull there in the summer. Oh! And now, it wasn’t simply that he needed to go to the bathroom — he claims ‘credibility’ — offering that he was there on a ‘hunch’ because he was a former bail bondsman.
My vision of Roy Kronk’s “good deed” gets even more cloudy. On the ‘Good Morning America’ segment, Mr. Kronk tells about chatting with the officer that arrived to investigate his 2nd call. He tells the story of showing him a photo of snake taken in that same area a short time before. Now Roy Kronk was not paid for this exclusive interview — but get this — a royalty fee was paid to him for the snake photo. Whoever thought that one up needs to open an office to help tax payers work around how much to pay Uncle Sam. Don’t you hate it when people do things that undermine what’s really important — and their actions can directly impact the right outcome?
I wonder about the times in the past that I’ve said ‘no good deed goes unpunished’. Did I also cause some of my own frustration? I don’t know about you — but I’m going to make a conscious effort to figure that out the next time I offer to do a good deed.