666 on tax form made man quit job to save his soul

A Clarksville, Tennessee, man says that he quit his job last week in order to save his soul. Walter Slonopas, 52, resigned as a maintenance worker at Contech Casting LLC in Clarksville after his W-2 tax form was stamped with the number 666. The Bible calls 666 the “number of the beast,” and it’s often used as a symbol of the devil. Slonopas said that after getting the W-2, he could either go to work or go to hell. “If you accept that number, you sell your soul to the devil,” he said.



Bob LaCourciere, vice president of sales and marketing for the Revstone Corp., which owns Contech Casting, said that Slonopas’ W-2 was labeled with 666 by the company that handles Contech’s payroll. It refers to the order in which the forms were mailed out, he said.
This isn’t the first time that the Satanic number has caused Slonopas trouble at work. During his first day on the job in April 2011, Slonopas was supposed to be assigned the number 668 to use when he clocked in. But the human resources department gave him the wrong number- 666 - instead.

Slonopas, who said he became a born-again Christian about 10 years ago, complained and was given a new number. In July 2011, the company changed time clock systems, and once again Slonopas got 666. This time he quit. The company apologized and he returned to work a few days later. This latest incident with the W-2 baffled company spokesman LaCourciere. He could not believe it had happened again. “I am completely at a loss for words,” he said. Slonopas says all he wants is for his former employer to give him a new W-2 without a Satanic number on it. Otherwise, he said, he can’t file his taxes.


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He shakes his head when asked if he’d go back to work for Contech, even if the company gives him a new W-2. That would send the message that he sold out his faith for money. “God is worth more than money,” he said. His wife, Anna, said the couple will be fine. She said God will take care of them. They live frugally, and are currently house-sitting for their older son, who is in the military. “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.” LaCourciere, the spokesman for Slonopas’ former employer, said the firm planned to mail out a new W-2, in a plain envelope. The company also wants to rehire him.