Bed Bath & Beyond CFO IDd as Tribeca Jenga Building jumper

Let's see...no mention of a wife, girlfriend, or kids. Lived in a super swanky apartment in Tribeca. Bachelor? No wife, no kids, no family. That could only mean one thing......

I know the Post is a right-wing tabloid but showing the bodybag is tasteless

Looks like the culprit is surprise Amal.

Amal Clooney? Now that’s a surprise!

R1, they do it all the time. They even take video of body bags removed all of the time.

Not sure if he was a bachelor. There was a woman outside crying but she looks almost identical to him so I'm thinking it's his sister.

Midlife crisis is such a real existential danger for men, but it doesn’t nearly get sufficient attention - or resources for help - that it truly deserves

R5: yes the poor crying woman

r6 Bed, Bath, and Beyond just declared bankruptcy yesterday and he's the CFO. That's why he jumped.

Not a mid life crisis. He sold stock before the big public announcement which caused the stock price drop. He was the Chief Financial Officer of a company in a death spiral. His career was in tatters and he was unethical.

Here's the first article with the crying wife/sister? from before they released his name

He joined the company less than two years ago.

You don't fall on your sword — or fall yourself off a building — for a company with that short history.

Was he defenestrated? It's a sure way to shut people up. Putin's minions know this all too well.

Pretty standard employment contract for executives at his level.

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[quote] You don't fall on your sword — or fall yourself off a building — for a company with that short history.

Who thinks he sacrificed himself for the sake of his company? Nobody. In fact, it sounds like he was up to some shady stuff that contributed to the company's fall.

R1

Daily Fail and many other media outlets are going with photos that show body bag, this is not uncommon. Body bags, sheets covering dead bodies, it's all fair game for photographers and thus news media. and has been so for ages.

One or two photographers are always early on scene of such events to sniff out dirt. They will then sell their pictures to various high bidders. Notice both on NYP and Daily Fail images are credited and or copyrighted to two different photographers.

r16 I'm pretty sure Bed, Bath and Beyond was going to fall by itself. There is a little startup called Amazon that's cutting into their profits.

This is odd. He must have had tons of money to retire early, and he was young!

If I killed myself over fucking BED BATH & BEYOND, I would expect everyone I know to guffaw openly right through my silly funeral.

How embarrassing!

Again, crime scene photos aren't new, nor news media carrying them either.

Unless he was facing a 20 year prison sentence, what is this behavior?

Gather yourselves, BB&B execs.

I mean really.

One of the more famous and prolific photographers of crime scene photos was "Weegee" (Arthur Fellig) going back to 1930's. LE then used to moan that he always managed to show up at crime scenes before or at same time as themselves.

Maybe his sister-hag-frau didn’t pony up for that Movado watch.

You got that Instant Pot money!

You got that extra long twin fitted sheet money!

You got that sea turtle novelty shower curtain money!

Bed Bath and Beyond has been swirling down the drain for sometime now.

What if any latest financial news played in role of Mr. Arnal's death world may never know.

Maybe he accidentally grilled his foot on the George Foreman he got with a 20% off coupon, and the pain was just too great.

:(

Someone called him out on his back -to-school purple shower caddy, and Miss Thing went B-E-R-Z-E-R-K-E-R!

Did his local sell out of the oversized Canvas Flamingo “Over-the-Sofa” 3-Piece Wall Art??

OH, THE HUMANITY!!!!!

Who will pick up the giant scrolled burnished chrome statement mirror he had on layaway for his entranceway??

They will only hold it for 5 business dayz, you fuks!!

It was nice of him that he chose to jump onto a nearby rooftop and not onto the Manhattan sidewalk where he could have taken an innocent person out with him.

Very handsome guy but far too old to deserve his own thread on The Datalounge.

Here’s where I want his stuff

You know he has tons of unopened bed sheets sets. Some nice down comforters, too.

Did he jump all the way? Or 20% off?

Undiagnosed- and therefore untreated - clinical depression

Depression kills. Yet some here like to pretend it doesn’t exist or people are somehow responsible for an imbalance created by their brain.

If the first responders had piled up a whole bunch of Bed-in-a-Bags while he was walking back and forth on the ledge, this tragedy might have been avoided.

What was on his Studebaker 80's Retro Street Bluetooth Boombox in Rose Gold?

Rockin’ Shopping Center

He looks a little like Ronald Reagan in OP's photo.

I’m Not A Well Man from

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Sadly, our CFO of Bed, Bath & Beyond has gone to the Beyond.

Who gets his shower radio with no-fog shaving mirror attachment??

FOLLOW THE MONEY, SHEEPLE!

So messy, a stairway would have sufficed.

He was probably driven to despair living in a loft filled with shitty Chinese prototypes and other dusty gimcracks.

[quote]It was nice of him that he chose to jump onto a nearby rooftop and not onto the Manhattan sidewalk where he could have taken an innocent person out with him.

Given what posters have been saying about NYC the past year, odds are he would have taken out a crazy person about to commit a crime.

Bed Bath Beyond was unable to capitalize on third world labor to keep prices down like they did all through the 90’s. When prices went up people stopped buying or as frequent. They also subbed out a lot of quality brands for generic ones that weren’t as good or broke easily. I’m not going to pay $32 for a bath mat no matter how good it is! Rents, labor and utilities went up as well.

Also, quality brands like Dyson sold more directly to consumers with payment plans and Best Buy expanded into vacuums and kitchen goods.

Just great! Now what are we supposed to do with all this junk?!

iPod

Frasier’s Orchestral Radio Jingle

As a business manager, I’m also going to say that a lot of the business models of yesteryear aren’t going to work anymore due to the omnipresence of Amazon, shipping same day, and that people are working from home and changing habits of families, dining and people congregating in general. Malls and freestanding stores won’t draw traffic unless it’s a select “destination” like Best Buy, or there’s a supermarket nearby.

Trying to save BBB with $500 million investment is like mixing three pounds of fresh hamburger to a pound of rotten, grilling it up and hoping for the best.

[quote]Bed, Bath, and Beyond just declared bankruptcy yesterday and he's the CFO.

No they didn't. Stop making shit up.

BB&B was very slow out of the gate in adapting to changes in retail. Those huge stores with lots of square footage (like former store on UES in Manhattan, NYC), are expensive.

Meanwhile Amazon.com and Walmart.com became to huge gorillas in room selling nearly if not exact same merchandise, but at lower costs.

At other end of things Target (who also carries much of same merchandise mix as BB&B) has positioned itself well; taking advantage of both online and in store retail.

For BB&B to continue existing it has to give fraus and others reasons to shop. So far only thing one keeps seeing is those huge discount coupons that come in mail or in Sunday papers.

BBB is also “discretionary” spending- 9 times out of 10 you don’t REALLY need to buy anything and can make do with what you already have, especially with inflation and increased rent. If you live with your parents, you aren’t buying either.

That $400 a month you would’ve spent there is going to your landlord, flood insurance, or increased utility bill.

A friend of mine was doing some consulting work for Pier1 years ago and was actually in a meeting where the powers that be decided to just continue down the path of buying the cheapest made in China crap that they could and extract as much money out of the company while they could. I'm surprised it took Pier1 as long as it did to close. Maybe that's the same direction BB&B decided to go down. They never invested a dime in improving the store in any way, just the same old junk for decades.

Target is always innovating and they get designers in for limited amounts of time to get people excited about buying new things. They even partnered with Ulta recently. Innovation versus whatever the hell stores like Pier1 and BB&B are doing.

r1

They should cover things up like the New York Times and Washington Post do.

Did he REALLY jump? Where was Diana Ross at the time?

Could he have been facing problems that he sold his stock right before they announced the store closures? Seems almost like insider trading. I’m genuinely asking because I’m not great with that stuff.

He looked a lot older than 52.

Everyone knew, even two years ago, that BBB isn’t salvageable. I doubt he jumped because it was failing. It was already failing badly when he joined.

What surprises me is that his salary was only $2 million

Gravity Ground and Begone just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Well whoever he was banging is now…

I agree with the above posters - when I read the article this morning, it definitely stood out to me that he sold a million in stock BEFORE the announcement that made the stock prices plummet.

There is something weird about story of her being pissed and leaving him. She seemed onboard when he unretired and that was months ago. Why are they fighting about it now and she’s going crazy?

He would have made a sexy bf

One too many Karen’s asking to speak to the manager.

Some people will do anything to miss Lea Michele opening in Funny Girl.

I have a friend that ran a scam where he would bring in broken vacuum cleaners from up the street and return them for store credit. He’d use his neighbor’s ID cards so they wouldn’t catch on and he’d been doing that for YEARS!

Was anyone NOT fooled by that 20% offer thinking you could just use it as is?

"Mr. Arnal sold roughly 55,000 shares in Bed Bath & Beyond on Aug. 16 and 17, as part of a trading plan he had signed in April. In August, Bed Bath & Beyond disclosed in a regulatory filing that Mr. Arnal and the retailer were being sued by certain shareholders. The retailer said it was in the “early stages of evaluating the complaint” but, based on its current understanding, “believes the claims are without merit.”"

Ryan Cohen is also responsible for this nightmare

Discuss

He was indeed under investigation, so probably guilty of something. He does have a wife and kids. I’m too lazy to link to the DM given we can’t post beyond the link. They have deets and pics.

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R76 et al

One still can post links to Daily Fail. What one writes in thread will be redacted, but link will still work.

If someone has something to say take a page from myself and others by following up DF post with whatever it is one wrote or would have in original thread.

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Sounds fishy. It is possible that it’s a murder

The true tragedy is that horrendous building.

Another criminal that DLers find sexy (insider trading for those too dense to understand).

No wonder heterosexuals still dismiss gay equality. So many gay men have no idea what respect is, why should others give them the same.

BBBY was being touted as the next meme stock like GameStop. Short selling hedge funds and the Wallstreetbets crowd were manipulating the duck out of the stock price. Coupled with the real structural business problems and his shortish tenure, he was in an untenable position professionally, and seemingly personally too.

I hope they’ll honor his expired 20% off coupon at the funeral home.

Will the building always be linked to his death?

[quote] I know the Post is a right-wing tabloid but showing the bodybag is tasteless

But? They go hand in hand, dear.

What’s the white thing strapped to his body bag?

R87

Likely an evidence bag containing that and or any possessions found on or near deceased.

When bodies arrive at coroner's office any personal belongings found with will be cataloged, used to identify deceased, then held until next of kin (or anyone legally allowed) claims body.

If foul play is suspected things may go to and be kept by LE for evidence, identification of body, next of kin notification....

r85 Not as long as it doesn't set off a chain reaction like "The Vessel".

r82 It's miles better looking than the hideous Guggenheim.

Agreed, r83. This is a pretty egregious act. Very in- your-face and ugly, no amount of physical attractiveness can mask that. Don't tell Momma though, she's been fanning her mussy on this board since the Scott Peterson days, no doubt.

Why not get a gun and shoot yourself?

How about overdose on pills?

What's with jumping off a building? That's motherfucking ballsy, scary. messy shit.

With a name like Gustavo, he must have been uncut

He was a NASTY SPINELESS DILLINGER CAPITALIST. Liar, cheater, everything for himself and other finance people. Sociopath. The gig was up and he faced public humiliation. Piece of shit goes out just like he lived, with zero respect for others.

R87, All body bags should be tastefully accessorized.

R96- A little splash of color wouldn't kill them, would it?

R76, Suicide will negate his life insurance policy.

r95 Wow our edgy communist larpers have found the thread!

Now can you make a rational argument for why you are against insider trading and who was the victim? Or are you too busy tweeting about the capitalist swine and complaining other people should pay off your student loans?

He jumped for my love, he wanted to taste my kisses in the night.

R92 never do it with pills. Too much time to think before they take effect. And you'll likely throw them up and wake up in hospital, possibly brain damaged. Also it's impossible to get pills that will guarantee a successful result unless you can source barbiturates off a vet or medical friend.

Wife was at home, Arnal simply walked past her and threw himself out of window.

Guess that explains the woman seen weeping outside of building in previous photos.

r102 Hideous denim overalls she's wearing. I would have jumped too.

Interesting that Ryan Cohen and the "USC student" Jake Freeman both sold their shares on the same daythe only two people to make a profit, $68 million and $110 million respectively. What's the connection between Cohen and Freeman? Who is Freeman, really? Will Ryan Cohen be implicated or will his money protect him ??

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Flying.

Hilarious R107. I love black humor

Bed, Bath & the Great Beyond.

It's eerie - his 36" BBB giant wall clock stopped at exactly the time he jumped.

Oh well. He was a criminal whose actions caught up with him. More of these pariahs should off themselves. The world would be a better place.

He finally got to find out what was beyond the bed and the bath.

I would have sucked his dick but now he’s dead

It’s not too late r117!

R118, Unless he fell face down.

Didn't think this one through did he? Pay the fine, do a bit of jail time and move back home when you finish serving the time

R120

You left out the obvious stain upon someone's escutcheon of being a convicted criminal. That would also mean nearly many careers in finance much less executive suites would be off limits as convicted felons aren't eligible. You cannot have someone convicted of securities fraud, tax evasion and whatever else signing off on a company's financials.

Accounts. Certified Public Accountants, CFO, etc... all must (or should) be bonded. That usually is not possible with a criminal conviction.

Oh and if SEC takes action it could mean permanent barring from being involved with securities. Michael Milken is a case in point. Trump pardoned that oily git, but until then he was banned from security dealings.

R76 you're too fuckin' lazy to read the story at R74?

The guy was a complete idiot thinking he could sell a boatload of stock 2 weeks before the company announces bad news and NO ONE WOULD KNOW?

R76 He was not the only one, two others did the same. He's just the one that killed himself.

Stock sale was planned and disclosed in regulatory filings back in April 2022 IIRC.

It's not like Arnal woke up one morning last week or week before and sold tons of BB&B shares out of the blue.

Was he the first ever jumper from Jenga?

Right but since April he did meet with Ryan Cohen several times.

He was distraught that his collab idea “Bed Bath x Beyoncé”, was rejected.

R88: Thanks for linking the documentary. I’m watching it now.

I had no idea so many older men die alone and nude. Dying is inevitable, and sad on its own universal level. But dying alone, middle-aged to retirement age, and naked, is sad on its own existential level.

Today’s DL Life Lesson: don’t be an older, naked, single male in LA County! Buy a caftan and some friends.

R129

R88 here...

One that really got me was Ronald Eugene Tanner. The "gay" gentleman who knew he was dying of terminal cancer, and did everything right. Made a will, prepaid for final arrangements, etc.... Only when time comes and LA coroners office shows up a cemetery person running place was "well he can't be buried in plot he paid for because someone else is there, we don't know who...." I wanted to reach through computer screen and punch that guy's lights out. So Ronald Tanner, who only wanted to be laid to rest with his parents is somewhere off to side a few rows away.

Other thing that got me angry is how those black workers from LA ME office were going though Ronald Tanner's things as they prepared to clean place out and found a poster of some play or show he did. Production had a gay theme and they all raised eyebrows.....

Sad thing was Ronald Tanner didn't die destitute; but had quite a bit of money in bank. That balance shrunk after LA took their cut for performing services, but now sits in unclaimed property files. Ronald Tanner was an only child and both parents predeceased him, so unless there are cousins, aunts, uncles or someone out there eventually that money will revert to state.

Living in NYC sadly am all to aware of people found dead in their homes. Yes, many times it is members of gay community. Sometimes there is family, but others not, so things go way of Ronald Tanner's estate.

During height of HIV/AIDS epidemic where people were dropping like flies often friends and or community clubbed together to give deceased a proper going home.

"I had no idea so many older men die alone and nude. "

Bathing, showering and using the toilet can trigger cardiac events. This is one reason why you find a good number of deceased sitting on the john, in the bathroom, and of course nude or semi....

For those not wanting to watch video in R88

The Whitney Houston Bubble Bath was in poor taste.

Jumping out of a window in your high-rise. How?…How does the body not freeze with fear before you climb the rail? Its truly unfathomable fear. Nothing is worth enduring that fear (although I am not rich and I can imagine someone having been rich not wanting to live the way I do). Im having an anxiety attack thinking of it while lying in my bed.

Nothing nefarious to see here folks; simple case of an executive stressed to max by events quickly spiraling out of hand.

It was a toxic mix by any measure; brought in to right a sinking ship, Arnal arrived in New York as covid about same time covid panic began. BB&B like nearly every other retailer had to confront issues cause by covid including subsequent federal and local government actions.

Worth noting BB&B board considered replacing Arnal, but decided against it due to company's current issues.

As noted Arnal has preplanned to sell shares and this was noted in regulatory filings months ahead of event. Lawsuit against BB&B, Arnal et al was (and is) largely without merit, but it just piled on more stress. Then there was fact Arnal still had a sizeable number of shares remaining that were worth far less than when granted due to BB&B's stock tanking.

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I read once that people interviewed who actually survived a jumping suicide attempt always regretted it as they were falling. They always realized what they were losing their mind over wasn't really as important as they had thought just seconds earlier.

When is the last time you think he had sex before he jumped ?

R133, As was the "Judy on the toilet" liquid soap dispenser.

r121, but he's not entitled to work in finance. He could have changed his career like any one of us poors.

You can tell he's a halfwit just by looking at his photo

OP, yes, it could only mean one thing: You didn't do your homework, cunt. He was married and had a son and two daughters.

[quote]Arnal, a native of Venezuela and married father of two grown daughters, joined Bed Bath & Beyond in 2020

Did OP read the article?

R130: "So Ronald Tanner, who only wanted to be laid to rest with his parents is somewhere off to side a few rows away."

Uh, they're not "resting", they're dead. No doubt Tanner wasn't worried about it as soon as he DIED.

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