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We call this type of reaction "brown nose-ing"
Really, James, I was trying to point you to a esoteric path, and I have failed.
But let me say this. What if you would have treated the situation in a different way? A way in which both you and your (ex)employee could have grown from this event?
You might have fired the only honest person ( at least as perception goes) in your business, who knows now what type employees you have left? Yes men?