VileFoulAndEvil: getting my files back

Day of the layoff:

DumberBoss: You are gonna get your files in a couple of weeks. Don't worry. We'll send you a list of files and you'll mark the ones you want.

Day 3:

Koodiorjatyttö: Couls you send my private files to me? DumberBoss said they'll send them but I don't trust her. The root password is ******** and the files are in /home/koodiorjatytto/private.
NiceProjectManager: Sure thing.

Day 4:

NiceProjectManager: Oops, I tried to send your files to you but they caught me and wouldn't let me do it. They said that the ThreeDyslexicSysadmins are gonna send files to everyone real soon now.

Day 17:

Koodiorjatyttö: Where the hell are my files?
DumberBoss: I have no clue. Ask the WorldsWorstHRPerson.
Koodiorjatyttö: Where the hell are my files?
WorldsWorstHRPerson: We deleted them all. Should've asked earlier.

Day 18:

I send an email describing all of the above to WorldsWorstHRPerson, DumbBoss and DumberBoss, bcc to NiceProjectManager. Get an apology for DumbBoss.