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Receptionist Who Was Excluded From Pizza At Work Sued & Won Lawsuit
Home Grown Radio ^ | 5/8/2021 | Chuck Dizzle

Posted on 05/20/2021 7:30:48 PM PDT by simpson96

Have you ever felt left out at work? Well, a woman did and she went out of her way to sue her previous work company because of it.

According to sources, a receptionist by the name of Malgorzata Lewicka was not included in several office pizza orders at her job so she sued her work and won the lawsuit. This incident took place in a dealership in Watford, United Kingdom.

Lewicka says that her old job would ask their staff which takeaway food they would like to order every month, and Lewicka told the court that she was not asked what she would like to eat.

She says that "other employees were asked but she was not asked if she wanted to order food or participate." Lewicka added that this occurred after she had accused one of the staff members.

The court described her experience as a "campaign of victimization" and Malgorzata Lewicka won a $32,000 as a settlement.

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1 posted on 05/20/2021 7:30:48 PM PDT by simpson96
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Hmmm. Well we had Lewinsky turn into a certain descriptive. Getting revenge on a former bunch of work colleagues could be a Lewicka.


2 posted on 05/20/2021 7:34:04 PM PDT by xp38
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To: simpson96

Maybe they knew she would order anchovies and limburger on hers?


3 posted on 05/20/2021 7:34:35 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: simpson96

Good for her. I wonder how her new job search is going. Reminds me of a USPS worker who was being paid less than male workers with the same title. She went to court and won. The next day when she reported for work, she was asked for the first time to help unload the 150lbs mailbags from the mail trucks like her co-workers did.

She quit the next day.


4 posted on 05/20/2021 7:35:27 PM PDT by econjack
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To: simpson96

I can’t imagine working around this type of person. I’d be too busy working to make conversation with her.


5 posted on 05/20/2021 7:35:59 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Just because I coughed on you does not mean that I have covid. It means that we have covid. )
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To: econjack

Haha. We need more good news like that.


6 posted on 05/20/2021 7:36:26 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Just because I coughed on you does not mean that I have covid. It means that we have covid. )
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To: doorgunner69
Surstromming

Holtseer Tilsit

Now THIS stinks!

7 posted on 05/20/2021 7:41:05 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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Lewicka added that this occurred after she had accused one of the staff members.

Of what?

And was the accusation founded or unfounded?

8 posted on 05/20/2021 7:44:54 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.))
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To: simpson96

If no one likes you then maybe it’s you.


9 posted on 05/20/2021 7:45:47 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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Lewicka added that this occurred after she had accused one of the staff members.

i think i see the problem...


10 posted on 05/20/2021 7:46:02 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: econjack

People sue for this nonsense?


11 posted on 05/20/2021 7:47:44 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Free is just another word for someone else has to pay.)
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To: simpson96

Here’s an article with a bit more information...

A British woman who was deliberately left out of monthly free lunches at her workplace has been awarded more than $32,000 as part of a workplace discrimination suit.

Malgorzata Lewicka, a receptionist and service adviser at a Ford dealership in the U.K., says the problems started in 2018 after she filed formal complaints about her hours, pay, and gender discrimination. She eventually went to work at another branch of the dealership, but says she was ostracized, and while other staffers were treated to lunch on “pizza Friday” once each month, she was never asked for her order. She was eventually let go in 2019.

An employment judge ruled in Lewicka’s favor, saying, “We accept that the lunches may have been ad hoc and they were informal. However [Lewicka] gave clear evidence that at [the first job site] a manager went around the site taking lunch orders and that she was included. However, when she moved to [the second], she was not asked if she wanted to order or participate whereas other colleagues were. She could have been asked if she wanted to join in.”

The dealership says Lewicka was excluded because her shift ended at 1 p.m. and she was laid off because the company wanted to make the job full-time. The judge didn’t buy that, saying Lewicka was discriminated against for being a single mother with childcare commitments.

https://fortune.com/2021/05/11/pizza-fridays-32000-dollar-gender-discrimination-suit-malgorzata-lewicka-ford-uk-england/


12 posted on 05/20/2021 8:03:38 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.)
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To: simpson96

32K to get rid of her is a good deal.


13 posted on 05/20/2021 8:08:03 PM PDT by dgbrown
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To: econjack

I worked for the USPS for a short time after I got off of active duty. So, one morning around 0500, two supervisors took me to the loading dock and there was a mountain of bags with Christmas packages waiting to be loaded on to the conveyor belt. I detected a slight smirk on their faces. I got to work and loaded so much, so fast, that the people at the other end of the conveyor belt had to tell me to stop because they couldn’t keep up. HA! I showed them!


14 posted on 05/20/2021 8:16:55 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

If you get into a rhythm and find the right position to pendulum from, you can really move a lot, fast.


15 posted on 05/20/2021 8:22:28 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

I used brute force and lightning speed.


16 posted on 05/20/2021 8:23:37 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: simpson96

I also have been wronged.


17 posted on 05/20/2021 8:23:59 PM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Demand for racism is outpacing supply.)
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To: simpson96

I guess the defendant could appeal the decision.


18 posted on 05/20/2021 8:47:51 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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19 posted on 05/20/2021 8:57:44 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: xp38

They tried to send her an invitation, but no one could spell her name.


20 posted on 05/20/2021 9:23:10 PM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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