Anyone have tapes of any black caucus meetings?
If they talk like that also, that would have to be great entertainment.
Posted on 02/02/2006 3:24:32 AM PST by Panerai
A rookie MBTA commuter rail conductor who allegedly harassed women and girls on the Rockport line with X-rated wisecracks and saucy talk is facing discipline after one fed-up mom dropped a dime.
“I was totally disgusted,” said Jennifer Barrett, 24, of Gloucester. “This guy should not be working with the public.”
The trouble started in December, Barrett said, when new conductor Junior Rodriguez remarked that her 7-year-old daughter, Tiarra, had a “ghetto booty,” slang for a large behind.
“I’m like, ‘Excuse me?’ ” recalled Barrett, who said she also overheard the conductor making inappropriate comments to two young women on another day.
One time, Barrett said, she sat up after reaching down to pick up her 2-year-old daughter’s pacifier only to find the allegedly randy railroad man leering at her.
“He said, ‘Oh, yeah, show me more of that.’ Then I realized he was looking down my shirt,” she said.
Rodriguez, 31, was hired in April 2005 by MBCR, the contractor that runs the T commuter rail service. He was yanked off the rails pending an investigation the day after Barrett complained, T spokesman Joe Pesaturo said.
Efforts to reach Rodriguez at home and through his union yesterday were unsuccessful.
An internal disciplinary hearing in which Rodriguez was accused of violating the MBTA code of personal conduct was held Jan. 27, Pesaturo said. The hearing officer has until the end of the week to decide the case.
“The general manager of the T has spoken with the general manager of MBCR, Paul Lundberg. Both are very concerned about the allegations,” Pesaturo said.
Roger Lenfest, a United Transportation Union Local 898 official who represented Rodriguez at the disciplinary hearing, said he couldn’t comment on the allegations while the hearing officer’s decision is pending.
Barrett said she’s relieved she can ride in peace. “With all the young girls that travel, too, that was my biggest concern,” she said.
Probably a Howard Stern wannabe.
or tawanna bradley ... wait until we've heard from more than just miss Tiarra's mom
["I'm like, excuse me." said Jennifer.]
Well Jennifer, I'm like, it is your silly permissive culture that that gave his raunchy language currency in our larger Culture today.
That's what I'm like.
"The trouble started in December, Barrett said, when new conductor Junior Rodriguez remarked that her 7-year-old daughter, Tiarra, had a “ghetto booty,” slang for a large behind."
LOL
People just need to loosen up.
Life's too short.
If someone had told my little girl she had a "ghetto booty", you can bet I'd loosen that person up, starting with their teeth. I probably wouldn't go so far as to make their life too short.
Not on a first offense, anyway.
And that's the point.
You would handle the situation yourself, not go sobbing to some authority to make it all better.
The guy sounds like a pervert. It would be a shame if he were to fall in front of a train.
Do you like little girls too?
You are repulsive.
"The guy sounds like a pervert."
Along with having Tourette Syndrome. Someone should have picked up on his personality/demeanor/behavior before he was hired.
Anyone have tapes of any black caucus meetings?
If they talk like that also, that would have to be great entertainment.
He sounds more like a moron than anything else.
Were you on the bus? Anyone who would have a 7 year-old daughter while still being in their early 20's isn't necessarily someone whose word I would automatically believe. No offense to any young mothers. I know I am generalizing, but I am commenting on what I have observed. Plus no other women have complained and this woman is claiming that he harrassed many other women. I want more witnesses and more evidence before I'm going to believe that Tiera's mother isn't a grifter.
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