Posted on 04/26/2006 2:20:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
FRESNO, Calif. - Lawyers for a woman who was spanked in front of her co-workers as part of what her employer said was a camaraderie-building exercise asked a jury Wednesday for at least $1.2 million for the humiliation she claimed to have suffered.
Janet Orlando, 53, quit her job at the home security company Alarm One Inc. and sued, alleging discrimination, assault, battery and infliction of emotional distress.
Employees were paddled with rival companies' yard signs as part of a contest that pitted sales teams against each other, according to court documents. The winners poked fun at the losers, throwing pies at them, feeding them baby food, making them wear diapers and swatting their buttocks.
"No reasonable middle-aged woman would want to be put up there before a group of young men, turned around to show her buttocks, get spanked and called abusive names, and told it was to increase sales and motivate employees," her lawyer, Nicholas "Butch" Wagner, said in his closing argument.
Lawyers for Alarm One, an Anaheim-based, 300-employee company, said the spankings were part of a voluntary program to build camaraderie and were not discriminatory because they were given to both male and female workers.
"This is being done for one reason and one reason only — money," said K. Poncho Baker, the company's lawyer.
Alarm One officials ceased the practice in 2004, the year Orlando sued, after another employee complained of being injured, according to court records.
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1.2 mil, huh? And this doesn't seem like it was involuntary. I'm off to join a frat!
She should have sold more. Then she could've done the spanking.
What a loser.
Lawyers for Alarm One, an Anaheim-based, 300-employee company, said the spankings were part of a voluntary program to build camaraderie and were not discriminatory because they were given to both male and female workers.
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Everyone was spanked equally.
I miss beer&chips FRiday afternoons at work myself.
Uhh...K Poncho Baker, where were you when management dreamed up this *brilliant* idea? Looks like you were asleep at your post.
Only in California ...
1crappie - a type of job so bad that you start to feel like a freshwater game fish.
Wow.. what a sales group incentive. :-D
Was she forced to bare her bottom and was it an attractive one. There's a kink in here, you understand. And, why in the Hell wasn't I invited to this happening?
If the program was truly voluntary, then why did she volunteer? Or maybe it was one of those things where the boss comes up and says "it's voluntary, and you just volunteered".
I'm partial to crappie.. a good beer batter,, yummy
Then she should have quit. She doesn't deserve a million dollars for it either.
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No, not ONLY in California. Ohio has some pretty weird goings on:
Scream Baffles Ohio Town EDT August 19, 2005
LIBERTY, Ohio -- An unusual and noisy mystery has people in a small town north of Middletown on edge, worried and asking questions, News 5’s Brian Hamrick reported.
Liberty, Ohio, is a quiet little community, except for one thing -- the scream.
Jamie Young told Hamrick she heard it while she and her husband were walking one evening.
“It scared me. I didn’t want to finish my walk,” Young said. But instead of running into her house, she said she recorded the noise and sent a tape to the local newspaper.
With a sensitive microphone and some special ghost-hunting goggles, Hamrick went hunting for the haunting sounds, traipsing boldly into the most likely spots -- from a graveyard to an old church where flea market dealer Walt Wilson sells some truly frightening things. But he’s not worried.
“I don’t think it’s going to wind up grabbing any of us and running off with us,” Wilson said.
Residents have no shortage of ideas about what’s making the sound, from cats to owls to something even scarier.
Townspeople said they called in an animal expert, who told them the noise didn’t come from an animal.
So for now, the scream remains a mystery.
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Here are some Ohio laws of interest:
It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be fined $25.00.
It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
Bay Village
It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
Bexley
Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the nstallation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.
Clinton County
Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines.
Cleveland
It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
Columbus
It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
Fairview Park
It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor.
Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
Ironton
Cross-dressing is against the law.
Lima
Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.
Lowell
It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour.
Marion
You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
North Canton
It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
McDonald
Your goose may not paraded down Main Street.
Oxford
It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
Paulding
A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
Toledo
Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
Strongsville
Catch 22 is banned.
Youngstown
Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
I'm pretty busy right now, but I can keep going later if you want? I have access to court records nationwide.
Thankfully, Texas did away with their Blue Law. I couldn't believe it, we were on vacation and nothing was open on that Sunday. So, we stopped in the town's little grocery store to pick up something for lunch. About all we could find that didn't require cooking was canned pork 'n beans. At the check out, they refused to sell us a can opener for the beans --- we starved the rest of the day.
I stopped in Amarillo on business about 15 years ago. I used to like to just get a couple of beers and watch TV in my hotel room to relax. I walked all over the supermarket before asking someone and the guy chuckled and told me I was in a "dry precinct." A few blocks down though I could buy beer. I think I ran into the same thing in Dallas once as well.
Uhhhh...WTF were they thinking?
Your tag-line gives you away. However, you didn't need to go through all the trouble. Just mention "Governor Taft" and Ohioans will be screaming "NO! NO! NOT THAT! AAAAHHHH!! WE'RE MELTING!!!! MELLLLLTING!!!"
It's not a clue, it's a promise. :-)
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