Posted on 01/28/2009 9:38:05 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
NEW YORK - A New York City foreign-currency trader has filed a lawsuit claiming he was harassed and fired because his supervisor believed he was a gay vegetarian.
Manhattan resident Ryan Pacifico says he traded euros for Calyon in the Americas and did well until late 2006, when Robert Catalanello became his supervisor.
Court papers say when Catalanello learned Pacifico didn't eat meat, he called him "a vegetarian homo." The papers say Catalanello made a similar comment when he saw a photo of Pacifico in running tights.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
vegetarian + tights + New York + Euros + frivolous entitlement lawsuit
Survey says...
Witnesses?
“In post-modern identity politics, you cannot attack a culture.”
I think it’s ok to attack evangelical Christian, Roman Catholic, Mormon, and generally white culture.
“How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?”
—Larry Niven
He should have called him a pussy not a homo.
According to the linked article, he’s not suing because he was called a name or because his feelings were hurt. He’s suing because he was fired, and the supervisor’s comments are evidence that he was fired because he was (or was thought to be) gay. In NYC, that’s illegal, by municipal ordinance.
In any kind of discrimination suit, the plaintiff’s biggest problem is proving motivation. Did the employer decide on the firing because of poor performance, or for some prohibited reason like race or age? Comments like those by the dimwitted supervisor here are what plaintiff’s lawyers live for.
“...Comments like those by the dimwitted supervisor here are what plaintiff’s lawyers live for...”
Unless those comment are on tape it is also what plaintiffs and their lawyers LIE for.
It is always the fault of someone else, there is always some bias against a ‘protected’ classes. There never seems to be just cause for termination.
If the supervisor had been gay and fired me, addressing me as a ‘breeder’, there would be no case or remedy.
When there is real equality under the law, I’ll have sympathy for this guy.
So,....is he a vegetarian homo??????
I forgot to mention, the majority culture of white Christian, males is the only culture that can not be offended, can not be victimized or marginalized.
Ok, if your boss calls you a homosexual and fires you, do you REALLY want to keep working for him?? I wouldn’t. I might not like the way that I was fired but, under those circumstances, I’m better o0ff taking my lumps (and my veggies) and finding someplace else to work.
What does he think he has to gain by filing a lawsuit?? We can toss laws, ethics, morals, etc., back and forth at each other all day and into the night and we’ll both probably be right. However, the reality is that once you sue an employer, there is virtually NO other employer who will hire you, regardless of whether you were justified to sue or not. This is why so few people sue their employer - they know is an accelerated path to unemployment, poverty and, possibly, living on the street. It is a no-win situation for him because (assuming he wins), once the monetary award from the suit is gone, he is still going to find himself unemployable. So, it’s a zero sum game.
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