I don’t get the decapitated teddy bear thing. Is that an insult to aspergers people?
No early mention of political party. Why?
Vincent Joseph “Vinnie” Gentile is the Council member for the 43rd District of the New York City Council. He is a Democrat. The district includes Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Dyker Heights in Brooklyn.
I suspect it was because he “disclosed ‘he identified with and emotionally valued objects, including stuffed animals’.”
It was mean, shameful and immature for both men to pick on and provoke this younger employee who is autistic. At the same time, someone needs to communicate to this employee that you do not tell everyone you meet about how vulnerable you are to feeling emphatic pain. You don’t tell virtual strangers about what makes you want to cry or go stay in bed for a week.
These are coworkers, they are NOT necessarily your friends. People will file this info away and use it against you later. We are but humans. Some folks cannot resist going after a weak looking target. It can bring the predator/ frat boy behavior out in otherwise professional acting adults. That said, the autistic man should have been able to consult Human Resources or have some intermidiate party made available to advocate for him
and tell his supervisor to “Cut the Crap!, or risk being named in a lawsuit as part of a Toxic Work Environment.”
After doing so, "Bistreich found mutilated stuffed animals at his desk, including teddy bears that were decapitated with one head mounted on a small flagpole, and a stuffed animal dog that was gutted and impaled and had red coloring around its slit stomach, mouth and eyes to resemble blood ..." The incident "was so distressing to Bistreich that he closed himself in the conference room for close to an hour," the suit alleges.
This actually sounds like a fun place to work.
If he’s upset, he should just sing the happy song:
“”If You’re Happy and You Know It, Flap Your Hands””
Sounds like the people in that office need a lot more work to do. Perhaps getting rid of a bunch of them will keep the remainder busy.