OS: Former Disney World temp files race discrimination suit

[techtony]

Oh and one other thing - my entire department shares one printer - she can get over it.

 

[shalom]

5. The perceived right to a going away party. I have been working since I was 14 years old. Never once in those 29 years have I EVER seen a party being thrown, or a card being given to any employee of any race that has been fired. Retirements, Birthdays, Transfers and even before and after vacations - but never a "sorry you got fired" party. This poor soul is delusional.

Ha! Since she wasn't actually losing her job (ending a job at a particular company doesn't usually mean you're no longer working for the temp agency), I hadn't even thought about the fact that she was essentially complaining about getting no party after being fired. Thanks for the chuckle!

Had the same thoughts on the EEOC thing, and on her lawyers -- what kind of lawyers file a brief that looks like it was half written by the Plaintiff?

 

[Oodalally13]

I'm 30 and consider myself to want to be in style but after reading the various links to disney's dress code regulations, I would never consider that hairstyle and shoes appropriate for them. The only time I would was if I was in a "cutting edge" clothing/makeup store/salon. Or maybe those offices in the fashion/entertainment industry.

 

[bsiev1977]

As soon as I read "rambles" in the original post I knew Billy Madison would be making an appearance

Billy Madison??

Billy Madison??

Thank goodness! I was kinda disappointed that nobody recognized the Billy Madison line. Came right to mind after I had read the woman's complaint.

 

[bsiev1977]

Let's be real here. She wanted to stay working at Disney. She was a temp, they let her go. She has no valid recourse to fight losing the job, so she cries racism in hopes of having Disney cut her a check.

 

[bsiev1977]

Ha! Since she wasn't actually losing her job (ending a job at a particular company doesn't usually mean you're no longer working for the temp agency), I hadn't even thought about the fact that she was essentially complaining about getting no party after being fired. Thanks for the chuckle!

Had the same thoughts on the EEOC thing, and on her lawyers -- what kind of lawyers file a brief that looks like it was half written by the Plaintiff?

As much as anything else, the shifting back and forth from first and third person POV makes the filing look even more ridiculous than it does simply based on her complaint. Like they just cut and paste using her allegations.

 

[jcb]

As much as anything else, the shifting back and forth from first and third person POV makes the filing look even more ridiculous than it does simply based on her complaint. Like they just cut and paste using her allegations.

I suggest anyone curious about the attorneys representing this lady should look at the signature lines, Google them, or type in the domain in the one attorney's email address.

I don't like to get too snarky ... so I will just let folks judge for themselves.

 

[shalom]

Let's be real here. She wanted to stay working at Disney. She was a temp, they let her go. She has no valid recourse to fight losing the job, so she cries racism in hopes of having Disney cut her a check.

I think it goes a few steps further. Her litany of complaints, although obviously embellished, make me wonder if she believed that "in a just world" she would have been hired out of her temp job by Disney, and then, once she realized it wasn't going to happen, she started keeping a list of outrages Disney committed against her. And of course this lack of job offer, as well as these slights and insults, couldn't be based on her inflated sense of entitlement, or on her own abilities (or lack of same), or on her behavior, or on just plain ol' personality clash, so obviously they must be racist.

While I'm admittedly indulging in mind reading here, my impression is that she wants revenge as much as the money.

 

[bsiev1977]

I think it goes a few steps further. Her litany of complaints, although obviously embellished, make me wonder if she believed that "in a just world" she would have been hired out of her temp job by Disney, and then, once she realized it wasn't going to happen, she started keeping a list of outrages Disney committed against her. And of course this lack of job offer, as well as these slights and insults, couldn't be based on her inflated sense of entitlement, or on her own abilities (or lack of same), or on her behavior, or on just plain ol' personality clash, so obviously they must be racist.

While I'm admittedly indulging in mind reading here, my impression is that she wants revenge as much as the money.

You said it more clearly than I did. I should have said she wanted revenge. She gets her revenge by scaring Disney into paying her off to avoid a lengthy discrimination hubbub.

 

[bsiev1977]

I suggest anyone curious about the attorneys representing this lady should look at the signature lines, Google them, or type in the domain in the one attorney's email address.

I don't like to get too snarky ... so I will just let folks judge for themselves.

Just went to the website for The Allen Firm. Comes across like civil rights ambulance chasers.

 

[jcb]

While listening to today's podcast, it occurred to me that if I were representing Disney (and I don't), there's just no way that I would keep Pete on the jury.

 

[Brancaneve]

I do agree that the claim is rather ridiculous but keep in mind the comments that were made by her co workers. The article states that,
"The lawsuit alleges that white employees asked her if she ate chitterlings, made jokes about African bees in front of her, and asked her if a “roach crawled in her ear” when she was absent for an ear infection."

Once I heard this in the podcast today, I immediately placed myself in her shoes, albeit spiked pumps. Imagine hearing these comments that may have been tinged with superiority? Imagine people assumed you lived in a roach infested home simply because of the color of your skin? Perhaps she was the only one that was the brunt of the jokes, or perhaps she was not?. Regardless, Once these comments were made, it may have muddied every other experience she had on the job. As ridiculous as we may see it, we may not represent ethnic groups that have been discriminated against in our American history. Pete was right in pointing it out. This may seem fishy but we must realize that it may be based on something that we may be fortunate to never have experienced.

 

[smiths02]

I do agree that the claim is rather ridiculous but keep in mind the comments that were made by her co workers. The article states that,
"The lawsuit alleges that white employees asked her if she ate chitterlings, made jokes about African bees in front of her, and asked her if a “roach crawled in her ear” when she was absent for an ear infection."

Once I heard this in the podcast today, I immediately placed myself in her shoes, albeit spiked pumps. Imagine hearing these comments that may have been tinged with superiority? Imagine people assumed you lived in a roach infested home simply because of the color of your skin? Perhaps she was the only one that was the brunt of the jokes, or perhaps she was not?. Regardless, Once these comments were made, it may have muddied every other experience she had on the job. As ridiculous as we may see it, we may not represent ethnic groups that have been discriminated against in our American history. Pete was right in pointing it out. This may seem fishy but we must realize that it may be based on something that we may be fortunate to never have experienced.

Did you read the whole complaint? I thought about what you said, then I read the whole statement. She was very exact in detailing every single thing done to her, yet she could only come up with 3 comments that sounded slightly racist in over a year of working there. The African bees thing sounded prejudiced (but maybe not even directed at her), the chitterling thing might have been more ignorant than deliberately racist, and the roach thing could have been related to things other than race (I have a story about a roach in my hair once, so I could see one of my coworkers joking with me later about it). So maybe some coworkers are insensitive/ignorant/prejudiced, but I don't think 3 offhand comments prove a hostile, racist work environment.

She constantly talks about how her white coworkers are treated and how she was treated. Was she the only temp? Was she the only person of color working there?

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Was she the only temp? Was she the only person of color working there?

she was a temp hired by an outside company to fill the job temporarily at disney> We only have what she says as regards to whether there were other people, there other then "white" people working there.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

I do agree that the claim is rather ridiculous but keep in mind the comments that were made by her co workers. The article states that,
"The lawsuit alleges that white employees asked her if she ate chitterlings, made jokes about African bees in front of her, and asked her if a “roach crawled in her ear” when she was absent for an ear infection."

Once I heard this in the podcast today, I immediately placed myself in her shoes, albeit spiked pumps. Imagine hearing these comments that may have been tinged with superiority? Imagine people assumed you lived in a roach infested home simply because of the color of your skin? Perhaps she was the only one that was the brunt of the jokes, or perhaps she was not?. Regardless, Once these comments were made, it may have muddied every other experience she had on the job. As ridiculous as we may see it, we may not represent ethnic groups that have been discriminated against in our American history. Pete was right in pointing it out. This may seem fishy but we must realize that it may be based on something that we may be fortunate to never have experienced.

Where is the proof does she have this recorded? If not you can literally make up any **** and sue huh?