I appreciate your take on these things.
At 03:55 PM 10/30/2007, you wrote:
>On Tuesday 30 October 2007 23:14:37 kat wrote:
> > Now THIS makes me angry!
> >
> > From today's Times Online:
> >
>It makes me angry too, due to the one sided reporting. It is clear from the=
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>article that she joined the company in August 2006 (being a "new manager" i=
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>Sept 2006), and left the company mid December 2006 (after the Xmas party), =
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>worked a maximum of 4 months (for part of that time she was off sick).
>
>If you Google "megaflops bowling" you'll see that some 10 pin bowling centr=
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>offer (as part of a party package):-=20
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>" a Champion certificate for the winner and a Megaflop certificate for the=
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>loser"
>
>(Actually there is a photograph of the certificate in the Daily Mail and it=
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>clearly produced by the 10-pin bowling centre, not her colleagues).
>
>She simply "won" the certificate as the worst player. I have been in this=20
>situation many times (coming last in "socials" after work!). I am honoured =
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>be the butt of ribaldry in those situations, since it shows they accept me=
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>without making an allowance for CP, because if it is anyone else who come=20
>last they get teased just as much (if not more so because I get my own back=
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>if I manage to avoid last). I'd much rather be teased for losing than peopl=
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>saying "Oh jolly bad luck, you did fantastic considering your disabilities"=
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>Oh, and they KNOW I'm going to whup them in the Office Quiz.
>
>It seems like a very good company, her sicko boss was sacked just after she=
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>joined for sexual harrassment (of other staff) so it must take allegations=
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>seriously, investigate, and act on them. In her case they investigated and=
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>found nothing.
>
>I wonder if the company will "risk" employing a disabled manager again?
>
>Cheers
>
>Deri
>
>
>
> > Disabled woman =91humiliated on a team-building trip=92
> >
> > Yepoka Yeebo
> >
> > A disabled woman who was ordered to go ten-pin bowling with colleagues,
> > even though she could not use a bowling ball, was jeered at and given
> > the title =93Mega Flops=94, a tribunal was told yesterday.
> >
> > Sue Foss, 46, of Westfield, East Sussex, who has accused colleagues of
> > sexual harassment, said constant bullying based on her disability left
> > her depressed and ill.
> >
> > Ms Foss, who suffers from disabilities caused by the drug thalidomide,
> > has three fingers on one hand, and one-inch fingers on the other.
> >
> > Ashford Employment Tribunal heard that Ms Foss, who is claiming damages
> > for alleged sexual harassment, was told to go on the team-building
> > exercise after she started working at Dore, a company in Sidcup that
> > specialises in therapy for children with dyslexia, in September, 2006.
> >
> > Ms Foss, who has two children, said: =93I explained that because of my
> > disability I could not do this, but I was told that as a new manager I
> > was expected to be there. I was told to get my tits out to distract the
> > other team. I felt like a child using the ramp and so I bowled without
> > it and acted the fool to try to cover my embarrassment.=94
> >
> > She was given a rosette and a certificate, which she showed the court.
> > It read: =93This certifies that you have been awarded the title of Mega
> > Flops.=94
> >
> > Before a Christmas party she was told to wear a long dress to hide her
> > legs but =93make sure the puppies were on display=94.
> >
> > =93While we were sat round the table I was asked if I was a retired hooker
> > and another colleague asked me =91how much?=92. They then started to try =
>and
> > throw pieces of bread at me. The goal was to get something down my
> > cleavage and the table applauded if he did.
> >
> > =93Instead of having fun I was miserable. Yet again, I was the brunt of
> > all the jokes. I got back to the hotel and cried myself to sleep.=94
> >
> > Ms Foss, who was earning =A330,000 a year as a sales manager, said she was
> > regularly humiliated. =93I started off by accepting the jokes with a laugh
> > and a smile, but as they went on they became more and more sexual and
> > linked with my disability.
> >
> > =93I became hurt and took them to heart and instead of forgetting about
> > them I took them home with me and thought about them.=94
> >
> > Giving evidence on behalf of Dore, Julie Roy, the financial director,
> > said that she had been asked to carry out internal investigations into
> > Ms Foss=92s allegations, and could not find any evidence to support her
> > claims.
> >
> > She said that Bob Clark, Ms Foss=92s boss, was dismissed in August after
> > it emerged he had been using his company mobile phone to send lewd
> > messages. Ms Roy said he had a number of harassment claims against him.
> >
> > Ms Foss, who also has trouble walking, said that Mr Clark was
> > responsible for planning a rollerskating trip. =93I was on sick leave. But
> > I had a call from my boss Bob Clark. He said he was disappointed I would
> > not be going because he said he was looking forward to seeing me trying
> > to roller-skate with my gammy leg and that then I would not be able to
> > get away from him.=94
> >
> > She said that she had tried to fit in and laugh off the slurs, but
> > added: =93It was more than I could bear. They were aware how hard I found
> > it and how much pride I had to swallow, but they persisted in making a
> > fool out of me. [The Christmas party] was the final straw for me and
> > when I went back to work in January I just felt I couldn=92t go on. I was
> > driving to work in Sidcup and I got to a roundabout and just thought =91I
> > can=92t do this=92 and about-turned and drove home.=94
> >
> > The hearing continues.
> >
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