thanks for the other side, deri. 

--- Deri James <[log in to unmask]> 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 
> article that she joined the company in August 2006
> (being a "new manager" in 
> Sept 2006), and left the company mid December 2006
> (after the Xmas party), so 
> 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 centres 
> offer (as part of a party package):- 
> 
> " a Champion certificate for the winner and a
> Megaflop certificate for the 
> loser"
> 
> (Actually there is a photograph of the certificate
> in the Daily Mail and it is 
> 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 
> situation many times (coming last in "socials" after
> work!). I am honoured to 
> be the butt of ribaldry in those situations, since
> it shows they accept me 
> without making an allowance for CP, because if it is
> anyone else who come 
> last they get teased just as much (if not more so
> because I get my own back 
> if I manage to avoid last). I'd much rather be
> teased for losing than people 
> saying "Oh jolly bad luck, you did fantastic
> considering your disabilities". 
> 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 
> joined for sexual harrassment (of other staff) so it
> must take allegations 
> seriously, investigate, and act on them. In her case
> they investigated and 
> found nothing.
> 
> I wonder if the company will "risk" employing a
> disabled manager again?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Deri
> 
> 
> 
> > Disabled woman ‘humiliated on a team-building
> trip’
> >
> > 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 “Mega Flops”, 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: “I 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.”
> >
> > She was given a rosette and a certificate, which
> she showed the court.
> > It read: “This certifies that you have been
> awarded the title of Mega
> > Flops.”
> >
> > Before a Christmas party she was told to wear a
> long dress to hide her
> > legs but “make sure the puppies were on display”.
> >
> > “While we were sat round the table I was asked if
> I was a retired hooker
> > and another colleague asked me ‘how much?’. 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.
> >
> > “Instead 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.”
> >
> > Ms Foss, who was earning £30,000 a year as a sales
> manager, said she was
> > regularly humiliated. “I 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.
> >
> > “I became hurt and took them to heart and instead
> of forgetting about
> > them I took them home with me and thought about
> them.”
> >
> > 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’s allegations, and could not find any
> evidence to support her
> > claims.
> >
> > She said that Bob Clark, Ms Foss’s 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. “I
> 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.”
> >
> > She said that she had tried to fit in and laugh
> off the slurs, but
> > added: “It 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’t go on. I was
> > driving to work in Sidcup and I got to a
> roundabout and just thought ‘I
> > can’t do this’ and about-turned and drove home.”
> >
> > The hearing continues.
> >
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