woman who fed hot cheetos to the monkeys.. gets new job, new boss blasts "cancel culture"

[Demovictory9]

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fired by her law firm then hired by a new one.

Although after the footage went viral, Lovett Law Firm in Texas where Rae used to work fired her, she appears to have picked up a new gig at the Mark Davis Law Firm.

On Tuesday, Mark Davis reposted the statement from Lovett Law Firm on Facebook, writing, 'Shame on you and your cancel culture attitude!'

Davis went on to bash the rival law firm before referring to Rae as 'my new paralegal.' 'She was jobless because of your hatefulness, now a proud member of my law firm,' Davis wrote.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9629479/Woman-jumped-barrier-spider-monkey-enclosure-El-Paso-Zoo-arrested-trespassing.html

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[SoCalDavidS]

1. Of Course She Did

This Is America.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I'd imagine he's going to find out sooner than later that there's something going on

with this young lady ... that's not just a result of unfair 'cancel culture'.

My guess would be she has significant impulse control and/or alcohol and/or drug problems.

This is not something that a person who's in full control of their faculties (at least at the moment) would do.

Course that might be exactly why he wanted to hire her. She's certainly not unattractive physically.

I see this potentially not ending well is what I'm saying.

[Demovictory9]

16. yep,. here is what he's saying now: 'Fired For What? She Gave A Monkey A Cheeto',

‘Fired For What? She Gave A Monkey A Cheeto’, Attorney Hires Paralegal Who Trespassed At El Paso Zoo

Davis went in hard, publicly shaming Lovett, accusing the Lovett Law Firm of having a “cancel culture attitude, social media virtue signaling and punishing their “best employee” for something she didn’t do on company time.

Minimizing what the zoo said was a very serious offense, one that could have left Lucy and/or the monkeys harmed, Davis continued his tirade. “You turn viciously on a single mother, take away her livelihood and attack her on social media because she what? Gave a monkey a Cheeto?” he said.

But for zoo director Joe Montisano, Lucy’s actions are about much more than a Cheeto… the repercussions of which, could impact the monkey’s habit and visitor’s ability to see them.

“She’s very fortunate that it didn’t have a worse outcome for her or the animals,” Montisano said. “These are primates. They are strong; they have canine teeth. They can scratch. We don’t interact with them on the daily. And we don’t interact with them without a barrier in between us.”

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/05/27/fired-for-what-she-gave-a-monkey-a-cheeto-attorney-hires-paralegal-who-trespassed-at-el-paso-zoo/

[Hugh_Lebowski]

18. As I've already gotten in trouble on another thread for saying, it's not really so much the Cheeto

As it is breaking into the freaking enclosure!

If all it was was what this idiot is saying, nothing would've happened to her.

I am kinda troubled by the whole big brother aspect of people getting canned for stuff they do off the clock, I 'get' that complaint in certain cases. This is one I could go either way on.

I don't have a problem with her getting fired for it, but if she didn't lose her job for it, I also wouldn't have really cared about that outcome either. MHO.

[blogslug]

24. The "single mother" bit is rich

Taking a look at that guy's FB, let's just say, single mothers aren't exactly his clientele.

[struggle4progress]

3. Up next! Rae sneaks into the tiger enclosure! Stay tuned!

[spooky3]

4. So does this lawyer think everyone in jail is being "canceled"? She trespassed

And endangered the animals, herself, and possibly others.

These entitled assholes make me sick.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Nope, just the slender, attractive 26 y.o. white girls is my guess (nt)

[EYESORE 9001]

7. That's where my mind wandered

The butt monkey who hired her will soon be begging for flamin’ hot cheetos or some other charming euphemism.

[Beartracks]

5. Imma try that dumbasls excuse if I get pulled over for speeding.

" Hey, officer, shame on you and your cancel culture attitude."

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[Raine]

8. Not fired because of cancel culture but stupidity, poor judgement

and animal abuse. I wouldn't want someone like that working for me! 👎

[Demovictory9]

11. yep. new boss is an idiot

[renate]

9. I suspect that he's about to find that he has the new paralegal he deserves

I mean, what kind of lawyer hires somebody on the essential basis of her being so stupid and/or mean that she fed hot Cheetos to spider monkeys? That is not the act of a mentally well-balanced person.

[PlanetBev]

10. Boy, if you think monkeys had an inflamed red ass before

Try serving them Flaming Cheetos. 🐒 + Cheetos = 🔥 ass.

[Initech]

19. And I would hate to know what the poop smells like!

[guillaumeb]

12. What about her freedom to be an impulsive idiot? eom

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. I don't think that's one of the four freedoms ...

that were celebrated by Norman Rockwell.

[MichMan]

13. Should people who commit crimes be henceforth unemployable ?

Seems to be what many here think.

[ChubbyStar]

21. Give it a rest nobody said that and you know it

Please don't bother to reply I will not see it. Goodbye.

[kcr]

32. Should it be illegal to fire anyone for any reason, ever?

Seems to be what you think.

[MichMan]

34. People should not be fired for actions that have absolutely nothing to do with their jobs IMO

Her employer has the legal right to fire her for any reason what so ever; her appearance, her political beliefs, her hobbies, or anything else as long as it isn't race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Doesn't make it right just because it is legal to do so.

Do you think it would be acceptable for people to get fired for posting here ? How about for participating in BLM protests?

An employer also has the right to hire whomever they wish.

[Bristlecone]

15. These people are libertines. Pure and simple.

These people feel it is their right to shit on everything and everyone, not follow rules or laws and then blame others because of the consequences, expecting others to clean up their mess.

We need to face the fact that these are just shitty people. And they embrace shitty behavior.

[lpbk2713]

17. Just look at all the free advertising Davis got, and continues to get.

There was a method to his madness.

[Initech]

20. Surprised she didn't walk away from that without a face full of poop.

[smirkymonkey]

26. Surprised she didn't walk away from that without a face, period.

She was very lucky.

[Initech]

35. I know, right? Monkeys do not like their space being invaded.

[BGBD]

22. Firing her was an overreaction

Would they fire an associate if they went on hunting trips and posted pictures of it? This seems less harmful than that. A bad choice, but in the end nothing was harmed. Fine her and ban her from the zoo.

She's lucky she didn't get killed though. Primates can become aggressive quickly and their bites are toxic.

[smirkymonkey]

27. I'm beginning to think that they might have used this as an excuse to fire her.

She might have already been someone they were thinking of firing and this was just the last straw and the one thing that they could use as an excuse where their reason wouldn't be questioned because it was so public.

[3catwoman3]

23. What culture does the new boss think is being cancelled?

Dumbass idiot culture?

This claim doesn't even make any sense.

[BlueNProud]

29. Yep. They never make any sense.

[madville]

30. He just got a dump truck load of free advertising

Pretty smart actually.

[Mysterian]

33. Publicity that he hired a stupid asshole as paralegal

Not all publicity is good publicity in lawyer-world. Maybe the lawyer attracted some trump cult clients with his bleating about "cancel culture" but intelligent clients likely will avoid the idiot lawyer.

[Marrah_Goodman]

25. I would not hire a lawyer who had such bad judgement.

She is obviously unstable. My bet is he will regret this.

[smirkymonkey]

28. I think she is a paralegal.

It said she was hired by the new firm in that capacity. Besides, she wasn't really giving off lawyer vibes in the video. She seemed a little ditzy. And lawyers tend to be much more careful about their public image.

[onethatcares]

31. if she would have

had her face shredded and lost a finger to the primates she probably would have been screaming for legal representation for her suit against the zoo for not keeping her safe.

The asshat that hired her would probably been standing in the long line of money grubbers to get his share.

How do we say that? "Play stupid games. Get stupid prizes".