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Volaris

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47. "..keeping things professional." is an UNDERSTATEMENT.

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:05 PM

Dec 2012

He did everything he damn-well COULD to try and initiate an affair with this woman, and when he got caught being a Bad Little Boy by his WIFE, the EMPLOYEE had to pay the price for HIS inability to not be a dick. (it's in the trial transcript, link posted below).

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/12/21/11-1857.pdf

It may not be, strictly speaking ILLEGAL to fire her (espically if Iowa is a Right-To-Work State), but holy christ is it unethical and immoral as hell. If I were sitting on that Court, I would have AT LEAST required his office to issue her a STUNNING letter of reccomendation, and damn-well re-imburse the State for every PENNY of unemployment compensation she might have comming her way.

That his PASTOR consuled him to do this as a "fix" is just asinine. I hope that BOTH of their "businesses" suffer greatly for this little stunt.

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+1,000 Mona Dec 2012 #1

My first thought after reading this was, Gloria Allred pocoloco Dec 2012 #38

Hey, Gloria Allred is ALRIGHT! If we hadn't had irritants like her, we'd be so much farther calimary Dec 2012 #69

Seriously. Seriously. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #2

k&r AmyDeLune Dec 2012 #3

It was actually the Iowa Supreme Court. libinnyandia Dec 2012 #4

Thank you. I've corrected the piece. ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #9

THE EVIL PEOPLE ARE ALL THE SAME ROBROX Dec 2012 #5

The Enemy Godot51 Dec 2012 #6

Sounds more like the dentist's wife at fault ErikJ Dec 2012 #7

Seems he had issues with her presence regardless the wife. And the pastor (male) helped ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #11

there is no doubt this is Taliban behavior liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #13

The question before the court was... jberryhill Dec 2012 #27

It was gender discrimination. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #41

Excellent post and great advice. mbperrin Dec 2012 #68

so, dont blame the attractive woman, blame the other woman. whatever we do, do NOT blame the man. seabeyond Dec 2012 #15

Please read my post #41. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #43

His wife OBVIOUSLY has a problem too. kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #78

disgusting but not surprising given our culture's disrespect of women liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #8

He fired her on advice ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #10

Yes. Isn't that .... ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #12

Of course, the pastor ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #18

"..keeping things professional." is an UNDERSTATEMENT. Volaris Dec 2012 #47

Holy Moly... ReRe Dec 2012 #14

Just when you think it could not get stupider. mbperrin Dec 2012 #16

Some consolation prize. iemitsu Dec 2012 #28

Three decades in education, work with what you've got. mbperrin Dec 2012 #33

!@#$%^&*!!!!! freshwest Dec 2012 #17

Once again, Women are relegated to second-class citizens. This shit is going to keep up .. BlueJazz Dec 2012 #19

The Taliban outlaw woman to work, have any legal voice, show any skin, use phones, drive... Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #20

Highly recommended read. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #21

Evil and Stupid... Grey Dec 2012 #22

Iowa, actually, not Idaho. nt cecilfirefox Dec 2012 #23

Tx. Changed the post and the piece ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #34

Fuck, what the hell century are we in... WCGreen Dec 2012 #24

What about his patients? catchnrelease Dec 2012 #25

What do you think he should have done? What was a better solution? Nt Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #26

Are you actually defending this? To answer your question: he should have done nothing. ieoeja Dec 2012 #32

No. I'm wondering if you were so attracted to someone at work Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #39

We also get erections when our jeans rub us the right(or wrong) way... Humanist_Activist Dec 2012 #42

Your jeans rubbing on your penis don't have a source attraction... Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #45

The point is that your penis doesn't need a source of attraction, or if it does have one... Humanist_Activist Dec 2012 #54

Put it in context. This was not just someone he saw walking down the street. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #60

"doesn't mean we go around humping blue jeans at Old Navy all the time." ieoeja Dec 2012 #51

That does it! Wranglers from now on! mbperrin Dec 2012 #71

Weird question. ieoeja Dec 2012 #50

Yeah, I don't get that turn of phrase either, and usually, unless you are itching to get fired... Humanist_Activist Dec 2012 #55

I'm not suggesting some initial planning was not involved. But when two Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #61

Sex between coworkers is quite common as you well know... Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #59

His choices were (1) do not fuck her or (2) fuck her over. He chose option #2. n/t ieoeja Dec 2012 #65

See post 59 for context. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #66

See post 65 for reply in context. n/t ieoeja Dec 2012 #67

Ok. Lets juxtapose context. (Just discussing context not comparing situations) Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #75

But nothing says you HAVE to act on it. annabanana Dec 2012 #56

Context. See post 59. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #62

I was RESPONDING to # 59 annabanana Dec 2012 #76

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I'M the one that's flabbergasted. I've been in the workforce mbperrin Dec 2012 #72

... Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #79

So 6% married someone they dated more than once from work. mbperrin Dec 2012 #85

If 40% have dated someone at work how many would have if asked? Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #88

Whoa. The US labor force is 155,000,000, give or take. mbperrin Dec 2012 #91

Yes you're right. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #93

So your claim is that 31% of the people who dated only one time married? mbperrin Dec 2012 #94

It's more about reading comprehension and math than statistics. Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #95

I didn't get snotty. I realized that even though you were quoting statistics, you were misusing them mbperrin Dec 2012 #96

I would have liked to discuss this more.... Flabbergasted Dec 2012 #97

I have this very discussion with my sophomore high school students every year. mbperrin Dec 2012 #70

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I've read the post 59, understand what you say completely. It is wrong. mbperrin Dec 2012 #86

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The key word is "difficult," not "impossible." reflection Dec 2012 #73

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As a gay man . . . markpkessinger Dec 2012 #81

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