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undeterred

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Tue May 7, 2013, 01:38 PM May 2013

Intel worker cries after being subjected to ‘Kick Me’ prank, suit says [View all]

Source: Fox News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Intel workers secretly taped a "Kick Me" sign to the back of a co-worker as a pranked, then kicked the confused man a number of times as employees at the Rio Rancho Intel plant laughed hysterically at the episode, according to a federal lawsuit.

The Intel employee, Harvey Palacio, said in the complaint recently filed in Albuquerque that once he suspected something was taped on his back during the August prank, he went to senior staffer Randy Lehman to ask if something was there. "Lehman said turn around and as Palacio did he saw and heard (another employee) yell out `Don't read it, just do it'," the lawsuit said.

Lehman then kicked Palacio three times in his buttocks, according court documents. Another employee, Chris Zeltinger, who the lawsuit said exchanged Christmas gifts with Palacio, kicked him twice as he was seeking help to remove the sign.

"Palacio decided that this could not continue and walked back in front of the group to ask someone else to remove it," the lawsuit said. "Palacio felt demoralized and assaulted and he began to cry during the drive home. He could not tell his wife because he was so embarrassed and ashamed."



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/07/intel-worker-cries-after-being-subjected-to-kick-me-prank-suit-says/



These are adults in the IT industry. Amazing.
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assholes. fire them all. ZRT2209 May 2013 #1
Words fail Kelvin Mace May 2013 #2
But, to clarify, that's a manufacturing plant not developers. PeaceNikki May 2013 #3
IT industry? That explains a lot. Dash87 May 2013 #4
Every single person who kicked him should be out of a job Gormy Cuss May 2013 #5
Some adults are still children. sakabatou May 2013 #6
Tha adult world is no different than high school DotGone May 2013 #7
Hell, you can say it's not that much different from kindergarten... Blue_Tires May 2013 #14
bullying at all ages maynard May 2013 #8
standard treatment PatrynXX May 2013 #9
If they tried that in my office, I'd have each one of them charged with battery TrogL May 2013 #10
so you falsified a complaint and had people fired over a lie? leftyohiolib May 2013 #11
The question you mean to ask is, what did Limbaugh say that constituted harrassment stevenleser May 2013 #13
i guess a better question would be how can something you hear over the radio that isnt addressed to leftyohiolib May 2013 #16
Oh broadcast radio/sound or video/tv can definitely be sexual harrassment stevenleser May 2013 #18
i understand hostile environment i didnt think it would be considered sexual harrassment leftyohiolib May 2013 #19
I recently came out at the office. Limbaugh was on a particularly homophobic kick TrogL May 2013 #20
Oh, real funny of those people. Sorry you had to deal with that. stevenleser May 2013 #21
It's not like they weren't warned. TrogL May 2013 #23
I put a note on a co-workers desk saying snooper2 May 2013 #22
WTF? SoapBox May 2013 #12
I did a diversity training class at work about a month ago wickerwoman May 2013 #15
Prank, my aunt Fannie's tutu. Putting the sign up was a prank, kicking the guy... marble falls May 2013 #17
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