Calif. Woman Spanked at Work Sues for $1.2M

[sao123]

Somewhere in California... what are these people thinking?

Post Gazette

Apr 26, 10:58 PM EDT

Calif. Woman Spanked at Work Sues for $1.2M

By JULIANA BARBASSA
Associated Press Writer

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Lawyers for a woman who was spanked in front of her co-workers as part of what her employer said was a camaraderie-building exercise asked a jury Wednesday for at least $1.2 million for the humiliation she claimed to have suffered.

Janet Orlando, 53, quit her job at the home security company Alarm One Inc. in Fresno and sued, alleging discrimination, assault, battery and infliction of emotional distress.

Employees were paddled with rival companies' yard signs as part of a contest that pitted sales teams against each other, according to court documents. The winners poked fun at the losers, throwing pies at them, feeding them baby food, making them wear diapers and swatting their buttocks.

"No reasonable middle-aged woman would want to be put up there before a group of young men, turned around to show her buttocks, get spanked and called abusive names, and told it was to increase sales and motivate employees," her lawyer, Nicholas "Butch" Wagner, said in his closing argument.

Lawyers for Alarm One, an Anaheim-based, 300-employee company, said the spankings were part of a voluntary program to build camaraderie and were not discriminatory because they were given to both male and female workers.
"This is being done for one reason and one reason only - money," said K. Poncho Baker, the company's lawyer.


Alarm One officials ceased the practice in 2004, the year Orlando sued, after another employee complained of being injured, according to court records.

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[halik]

wtf kind of company does that?

 

[KLin]

I'm embarassed to say I live near Fresno .

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

lol.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: KLin
I'm embarassed to say I live near Fresno .

We prefer "caning" here in TN.

M O T I V A T I O N!

 

[jagec]

"No reasonable middle-aged woman would want to be put up there before a group of young men, turned around to show her buttocks, get spanked and called abusive names, and told it was to increase sales and motivate employees," her lawyer, Nicholas "Butch" Wagner, said in his closing argument.

bare-bottom spankings? I find that hard to believe.

 

[jdub1107]

I have to agree that spanking and diapers are a little weird, but if it's voluntary that means she chose to take part in it. No one forced her. Lame.

 

[PingSpike]

Wow, the companies lawyer really has be convinced that nothing bad happened. Some one should hit him in the ass with a ruler and tell him to come up with some better bullsh|t next time.

 

[DaiShan]

hahah they're gonna lose 1.2 million dollars

 

[Dunbar]

Originally posted by: jagec

bare-bottom spankings? I find that hard to believe.

Nowhere does it say bare-bottum. If I was on the jury I might give her one years worth of pay, but that's it. Company's need to get smart, you can't get away with that kind of thing these days.

 

[SparkyJJO]

3 words:

people are crazy

 

[ValkyrieofHouston]

The company execs must have had their heads up their *sses! Wow, what a bunch of Morons. :roll:

 

[preslove]

Sounds like the managers were diverting their bdsm fantasies towards work. C'mmon people, just get on alt.com and practice your perversions with consenting adults :roll:

 

[SpanishFry]

that's ****** hilarious.


stupid on the part of the company but as was already mentioned 1.2 mil is too much.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: halik
wtf kind of company does that?

No kidding. I'd love to see a picture of the person who thought that would be a good idea...:roll:

 

[Zenmervolt]

Where the hell was the HR department when this went down? How the hell did no-on in HR notice that this was a bad idea?

ZV

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Where the hell was the HR department when this went down? How the hell did no-on in HR notice that this was a bad idea?

ZV

well, I'm guessing HR wasn't there at the time it happened. but if it's something that happened all the time at the company and HR was aware of it, then it's HR's fault for not setting rules and prohibiting that from happening. If HR wasn't aware of it, then it's the dumb manager's fault for playing a stupid game like that.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Dunbar

Originally posted by: jagec

bare-bottom spankings? I find that hard to believe.

Nowhere does it say bare-bottum. If I was on the jury I might give her one years worth of pay, but that's it. Company's need to get smart, you can't get away with that kind of thing these days.

"showing [her] buttocks" implies that...my point was the lawyer sux.

 

[frankgomez75]

Geez, whats wrong with everyone on ATOT! :|

I don't know about you guys, but nothing motivates me at work like getting spanked by my co-workers, having pies thrown in my face while wearing diapers! You guys are so damn uptight.

<<<< Goes back to his cubicle with a bib and diaper on

 

[FeuerFrei]

Company spirit building excercises are often retarded. This is just another example.

 

[JS80]

lol worst sales management team ever.

 

[imported_Phil]

No reasonable middle-aged woman would want to be put up there before a group of young men, turned around to show her buttocks, get spanked and called abusive names

Well no, but if you find a sales girl or two that does want to do that, you're golden.

 

[BoomerD]

Whip me, beat me, call me b*tch, make me write hot checks.....
http://www.whodah.com/smilies/whip.gif

 

[UglyCasanova]

If it was voluntary I don't really see the problem. It is a bit strange though, but if she volunteered she volunteered.

 

[Dunbar]

A lot of things at work are "voluntary" in the sense that if you don't like it you can find another job...