didja miss me???
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Wingnut
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We missed you too! Glad to see you're back 
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Phridae
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What? Why?
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[/b][/quote]I'm guessing it has to do with that supervisor issue from a while back.
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AAAAAAAH, that's nice. Lucky guy.
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Jon
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HI GUYS!!! Well, yes, it does have to do with that supervisory issue from a while back. I filed a formal complaint with administration and the Bas!@#$s felt the need to protect my supervisor. They sent the complaint to the state office of EMS (where conviently, the interim director of my dept is on the grievance board) It was returned with a "fix it yourself" stamp. I was told it was handled with no visible repercussion to my assistant supervisor. So I hired an attorney, called the EEOC and filed a greivance with the County admin. I'll be damned if I'll let those white shirts destroy my good name. 
The process is still pending but I have 5 witness statements alleging his "adverse opinion" regarding my ethnicity and the guys have really rallied around me. So, having to deal with all this crap and not having a functioning computer at home, I was scared to do anything outside the realm of "work-related". But I did miss you all and appreciate all your input regarding my very messed up career.
We will be moving to Sanford (sister-f@#k NC) in 2 weeks, which will provide a nice change of pace from the very icky city of Durham. I have been packing my little heart out.
More to follow, just wanted to let you know that I'm not a fair-weather poster, just trying to master the art of staying out of trouble!!
The process is still pending but I have 5 witness statements alleging his "adverse opinion" regarding my ethnicity and the guys have really rallied around me. So, having to deal with all this crap and not having a functioning computer at home, I was scared to do anything outside the realm of "work-related". But I did miss you all and appreciate all your input regarding my very messed up career. We will be moving to Sanford (sister-f@#k NC) in 2 weeks, which will provide a nice change of pace from the very icky city of Durham. I have been packing my little heart out.
More to follow, just wanted to let you know that I'm not a fair-weather poster, just trying to master the art of staying out of trouble!!
Summit
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RescueJew welcome back! Glad you are fightin the good fight!
Good luck with your move.
Keep us posted!
Good luck with your move.
Keep us posted!
UPDATE: EEOC and county to settle with me on August 29th via some ridiculous meeting in which I hope to have all of my demands met My lawyer seems to think it will work out well...The county apparently interviewed everyone on my shift about this thing, guess they didnt like what they heard...
My lawyer seems to think it will work out well...The county apparently interviewed everyone on my shift about this thing, guess they didnt like what they heard...UPDATE UPDATE!!!
SO, I just got back from the EEOC regional office in Raleigh today where a little mediation took place between my lawyer, me, a mediator, an uppity county attorney and the director of my dept.
Basically my lawyer read the charges and went through everything that had been done to me over the past couple of years with this yahoo that I work with. THEN, the county attorney decided she would take it upon herself to call me a liar and state that I was just dredging all this sh*t up to get out of a $200 ambulance bill... :blink: ummm, ok. They pulled my disciplinary file into question, basically stating that I was a crappy employee, when 5 minutes later they said I was doing a great job... :blink: ummm, ok. They said that they had witness statements that proved I was lying about several events leading up to the "you can prove to me you're Jewish if you show me the tattoos of the numbers on your arm" comment that this guy made to me, basically justifying that he said it and making me look like an easily-offended p***y. Of course they refused to produce these statements. They lied about an EMS tranfer policy saying it did not exist and then when I called someone and had them look it up, they decided it DID exist, but was not applicable... :blink: umm, ok.They THEN hid behind a confidentiality law that says they are, by law, not allowed to discuss the disciplinary process of an employee, once it has been enacted. Basically they said: "You complained, and while he may look like he just got a slap on the wrist, we really handled it, so go away"... :blink: ummm, ok.
I knew they would drag my good name through the mud and make me look like some $-grubbing POS, instead of doing what they ought to do, which is take care of the problem.
We made some demands today: Reinstate me in my old shift, demote this guy and transfer him, clear my disciplinary record, and cut me a check for the attorneys fees. and just to scare them, the attorney asked for 25k in emotional damages, ALL of which they refused. Whats the point of going to a mediation if you dont want to mediate? They didnt even have a counter-offer, which means they either did not think I would show up or they came to the mediation purely for discovery. Looks like the next option is to let the EEOC conduct thier investigation (which may last 180 days), they could issue a "right to sure letter", in which case I can take the dept to court, or they dept can come back with a counter-offer to the attorney.
I think they acted foolishly considering none of this has made it to the press yet, which would be a goat-f**k. I mean no dept really wants to get sued, right? My attorney says I have a case, and I trust him since he has the best success rate for civil-rights cases in the state. All I have to do now is wait. I totally think they'll make a Lifetime movie about this at some point. It truly is getting ridculous.
SO, I just got back from the EEOC regional office in Raleigh today where a little mediation took place between my lawyer, me, a mediator, an uppity county attorney and the director of my dept.
Basically my lawyer read the charges and went through everything that had been done to me over the past couple of years with this yahoo that I work with. THEN, the county attorney decided she would take it upon herself to call me a liar and state that I was just dredging all this sh*t up to get out of a $200 ambulance bill... :blink: ummm, ok. They pulled my disciplinary file into question, basically stating that I was a crappy employee, when 5 minutes later they said I was doing a great job... :blink: ummm, ok. They said that they had witness statements that proved I was lying about several events leading up to the "you can prove to me you're Jewish if you show me the tattoos of the numbers on your arm" comment that this guy made to me, basically justifying that he said it and making me look like an easily-offended p***y. Of course they refused to produce these statements. They lied about an EMS tranfer policy saying it did not exist and then when I called someone and had them look it up, they decided it DID exist, but was not applicable... :blink: umm, ok.They THEN hid behind a confidentiality law that says they are, by law, not allowed to discuss the disciplinary process of an employee, once it has been enacted. Basically they said: "You complained, and while he may look like he just got a slap on the wrist, we really handled it, so go away"... :blink: ummm, ok.
I knew they would drag my good name through the mud and make me look like some $-grubbing POS, instead of doing what they ought to do, which is take care of the problem.
We made some demands today: Reinstate me in my old shift, demote this guy and transfer him, clear my disciplinary record, and cut me a check for the attorneys fees. and just to scare them, the attorney asked for 25k in emotional damages, ALL of which they refused. Whats the point of going to a mediation if you dont want to mediate? They didnt even have a counter-offer, which means they either did not think I would show up or they came to the mediation purely for discovery. Looks like the next option is to let the EEOC conduct thier investigation (which may last 180 days), they could issue a "right to sure letter", in which case I can take the dept to court, or they dept can come back with a counter-offer to the attorney.
I think they acted foolishly considering none of this has made it to the press yet, which would be a goat-f**k. I mean no dept really wants to get sued, right? My attorney says I have a case, and I trust him since he has the best success rate for civil-rights cases in the state. All I have to do now is wait. I totally think they'll make a Lifetime movie about this at some point. It truly is getting ridculous.
rescuecpt
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Ooh, can I be in the movie???
Good luck babe, hang in there. Let us know if there's something we can do to help support you.
Good luck babe, hang in there. Let us know if there's something we can do to help support you.
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Gee... I must have missed that part origianally...
SUE THEIR PANTS OFF (So we can see who is Jewish
)Seriously - if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask...
Jon
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Unbelievable.. Like everyone else said, we're here for you.
And definitely keep us updated!!!
And definitely keep us updated!!!
Thanks guys, you are the bomb!!! I'm sure there will definitely be a scene in the movie where I vent my frustrations online...there will have to be a part showing you guys in the other end supporting me! You guys are so great, what would I do without you??? Sigh...its so nice to have people like ya'll to listen to me vent... 
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sounds like the person who made that rude remark is either,
A: blatantly ignorant
or
B: is very inconsiderate
or
C: just plain stupid.
Rescue, I dont know you very well but you still have my back.
-Cap'nPanic
A: blatantly ignorant
or
B: is very inconsiderate
or
C: just plain stupid.
Rescue, I dont know you very well but you still have my back.
-Cap'nPanic