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Bubba Jr.Bubba Jr. Member Posts: 8,303 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
Woman says her fake BallPark Frank got her fired

BY DANA DiFILIPPO
Philadelphia Daily News


IS THAT a Fruit-A-Freeze in your pocket - or are you just happy to see me?

A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is suing a South Jersey-based maker of frozen treats and other snack foods, claiming that she was wrongfully fired because she wore a prosthetic BallPark Frank to work.

Pauline Davis, 45, wore the device to the J&J Snack Foods plant in Moosic, Lackawanna County, while she contemplated a gender change, according to a federal civil-rights complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Scranton. She confided in several co-workers about the device, and someone told management, according to the complaint.

She subsequently was fired from her job as a packer/line inspector. Her termination, she claims, was discriminatory because a male co-worker who wore female clothing and prostheses and took hormone treatments was not fired nor disciplined.

Further, argued her Bucks County-based attorney, Lalena J. Turchi, her fake BallPark Frank was concealed and "in no way interfered with her ability to do her job."

Davis filed a complaint in March 2010 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office in Philadelphia, claiming gender and gender-identity discrimination.

She is seeking back pay, damages for suffering and humiliation, and punitive damages, according to this week's lawsuit.

The Daily News tried unsuccessfully to reach Davis, of Clifford, a Susquehanna County township north of Scranton, for comment. Her attorneys did not return telephone calls or emails yesterday for comment.

J&J Snack Foods Corp., based in Pennsauken, manufactures, markets and distributes treats including soft pretzels, slushies, frozen pops, cookies and churros. A J&J spokeswoman referred comment to a human-resources supervisor, who did not return our telephone call.

Comments

  • US Military GuyUS Military Guy Member Posts: 3,645 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Bubba Jr.
    . . . She confided in several co-workers about the device . .

    . . . damages for suffering and humiliation . .



    Well, which is it?
    Was she confiding (bragging?) or humiliated?
  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by US Military Guy
    quote:Originally posted by Bubba Jr.
    . . . She confided in several co-workers about the device . .

    . . . damages for suffering and humiliation . .



    Well, which is it?
    Was she confiding (bragging?) or humiliated?


    Not to agree with said law suet, confiding in a few people you think you can trust not to judge you is different than telling everybody
  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A large soft pretzel manufacturer. Don't know if they make any hard pretzels.........[:p]
  • OLDCOPOLDCOP Member Posts: 629 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For you pretzel buyers...check each one carefully!
  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    I know this is a stretch but perhaps one of these incidents someday will turn out to be that they were terrible at their job.
  • JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,352 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    hmmm,

    so she wants to be a he and another employee is a he who wants to be a she. Somethings not right up there.
  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JnRockwall
    hmmm,

    so she wants to be a he and another employee is a he who wants to be a she. Somethings not right up there.


    They should just swap their brains into each others bodies![:p][;)]
  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:They should just swap their brains
    Brains?

    WHAT brains?
  • ltcdotyltcdoty Member Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I heard she just got hired at Snap On Tools..
  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by skicat
    I know this is a stretch but perhaps one of these incidents someday will turn out to be that they were terrible at their job.


    Boss: 'I'm going to fire you because there's rumors circulating that you are wearing a strap-on phallic'

    Employee: 'Gotta be a better reason to fire someone'

    Boss: 'Funny you should bring that up......'
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