Posted on 04/25/2006 12:18:13 PM PDT by Abathar
FRESNO, Calif. -- A former saleswoman for a Fresno alarm company said she was humiliated when her supervisors spanked her with a competitor's yard sign while co-workers watched and jeered.
Janet Orlando, 53, is suing Alarm One Inc. in Fresno Superior Court.
Lawyers for the company said the spankings were done in fun, and that both male and female employees were spanked.
Alarm One's lawyers said Orlando voluntarily quit after five months of employment, The Modesto Bee reported. The paper reported that lawyers also said the woman was a willing participant in the spankings and that the company did not intend to hurt any of the spanked employees. The company reportedly wanted to spank employees to "build camaraderie among the sales force."
The employees at the company reportedly work on commission and are required to attend daily sales training meetings, at which they were spanked for talking out of turn or arriving late, the paper reported
"The spankings also were used to increase productivity from its work force," Orlando’s lawyer told the paper. The paper reported that during the spankings, the workers yelled lewd comments and hooted. Some of the comments reportedly were "bend over, baby" and "you've been a bad girl," according to court documents.
Former Alarm One supervisor Nina Correia testified that she trained Orlando and that Orlando never complained about being spanked -- also saying that Orlando had fun at the meetings and participated in yelling foul language when people got spanked, the paper reported. "She was willing, ready and excited about being there," Correia testified.
The case that is expected to wrap up Tuesday.
We need to spank lawyers with some tort reform...
why is this a problem.I'll wager that Bill Clinton spanked an intern or two while commanding White Trash One.
I know what the judgement is going to be:
"Bailiff, whack the CEO's pee-pee!"
Even my boss would see this as a quick path to sudden death.
It was consensual.Too many lawyers chasing a lawsuitBoth men and women got 'spanked'
It was a facetious exercise.
First the spanking and then the.....
Sorry, just had to post it.
LOL!! I work with/for family in a family business. Dad is pushing 70 and I still have to dodge a thrown wrench every now and again if I screw off too much (like now). He would be all for smacking my ass to get me motivated if it would work...
Gotta lift the skirt for the proper effect.
If a salesman loses an order they should be spanked. Its in the book!
"Team-building" is evil. Generally it's just a way for middle management to humiliate the employees while getting bonuses from the top executives for being "proactive."
Of course, the last team-building exercise I was on was seventeen years ago. And we ended up doing $3,000 of damage to the hotel and conference center...
}:-)4
-PJ
Managements problem is they didn't bring in a profesional spanker for these motivational meetings. Who did that new york charity guy use?
pic? and none of Helen Thomas.
"First the spanking and then the....."
Let me go back and face the peril!
No, it's too perilous.
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