Posted on 07/15/2010 4:33:05 PM PDT by WesternCulture
A waitress who works on a Baltic Sea ferry is suing her employers after they refused to give her sick pay while she was recovering from cosmetic breast surgery.
The waitress, who was born in 1981, took two weeks off from work last autumn to recover from the operation, which she admits was not for medical reasons. When the ferry company, Viking Line, found out why she had taken sick leave, bosses refused to give her sick pay and docked the time from her holiday allowance.
Now, union bosses are taking Viking Line to the labour court. Documents submitted to the court this week and seen by The Local show that the union is demanding over 185,000 kronor in damages and compensation for lost wages. Of that, 85,000 kronor is for the waitress and 100,000 for the union.
Dag Gustavsson, press secretary for Transportgruppen, the employer’s organization representing ferry companies, says the law is quite clear:
“The Seaman’s Act states that a seaman is not entitled to sick pay if he or she has deliberately caused him or herself an injury. This was a cosmetic operation, and therefore the injury should be seen as self-inflicted,” he told The Local.
According to the woman’s union, Seko, the fact that the woman’s injuries were self-inflicted is irrelevant, and does not believe that maritime law should apply.
“An operation is an operation, and you should get the same sick pay for that whether you work on sea or land,” Seko’s Mats Ekeklint told The Local.
Prediction: The European Court of Human Rights will rule in her favor.
Wonder what kind of an operation. If it was a reduction, it could be considered plastic surgery and still be medically necessary.
If its elective then screw her
Is she the kind of waitress who does lap dances?
She had an operation the reason doesn’t matter. Pay her the sick time.
She was having 2 PFDs installed...And she wanted bigger tiPs.
I’d need to inspect the evidence
She should move to America. Obamacare will cover it.
IB4TTIUWOP
Right. Where are the pics?
Another woman using business as a piggy bank.
Need pictures to render a verdict, your honor.
no name given in story
however that “news of Sweden in English” web site has some lovely girls represented
“Need pictures to render a verdict, your honor.”
- Sometimes, words say more than a thousand dirty images.
My advice for a sick mind like yours:
Copy and paste this and cherish the aid of Google Translate (Swedish to English):
“En väldig neger gick i land i Stockholms hamn en dag.
Hans kuk, den var så stor så hororna fick nästan slag.
Han fråga mången brud från Kungsträgår´n till Tivoli,
men inte någon enda fitta fick han sätt´n i.
På Djurgårdsslätten Neger-Joe, sej sorgsen satt en stund,
när finska horan Åbo-Britta kom från Gröna Lund.
Hon drog upp kjolen för att visa byxorna var av -
han fick en whisky och dom ut i skogen sej begav.
Neger-Joe, Neger-Joe
finska horor ska du
tro tar emot en stöddig kuk
tills den sprutar och blir mjuk!
Neger-Joe, Neger-Joe,
vaselin i fittan kan
´hop med whisky och med dollar
göra underverk, minsann.
Åbo-Britta låg där och skreva -
Joe fick ståkuk och börja treva -
Stadigt han om rumpan tog taget -
stack in halva – så börja slaget.
Åbo-Britta skrek som för livet -
Joe, han sluta ej, det är giver-
Han fick jättekuken sin
ut och in -
in och ut -
och i Djurgårdsnatten hördes finskans vilda tjut:
MUTTA SPRICKA – MUTTA SPRICKA!
Mengar tillbaka – mengar tillbaka!
MUTTA SPRICKA – MUTTA SPRICKA!
Mengar tillbaka bums!
Joe, han stanna längst in i musen -
spruta våldsamt det gjorde susen!
Så fick Britta lägga upp gumpen
och fick kuken längst in i rumpen -
Fyra gånger gick det i röven -
se´n dom torka sej uppå löven
Natten glömmer Britta ej
Nej – nej – nej
Nej – nej – nej!
Hon minns evigt dessa orden,
har hon sagt till mej!
Neger-Joe, Neger-Joe,
gick med finskan ska ni tro
på en finfin Stockholms-krog
och dom söp tills dom fick nog.
Neger-Joe, Neger-Joe,
lärt på svensk-finsk dessa ord,
som han sjunger, när han knöllar i var hamn
runt kring vår jord:
MUTTA SPRICKA – MUTTA SPRICKA!
Mengar tillbaka – mengar tillbaka!
MUTTA SPRICKA – MUTTA SPRICKA!
Mengar tillbaka bums!
Joe vet ej vad orden betyder -
han blott tycker härligt dom lyder -
Sjunger med kuken längst in i buken -
bruden blir som vax:
MUTTA SPRICKA – MUTTA SPRICKA!
Mengar tillbaka – mengar tillbaka!
MUTTA SPRICKA – MUTTA SPRICKA!
Nu är för knull det dags!
Jo-jo -
Jo-jo -
Så sjunger kåte Neger-Joe!
Jo-jo -
Jo-jo -
Så sjunger kåte Neger-Joe:
MUTTA SPRICKA!”
The music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRdt7AK_VA
Yes, some would label this “racist”.
What, me worry?
Good heavens ! Look at the lines on her face !
-PJ
*ping to #16* Here’s a song you’ll love.
Maybe, can we see a picture before agreeing to do it? lol
hehehe
Literally?
“I don’t think I’ve seen many articles posted to FR with the words “seaman” and “boobs” in the same story.”
- Haaar..?
Why don’t you come down the “Old Sea Dog” some day?
“Good heavens ! Look at the lines on her face !”
Yeah, it looks like most of the skin got pulled up front.
READ - the woman admitted it was not for medical reasons.
“I don’t speak freaky-deeky Dutch” - Dr. Evil.
Be nice please...
Isn't it funny how sometimes people get away with just saying it?
I aim nitjcht Dutch but thjis is quitche easjy accesiblijble I think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mZhpZCqOco
It’s European.
I’m only joking about the Dutch. The quote is from an Austin Powers movie.
OTOH, speaking of Dutch, have you seen the film “Black Book”? Excellent film!
I did read that, but as one who has experienced this, it is considered not medically necessary, but believe me it is.
Nowhere in the article did it say it was for breast reduction surgery. Breast enlargement surgery is cosmetic. Feeling bad about feeling small in the chest is not medically-necessary surgery. Everyone has stuff they don’t like about their body. There are wonderbras and pushup bras and padded bras and saline/silicone bra inserts. Plenty of stuff that can compensate. Even if you get the surgery you still know it’s not you in there, it’s a bag of saline or silicone that’s giving you that shape.
No where in the article does it say it was for breast enhancement. I believe that would be stated if that were the case. They just call it not medically necessary breast surgery. When I had my surgery, I was told that if a man or flat chested woman review my insurance claim they would likely turn it down, even though I desperately needed it. My guess is that you are a man (given your screen name) so I would not expect you to have a clue.
Your assumption of what she actually had done is no more valid than mine. With the same logic you used, I could say that if it was for anything other than breast augmentation, they would have reported that. I could say that if it was surgery that was to correct a cosmetic defect, or reconstruction surgery, it would have been reported. It’s specious logic. I am basing my guess on the fact it was elective, it wasn’t medically necessary, and the recovery time was a couple weeks. The most common elective breast surgery is enhancements and their general recovery times are 2-3 weeks.
Bottom line is they reported her own statement that the procedure was not medically necessary. That means you can live without it, it is elective surgery. You can desperately want it but you can live without the surgery. I don’t disagree she might feel like she can’t function mentally without it, may be totally fixated on it, but physically she doesn’t need to have the surgery, she is not in medical danger.
And just to be clear, you don’t need to be a woman to understand women aren’t happy with their breasts. I live with women and I’ve been around enough women who were unhappy with breasts, thighs, hips, tummy, noses, ears, hair, feet, knees, skin, lips, body hair, etc. I have women friends who’ve had breast implants for non-medical reasons. They were unhappy with size. That is a psychological issue, not a medical issue, or a medically-necessary surgery. The fact some women can wear breat-enhancing garments, or even go through hypnosis to feel better about themselves or believe they are bigger than they are, proves surgery is not THE ONLY option and is not the only way to deal with this psychological body-image issue.
Well I guess it is hopeless unless you have experienced the physical pain that I did that people like you say is just not an issue. Ever had your arm go numb because of pinched nerves in your shoulder? Yeah, why bother to solve problems like that, let’s just call it a boob job and make fun of the bimbo. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT?
Good God - those aren’t boobs, they’re weather balloons.
Again you are assuming something that hasn’t been reported.
And your projection of yourself as being attacked is not the issue of the story either.
And as far as I am concerned, if someone is in pain from pinched nerves and other things have been tried for a period of time, to deal with it short of surgery, I would say the surgical option would be medically necessary (that’s my personal opinion, not a medical opinion).
But for you to assume her breast operation has anything to do with pinched nerves or pain is totally your assumption. If it was something like this the reporter could have reported that just as easily as if it was for a breast enhancement.
And further of course you have the right to decide if you want to have a surgical procedure or not, that is not the issue. The issue is the policy of the employer regarding elective surgeries. The employer has a right to determine their own policies as to what it will cover under sick time and what it won’t cover under sick time. Do they not?
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