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Iowa court OKs firing of female dental assistant for being too 'irresistibly attractive'
http://www.nydailynews.com/ ^

Posted on 12/23/2012 12:58:07 PM PST by jakerobins

Dental assistant Melissa Nelson was fired by her boss of 10 years because he felt her presence was a threat to his marriage

Horndog bosses in Iowa have a new tool to save their marriages — they can fire employees who are too hot for the workplace.

The state’s all-male Supreme Court ruled 7-0 Friday that an Iowa City dentist legally canned his female assistant because she was “irresistibly attractive” and a threat to his marriage.

The bombshell ruling came after Melissa Nelson sued her boss of 10 years, Dr. James Knight, for discrimination.

The married mother claims she was fired in January 2010 after Knight's wife became jealous of the pair’s relationship, which included harmless text messages between them outside of work.

“I don’t think it’s fair. I don’t think it’s right,” Nelson said on CNN Saturday night. The 32-year-old also said she was stunned to be fired.

“I worked hard, enjoyed my job, and one day it just came to a screeching halt.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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To: jakerobins

Maybe wife was afraid he would take T Boone Pickens advice to heart - ‘Drill here. Drill now. Drill, drill drill!’


21 posted on 12/23/2012 1:21:22 PM PST by Ken H
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To: jakerobins

nobody is “irresistably” hot. Certainly not her. If he deemed her that, you gotta wonder what the wife looks like.


22 posted on 12/23/2012 1:21:50 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: jakerobins

I am virtually unemployable...now at least I know why.


23 posted on 12/23/2012 1:24:39 PM PST by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: jakerobins

Private business should be able to let someone go just because. And then there were unions....and PC....and all that cr**.


24 posted on 12/23/2012 1:25:33 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: jakerobins

When does her calender come out?


25 posted on 12/23/2012 1:27:29 PM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Not a bad idea at all.

I like it.

Would have avoided the court too.


26 posted on 12/23/2012 1:29:26 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: jakerobins

I knew I was lucky to marry well but if that’s what constitutes irresistibly attractive, I’m even luckier than I thought.


27 posted on 12/23/2012 1:31:48 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: jakerobins

Hahaha, bombshell ruling, got to love those sharp
reporters.


28 posted on 12/23/2012 1:34:30 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

And after about five rounds of this, she writes an article for the Enquirer: “I can’t keep a job in a dental office because I’m too sexy!”


29 posted on 12/23/2012 1:35:28 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Of course, in Islamic countries just being hot is illegal.


30 posted on 12/23/2012 1:39:54 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (True North- Strong Leader, Strong Dollar, Strong and Free!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Her face is a bit better than average. If she is considered really cute, her body probably compensates well enough to send her into the cute category.

She may also have an engaging personality.


31 posted on 12/23/2012 1:46:08 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: A CA Guy
When does her calender come out?

This type publicity will probably get her a Playboy centerfold offer.

Irresistable? That's some approbation.

32 posted on 12/23/2012 1:48:52 PM PST by Ole Okie
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I think she was released before anything happened to her beebers...


33 posted on 12/23/2012 2:01:53 PM PST by mikrofon (Too stunning to stay hired?)
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To: occamrzr06

Idiots Out Walking Around (IOWA).


34 posted on 12/23/2012 2:02:38 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (The trouble with the "masses" is that they never achieve the "m")
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To: jakerobins
harmless text messages between them outside of work.

Harmless text messages? I'm pretty sure if I was engaging in "harmless text messages" they would be harmful to my physical and emotional health if my wife found them.

35 posted on 12/23/2012 2:14:46 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: jakerobins
Irresistibly attractive? Uh, no.
36 posted on 12/23/2012 2:19:48 PM PST by Right Brother
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To: Right Brother

It’s Iowa. An Iowa 10 is a California 4...


37 posted on 12/23/2012 2:21:30 PM PST by EEGator
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To: occamrzr06

“but hey, it is Iowa. /ducking”

Here is your appropriate Iowa welcome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7ZcVFSWWU


38 posted on 12/23/2012 2:23:30 PM PST by Gil4 (Progressives - Trying to repeal the Law of Supply and Demand since 1848)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

The dentist’s clientle had to recline in the chair before they had a place to hang their hat.


39 posted on 12/23/2012 2:30:51 PM PST by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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To: Right Brother
Irresistibly attractive? Uh, no.

I think a few more photos are needed in order to determine just what was worrying the dentist's wife.

40 posted on 12/23/2012 2:33:55 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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