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IT employee sues boss after mistaking his initials for lewd reference, email abbreviations for sexual advances
New York Post ^ | May 21, 2023 | Emma Colton

Posted on 05/21/2023 9:43:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A tech worker in England tried to sue her former boss after apparently believing email abbreviations he used, such as “xx” and “???,” were codes asking for a sexual relationship.

Karina Gasparova, an IT worker at “paperless global trade management” company essDOCS, filed a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against her boss Alexander Goulandris outlining alleged misbehavior dating back to 2019, according to the Independent.

A judge threw the case out after an employment tribunal at London Central Court heard Gasparova’s claims. The IT employee claimed that Goulandris’ use of “xx” in emails to her were attempts to kiss her, “yy” was code for sexual contact and “???” was coded language inquiring “when she would be ready” to engage in a sexual relationship.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brainwashed; looneytunes
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1 posted on 05/21/2023 9:43:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Reason # 845 to avoid EVER being alone with any female employee.


2 posted on 05/21/2023 9:47:10 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: nickcarraway

Ok, but what did they in fact mean?


3 posted on 05/21/2023 9:48:37 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to se)
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To: nickcarraway

Names sound like Russian plaintiff vs. Greek defendant.

Orthodox geopolitics involved?

aka Ukraine?


4 posted on 05/21/2023 9:59:10 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trintarian. Deal with it!)
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To: nickcarraway

she’s crazy, jim


5 posted on 05/21/2023 9:59:40 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: nickcarraway

IT worker sues her boss believing ‘xx’ in email were kisses
BBC ^ | 5/18/2023 | Jacob Evans

Posted on 5/18/2023, 10:11:30 PM by simpson96

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4154241/posts


6 posted on 05/21/2023 10:01:25 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: nickcarraway

Also the dot at the end of his sentences were inquiries about her periods and the exclamation points were phallic symbols.

Yeh, someone needs some psych help.


7 posted on 05/21/2023 10:06:26 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Zack Attack; Nextrush

Don’t tell that to nextrush.


8 posted on 05/21/2023 11:25:05 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (Semper Fidelis)
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To: nickcarraway
For this young lady, she might confuse the trail behind a comet as an alien mothership. Everyone! Don't let her on the Santa Monica Pier.


9 posted on 05/21/2023 11:51:27 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: ifinnegan; Laslo Fripp; SaveFerris; PROCON

I don’t know, but he asked the cleaning lady if he could sweep with her and a lip reader interpreted it as “I want to sleep with you.”


10 posted on 05/22/2023 2:06:02 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

It’s a poor quality of meaning they derive and it’s nobody’s fault but their own.


11 posted on 05/22/2023 2:17:36 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Gasparova was ordered to pay £5,000, roughly $6,200, to essDOCS to cover costs.”


12 posted on 05/22/2023 3:02:18 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Paal Gulli

You passed the memory test.


13 posted on 05/22/2023 3:04:23 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: joshua c

Or she’s a gold-digging floozy trying to twist anything into some fast cash

And you’re probably correct as well 😜


14 posted on 05/22/2023 3:26:14 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Don W

I think this was email.


15 posted on 05/22/2023 3:48:25 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: nickcarraway

Holy Aching Agaves Batman!
Finally a court with common sense. Even if it is the London Central Court and far far away, it kinda gives me hope.


16 posted on 05/22/2023 3:52:44 AM PDT by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: Don W

“... avoid EVER being alone with any female employee.”

Not even pertinent in this case; they weren’t together. All in writing. But, of course, you’re right. Male bosses have to protect themselves from the crap that does happen working with unhinged women.

And the women should be home taking care of their homes and families.


17 posted on 05/22/2023 3:55:14 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Not even pertinent in this case; they weren’t together. All in writing.

Gasparova additionally claimed that when Goulandris changed a file name to his initials “AJG,” the acronym actually stood for “A Jumbo Genital” and that he touched her hand one day while reaching for a computer mouse. She also argued that Goulandris used “an alluring voice” to tell her to “have a nice evening,” and that he “stared at her” and allegedly touched her leg under a table during an incident in November 2019.

18 posted on 05/22/2023 4:37:38 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: ifinnegan

Read tge article. It is self explanatory


19 posted on 05/22/2023 5:09:48 AM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: RWGinger; ifinnegan
ifinnegan: Ok, but what did they in fact mean?

RWGinger: Read tge article. It is self explanatory

Article: “Can you please complete the following: The solution us currently used by xx Agris companies and yy Barge lines in corn cargoes in south-north flows in the ???? waterways,” Goulandris wrote in the email to Gasparova, according to the BBC, citing evidence that was heard in court. “Also, can you remind me of what the balance of the rollout will be and the approx. timing. Thanks.”

Me: Yeah, I'd rate that as being clear as mud. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

20 posted on 05/22/2023 5:25:57 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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