Closet Racist

The first one just got written up and a two day suspension for shoving the new girl. The second one, well, this letter I just sent to my boss pretty much sums it up:

Joel,
On the night of Thursday, February 24 (I didn't write the date down so it could possibly be the week before on the 17th), Dianne attempted to secretly record Susan and I. As soon as I clocked in Dianne left for a break that lasted a whopping twenty-five minutes (about the lenght of one side of a cassette tape). Susan mentioned that, earlier, Dianne was trying to either scare or impress her with tales of secretly recording people in the lab and "kept a tape recorder in her locker". That's when I noticed that a white paper takeout bag was left conspicuously in the middle of the counter. This would not normally arouse my suspicions except that the food that was supposed to be in the bag was still in the fridge. Upon opening the bag I found a recorder running.

My first impulse was to confiscate and hide the recorder but I didn't want to be accused of theft. My second impulse was to microwave the tape for a few seconds but decided to let her record as much as possible, as I consider this a form of harrassment and I want to give her all the rope she needs to hang herself, so to speak. I confirred with someone in recieving and one of the morning crew about this and they said that she has done this or at least she said she had done this in the past. I then swore them to secrecy so that she might try it again. Dianne's, Susan's and my schedule haven't crossed each other since then, so there hasn't been another opportunity for recording.

When I came to work this Friday my friend in recieving said that Dianne has been bragging about "having the goods on" Susan and I, so expect her to give you this tape soon. If this is a punishable offense then please don't discuss it with anyone until she presents it, for obvious reasons. If this is NOT a punishable offense then please let me know so that I might return the favor to her.

Thanks,

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Bean

Got the goods on you for what?

And for the record, as far as legal or illegal I don't know, but I do know that harrassment is defined by how the accuser feels about the action. There's no set criteria. If you felt harrassed, it's harrassment. The there's also employment laws (here anyways) about creating a hostile work environment maliciously. I'd go nuts about it if I were you.

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--James T. Kirk

Closet Racist

I went nuts and, upon recieving my letter, the boss went more nuts. he said he's going to the personel manager and see what he can do to this old bag if she tries to produce a tape.

As far as "the goods", I told him that anything said on the tape was solely to make Dianne think she had some kind of "evidence" to give the boss, and there's nothing i could be fired for or that any sane person would believe was true...

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Daxie

What in the world would this person think they might get on a recording to get you or anyone else in your department in trouble for.

Hell, I'd definately claim hostile work enviroment on this bitch.

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>Hagar: "Before we go into battle today let me remind you what we're fighting for! We're fighting for justice! We're fighting for equality! What could be more important than that?"

>>Eddie: "How about a steady paycheck, health insurance and a good retirement plan?"

Daxie

As an after thought: if she does it again, hold the bag up high and say loudly; "Did anybody leave a paper bag with a tape recorder turned on to the record position on the counter?"

If she doesn't answer then say (loudly of course); "I'll just take this up to the manager so that nobody feels harrassed or volated that their private conversations are being recorded."

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>Hagar: "Before we go into battle today let me remind you what we're fighting for! We're fighting for justice! We're fighting for equality! What could be more important than that?"

>>Eddie: "How about a steady paycheck, health insurance and a good retirement plan?"

Cujo

Fuck... if I found the recorder, I'd take the tape out and replace it with something else... like Yanni's greatest hits or something like that. Whats she gonna do? Complain that the tape she used to secretly record a conversation was stolen?

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Daxie

LOL! That's a good one too. Worse yet... a tape of Yoko Ono screaching.

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>Hagar: "Before we go into battle today let me remind you what we're fighting for! We're fighting for justice! We're fighting for equality! What could be more important than that?"

>>Eddie: "How about a steady paycheck, health insurance and a good retirement plan?"

Closet Racist

The moment of truth is at hand. The scuttle is that the boss either talked to her yesterday or is going to today about her adventures in espionage. Unfortunatel my shift will cross hers for two hours, and she'll either act like nothing happened after she lies to the boss or she'll fly off the handle and lay into me because she just can't keep her foul hillbilly mouth shut, and hopefully I can entice her to swing at me. What a cunt.

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Bean

Fight!! Fight!! Fight!! Fight!!

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"I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing."

--James T. Kirk

Cymro

Shoot the Coolant Pipes and her organic components should melt.

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"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."