August 06, 2011
— LauraW Please go to the link and read the whole thing. It's worth it.
[text removed because I'm told the link is on a RightHaven block list -lw]
This guy was obsessed with Ms. Anderson's breasts and made them a constant subject of conversation around the office. Because she is single, he had no fear of some husband coming around to make him eat his own teeth.
Nothing like having to constantly fend off a filthy satyr when you're just trying to support your family.
Disgusting, just awful.
Despite a cursory, thirty-second internet search, I was unable to turn up any pics of Ms. Anderson's stupefying gazongas. Sorry.
But I did find something stupid and boob-related for you below the fold.
Thanks to skinbad.
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Posted by: lauraw at August 06, 2011 07:59 AM (UlsYR)
Posted by: fluffy, worst commenter ever at August 06, 2011 08:02 AM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: EC at August 06, 2011 08:03 AM (f4TZ2)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 06, 2011 08:04 AM (UlUS4)
Posted by: lauraw at August 06, 2011 08:04 AM (UlsYR)
Posted by: lorien1973 at August 06, 2011 08:04 AM (usXZy)
in 2007...
...Wright retaliated by firing her in February 2011
Clearly she was asking for it by staying there for so long.
Posted by: Mama AJ at August 06, 2011 08:06 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: lauraw at August 06, 2011 11:59 AM (UlsYR)
I get an error message
Posted by: Vic at August 06, 2011 08:06 AM (M9Ie6)
See, this looks like a fun place to work, really. Although, for fun, i'd probably throw in the occasional Teddy Thursday to lighten the mood. Finding a new tube-top every week could get stressful.
Posted by: lorien1973 at August 06, 2011 08:07 AM (usXZy)
Posted by: Mel Gibson at August 06, 2011 08:07 AM (iqivf)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 06, 2011 08:08 AM (Gc/Qi)
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 06, 2011 08:09 AM (TVvXc)
Posted by: Vic at August 06, 2011 08:09 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2011 08:15 AM (MMC8r)
Incidentally, if you are ever to replicate such an event, you may want to pick up some extra double ended dildos. The three footer was the hit of the evening.
Posted by: Wodeshed at August 06, 2011 08:16 AM (LEcV+)
Of course, I don't know if Righthaven is still being its excremental self, but...
Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2011 08:19 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: mark c at August 06, 2011 08:20 AM (SBIko)
hahahaha @ the older broad having saggy tittaes!
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 06, 2011 12:09 PM (P/N2O)
Lesley Ann Warren. I'd have ate glass just to smell the 1980 Lesley Ann Warren.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 06, 2011 08:20 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: nickless at August 06, 2011 12:19 PM (MMC8r)
We can actually thank DemocraticUnderground for finally ending that idiocy with (insert company here) , they fought back a suit and won, the judge even ruled that (insert said company here in case they are still trying to sue) was asinine in it's suit abuse.
Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2011 08:21 AM (DzjY6)
Oh, by the way, Laura. Our company is hiring. Send me a picture of your ta-tas and I'll put in a good word for ya.
Oh, and a resume if you feel like it.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 06, 2011 08:21 AM (SRXyT)
40 years of feminism has created womyn who can't take a step without running to the courts for some advantage. Maybe they should stick to what they are naturally good at?
Posted by: PigPen at August 06, 2011 08:22 AM (LH6ir)
Well...not straight guys. Check out something called "The Gates of Hell." I learned all about it that night.
Posted by: Wodeshed at August 06, 2011 08:22 AM (LEcV+)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at August 06, 2011 08:23 AM (4Mft3)
Not plural but yes we do, it's right behind our zipper and we play with it constantly.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 06, 2011 08:24 AM (tf9Ne)
No one else truly appreciated her magnificent rack.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 06, 2011 08:26 AM (SRXyT)
Also, I would add that the fact that guys do is the reason to always make sure you have a safe word.
Posted by: Wodeshed at August 06, 2011 08:26 AM (LEcV+)
Guys have sex toys?
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 06, 2011 12:19 PM (G/MYk)
They come in sizes ranging from DDD to neck-snapping.
Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2011 08:26 AM (DzjY6)
Guys have sex toys?
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 06, 2011 12:19 PM (G/MYk)
Of course. They are called women.
Posted by: PigPen at August 06, 2011 08:27 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: booger at August 06, 2011 08:28 AM (9RFH1)
Posted by: booger at August 06, 2011 12:28 PM (9RFH1)
Yes.
They should also be pantsed, tarred, and set on fire for their stupidity, but the judge went easy there.
In fact, I believe DU won a settlement in their fight.
Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2011 08:31 AM (DzjY6)
Despite a cursory, thirty-second internet search, I was unable to turn up any pics of Ms. Anderson's stupefying gazongas. Sorry.
You can stick your sorries in a sack, mister. Nothing against gazongas, mind you, but let's leave hers out of it.
Posted by: FireHorse at August 06, 2011 08:31 AM (gTGz3)
Exactly. Or maybe pictures of them. That's as far as a guy's sex toy goes.
I guess the Japanese robots might be coming on pretty strong but I still think they're decades away from any real market. The Japanese subway cars are still made with seats that are too small to fit normal Americans.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 06, 2011 12:30 PM (G/MYk)
Pictures?
You poor man.
Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2011 08:31 AM (DzjY6)
Utah County, huh? Do we know anyone there??
Posted by: Mama AJ----
Present!
I'm enjoying Utah, but my sense is that it's not the most favorable work environment for women. Hubby has already had to address some equity issues that were left over from the old management for his team.
Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2011 08:32 AM (5H6zj)
1) Jobs are hard to come by.
2) If this allowed, it will become the standard.
My boss at this time last year, the elected district attorney, was arrested last October for stuff that was only slightly more aggravated than this. Among other things, he is alleged to have physically forced one of the complaining witnesses' hand on to his penis. Several of the events leading to his arrested occurred in his private office. When my new boss took over, the first thing he had done was to have a glass door installed on the office so we could keep an eye on him.
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 06, 2011 08:33 AM (TVvXc)
Check out something called "The Gates of Hell."
No, thanks. I don't want to know.
(Yet, I have a suspicion that I will know before this day ends.)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 06, 2011 08:33 AM (gTGz3)
Posted by: cherry π at August 06, 2011 08:33 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: Mama AJ at August 06, 2011 08:34 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Truman North at August 06, 2011 08:35 AM (K2wpv)
It's Utah County. Very different culture for women in the workplace here. Also, with the economy the way it is, I think a lot of folks are hanging tough with crappy bosses because it's hard to get re-hired.
Also, in my experience with a harassment situation, the rules in place and recourse offered within the workplace are primarily designed to minimize risk for the company in terms of lawsuits, not really in terms of fixing the problem. Basically, you have to go nuclear (external lawyer) to really get a satisfactory outcome. Otherwise, you basically get the rep as being an uptight woman -- so the harassment may stop but the work environment is kind of forever ruined.
Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2011 08:36 AM (5H6zj)
I don't want to be right!!!!!
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 06, 2011 08:36 AM (SRXyT)
I was trying to give you a little plug, there
Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 06, 2011 12:33 PM (G/MYk)
Ah. Thanks.
Stupid broads don't know what they're good for.
Posted by: Truman Capote at August 06, 2011 12:35 PM (K2wpv)
I discovered your real identity, TN. Dead, schmead.
Posted by: CAC at August 06, 2011 08:37 AM (DzjY6)
Posted by: beedubya at August 06, 2011 08:40 AM (AnTyA)
Posted by: USA at August 06, 2011 08:41 AM (6Cjut)
news on that civility trollop:
“After getting an avalanche of criticism, Harrop deleted all of the comments and closed the post for any future comments.”
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 06, 2011 08:42 AM (4QeK8)
Posted by: Vic at August 06, 2011 08:45 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Sparky at August 06, 2011 08:46 AM (MqT/F)
Posted by: packsoldier at August 06, 2011 08:46 AM (hwluJ)
Posted by: packsoldier at August 06, 2011 08:48 AM (hwluJ)
Also having said that, I must note that this does NOT mean that you can tell me not to look at a copy of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
Posted by: Wodeshed at August 06, 2011 08:49 AM (LEcV+)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at August 06, 2011 08:50 AM (4Mft3)
Your concern is duly noted.
Posted by: cherry π at August 06, 2011 08:50 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: cherry π at August 06, 2011 08:57 AM (OhYCU)
In my experience (in Indiana) the people who "get" the concept of sexual harassment and the people who don't "get it" come from all ends of the political spectrum. I (and two other women) were harassed in a lab setting by a senior postdoc. We tried to ignore it, partly to try to protect our boss (the professor) and partly just because we knew how big a distraction a complaint would be, but eventually we had to make complaints. Some people sided with us; some with the guy. It basically broke down to "office (lab) politics" more than anything else (politics or gender). In fact, after explaining the situation to a Parisian older guy who was in the lab in terms he could understand (imagine it was your daughter), he was able to understand why we had to complain, even though the French have much different standards about these things.
It really doesn't boil down to partisan politics, imho. It boils down to personal ethics.
Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2011 08:57 AM (5H6zj)
I copied some of it in my first post at 20. Others have as well.
Posted by: Vic at August 06, 2011 08:59 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Brenden at August 06, 2011 08:59 AM (wa+SP)
Utah would be nice if it wasn't for all those religious-right fanatics with their morals and family values.
I'm glad to be out of there.
Posted by: Gary Gilmore at August 06, 2011 09:01 AM (P/N2O)
All religions have some self-righteous members. But when you have a society and government that is completely dominated by one religion, self-righteousness becomes an ingrained trait. Try to imagine a government completely dominated by self-righteous liberals (Vermont?) and you'll see what I mean.
Posted by: packsoldier at August 06, 2011 09:01 AM (hwluJ)
Any thought of just saying, "hey cut it out"?
Posted by: cherry π at August 06, 2011 09:02 AM (OhYCU)
Posted by: packsoldier at August 06, 2011 09:03 AM (hwluJ)
In Utah they try to force their religion on eveyyone.
You'll be lucky to leave that place not a mormon.
Posted by: Gary Gilmore at August 06, 2011 09:04 AM (P/N2O)
We did. He persisted and it got physical.
The excuse that he and his supporters gave was that it was because he was from the South.
I kid you not.
Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2011 09:04 AM (5H6zj)
Aren't all churches like this? Shouldn't they be?
Posted by: cherry π at August 06, 2011 09:04 AM (OhYCU)
They "think" a certain way in Utah. Very disturbing.
I don't agree with it. They made me feel bad.
Posted by: Gary Gilmore at August 06, 2011 09:06 AM (P/N2O)
Posted by: packsoldier at August 06, 2011 09:06 AM (hwluJ)
Posted by: USA at August 06, 2011 09:07 AM (6Cjut)
Massachusetts is great, except that all the politicians are idiots and all the residents are assholes.
And the winters suck.
Posted by: Truman North at August 06, 2011 09:11 AM (K2wpv)
I was always taught that Jews are God's chosen people, even if they are wrong about that Messiah thing...
Posted by: packsoldier at August 06, 2011 09:11 AM (hwluJ)
LDS is not unique in that. I guess you don't know any Catholics.
My experience is so far (1 year) is that there is a desire amongst the professional and educated folks in Utah County to be more inclusive. They know that they're going to get an influx of outsiders with Adobe, the NSA, and other jobs that are coming into the state/county and they want to make it work.
However, there's no denying that when so much of your life revolves around your church (or any major factor - say your ethnic background or professional background), it is easy to develop blinders to what others' priorities are and forget that your way of doing things is just one way. But I haven't found it any worse - or as bad, in most respects - than living in the academic ghetto in Hyde Park or surrounded by liberals in Boston.
But there is an assumption that a woman is first and foremost a mom and wife, even though women do work here. It's a little annoying, but they are not intending anything negative by it. It's just an assumption.
Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2011 09:11 AM (5H6zj)
I don't agree with it. They made me feel bad.Dead.
Posted by: Gary Gilmore
FIFY
Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 06, 2011 09:12 AM (tf9Ne)
The guy has a crap lawyer if the case made it into the papers. Since he's the owner and her supervisor, he is solely on the hook for damages, so he should have settled unless he can prove she's making the whole thing up.
I guess there's two possibilities: crap lawyer or she's making it all up.
Posted by: spongeworthy at August 06, 2011 09:12 AM (rplL3)
That is so incredibly stupid. See my post above, even off-hand comments get you fired at big companies. At the small mom and pop places maybe they are not as strict, but that is where the "South" part comes in.
Harassment of a verbal nature will get you a warning from hubby, continued harassment will get your ass whipped, physical harassment will get you dead dead dead.
Posted by: Vic at August 06, 2011 09:14 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: cherry π at August 06, 2011 09:15 AM (OhYCU)
Aren't all churches like this? Shouldn't they be?
The Evangelical Lutheran church isn't. (Not to be confused with Missouri Synod Lutherans. Evangelical Lutherans are more like European Lutherans -- Germans, Scandis, Estonians.) Martin Luther, a Catholic priest, didn't want to start his own church. Lutherans don't believe that people go to hell because they were Catholics.
Then again, I have a hard time following a belief system that says Garrison Keillor won't go to hell.... 
Posted by: FireHorse at August 06, 2011 09:16 AM (gTGz3)
Yeah, I know. In my experience, Southern men are more polite. Especially in Texas.
It was particularly ludicrous given that one of the complainants was from Spain, a very touchy culture. It had nothing to do with "personal space" or crap like that.
My assessment based on who he was harassing and who he wasn't harassing was that it was about trying to demean the women in the lab who represented potential rivals for the boss' attention. He didn't go after women who were technicians, for example, nor did he go after women who were clearly outranking him.
Anyway, my boss was one of these touchy feely squishy libs. He wanted to "solve" the problem by having some shrink come in a blather at the whole group about these issues. I wouldn't go for it because the other guys were not the problem, just this guy. My mom was working for a law firm at the time and so with some advice from him I insisted the guy write an apology.
But I also left the lab about 6 months later.
Posted by: Y-not at August 06, 2011 09:19 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at August 06, 2011 09:21 AM (4Mft3)
She may not have stupefying gazongas. These horrible bosses just want to talk dirty.
Posted by: arhooley at August 06, 2011 09:23 AM (npmom)
Posted by: arhooley at August 06, 2011 01:23 PM (npmom)
For some reason, when I read that, an old HBO special popped up into my mind of Gilda Radner singing, "Let's All Talk Dirty to the Animals".
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at August 06, 2011 09:29 AM (4Mft3)
Posted by: csm at August 06, 2011 09:30 AM (PSmwe)
But on the other hand, "Mini-skirt Monday," "Tube-top Tuesday," "Wet T-shirt Wednesday," "No bra Thursday" and "Bikini top Friday" sound like great morale-building tools.
Posted by: Truman North at August 06, 2011 09:37 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: rickl at August 06, 2011 09:50 AM (1CfwK)
As a small business guy I am pretty much immune to suits like this. If someone threatens to sue, you threaten to give them the business and let them run it. Once they get a look at the books and the amount of work involved they somehow don't seem quite as offended. Not having any assets can be very liberating.
Besides, the worst offenders with the sex jokes have all been women and the men love it. Most people tend to be better adjusted in small businesses than they are at the large firms where people think they are above such things. Much, much less tension than when I worked for one of the 5 largest companies in the world. And when there is friction you get a few "fuck-offs" and everyone feels better afterwards.
Posted by: Voluble at August 06, 2011 09:51 AM (JKX4x)
Posted by: rickl at August 06, 2011 09:52 AM (1CfwK)
Posted by: Jawknee at August 06, 2011 10:06 AM (fK55S)
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Posted by: SK at August 06, 2011 10:33 AM (/SJG0)
Posted by: Chris R at August 06, 2011 10:37 AM (QiNmA)
Posted by: Chris R at August 06, 2011 10:40 AM (QiNmA)
I never heard of "righthaven" before now. I did a little research and found that it's headed by a rabid, obsessed, copyright troll, (Michael Ferguson) who ususally gets his ass chewed by whichever judge is presiding over whatever lawsuit his firm just brought.
Gawd, what a fucking loser.
Posted by: SFC MAC at August 06, 2011 11:04 AM (/qSCt)
Posted by: A Surviving Kennedy at August 06, 2011 11:40 AM (qvify)
SK 119, probably not. This is all about power and lust. As you should know, all it takes is, well, waking up for men to think lustful thoughts and some of them don't see any reason to keep these thoughts to themselves when they get to work. And power is not an aphrodisiac for just women. With this bozo, the more powerful he feels, the more he wants to feel more powerful and it's not at all surprising that anyone this pathetic would get his rocks off this way.
As to the woman, it is possible, depending on one's upbringing and experiences, to be subjected to this sort of abuse and either not realize it's abusive, or not realize that it's possible for you to do anything about it.
I was sexually harrassed by a man at work long before we had ever heard of Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, but I was fortunate enough to have a very civilized boss and his boss was equally dignified and self-possessed and he didn't not think it was unreasonable to expect similar behavior from all of his managers. The harrassment stopped dead in its tracks. Not everyone is that fortunate.
Posted by: Tonestaple at August 06, 2011 11:51 AM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: Chris R at August 06, 2011 02:40 PM (QiNmA)
We had several columns about her here when that story broke. The Morons were not fooled by her story.
Posted by: Vic at August 06, 2011 11:53 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Chris R at August 06, 2011 12:01 PM (QiNmA)
Posted by: SK at August 06, 2011 12:15 PM (/SJG0)
Prescription Justice: a buckwheat pillow, a glass of pinot grigio, and a handful of antibiotics, silly Silly.
Posted by: Doctor Common Sense at August 06, 2011 01:18 PM (YqWfw)
Posted by: vivi at August 06, 2011 01:31 PM (hjkqq)
Posted by: Johnny at August 06, 2011 04:31 PM (FYwGn)
Why did she stay there? Single mom, responsible for three children, needs health insurance and income, I've been there. I worked for 2 and half years in a hellish place (not sexual harrassment, but a sociopathic boss - one time he found out one of his contractors actually needed his check and he cut his pay 10% the next week). It affected my health for several years - I started grinding my teeth in my sleep, developed high blook pressure (it had been low all my life, hit 200 over something one day in a doctors office). I've been out of there for six years and only got off the blood pressure meds six weeks ago.
When your babies depend on you, you will put up with all kinds of shit. I saw that the place was toxic like the second day I was there but it was too late to go back to my old job. I looked for a new job the whole time I was there - spent a lot of time in the bathroom doing phone interviews on my cell phone.
I can believe that the guy did all this stuff - if you haven't had experience with a sociopath it's hard to understand how self-absorbed and charming they can be with absolutely no regard for anyone else. It's just lucky for me that he got his giggles off demeaning highly-intelligent people (accountants and engineers) rather than with sexual behavior.
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