On Oct 28, 6:29 pm, "Pollak, Melissa F." <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I had to fund a proposal (something I never do BTW). > > . > > > Perhaps she has more dirt to dish, but until she does, what she's > > presented doesn't constitute a "hostile work environment." > > So, I'll just agree with Joe in saying you are absolutely wrong about > that. > > Quickly (cuz I've got to get to a condo board meeting tonight) -- I > meant to post this story a few weeks ago when both subjects came up, > both subjects being (1) what constitutes a hostile work environment -- > and (2) Paul Shaffer. > > I used to work at the polls every election. At my old place, in the > late 1980s or early 1990s, two noteworthy people used to come through my > line: One of them was Paul Shaffer's brother-in-law. I actually got to > meet Paul in October 2007 at an event at Lincoln Center celebrating Neil > Sedaka. Paul was very nice, and the only thing I could quickly think of > to mention to him was how I used to "serve" his brother-in-law at the > polls. He told me that the brother-in-law was there at the celebration, > but I'm not sure I would have recognized him. The other person who used > to come through my line was the woman who won the Supreme Court case > about the definition of a hostile work environment. I remember her > first name was Catherine and I believe that she worked at the FCC (or > perhaps another small federal agency), but a search didn't help me pin > down the information. What's relevant to this discussion is that she > herself was never harassed, nor was her job/career (she was an attorney) > threatened or even affected. She just didn't think she should have to > work in a place where "everyone" was sleeping with each other and > trading sex stories and favoritism occurred as a result of it. The > Supreme Court agreed with her. > > End of story. Probably not that interesting to anyone but me.
No, it's very interesting, and thanks for sharing it. But as I replied to Joe, what happened in that circumstance doesn't necessarily mean that it happened in the LN offices. Folks can cite example after example of abusive behavior in the workplace, but none of them are relevant to the known particulars as described by Nell during her 13 weeks at Late Night in 1990. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
