Just good clean fun at an AmeriKan workplace.
"‘Kick Me’ prank at Intel leads to lawsuit, costs 2 jobs" by Russell Contreras | Associated Press, May 08, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — Intel workers secretly taped a ‘‘Kick Me’’ sign to the back of a co-worker as a prank, then kicked the confused man a number of times as employees at the Rio Rancho Intel plant laughed hysterically at the episode, according to a federal lawsuit.
How f***ing juvenile! What is this fourth grade?
The Intel employee, Harvey Palacio, said in the complaint recently filed in Albuquerque that once he suspected something was taped on his back during the August prank, he went to senior staffer Randy Lehman to ask if something was there.
‘‘Lehman said turn around and as Palacio did he saw and heard [another employee] yell out ‘Don’t read it, just do it,’ ’’ the lawsuit said.
Lehman then kicked Palacio three times in his buttocks, according to court documents.
Another employee, Chris Zeltinger, who the lawsuit said exchanged Christmas gifts with Palacio, kicked him twice as he was seeking help to remove the sign.
‘‘Palacio decided that this could not continue and walked back in front of the group to ask someone else to remove it,’’ the lawsuit said. ‘‘Palacio felt demoralized and assaulted and he began to cry during the drive home. He could not tell his wife because he was so embarrassed and ashamed.’’
In addition, Palacio said coworkers would hide his work uniform and fill his work bag with trash. He said the abuse he faced over a few months was racially motivated; he is Filipino.
Maybe not.
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They don't give a f*** about you.
The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount for damages and attorney’s fees.
Lehman and Zeltinger were later convicted of petty misdemeanor battery and ordered to perform 16 hours of community service. Both also lost their Intel jobs because of the prank.
An Intel Corp. spokeswoman said the company is reviewing the lawsuit and declined to comment further.
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