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When the boss grabs the wrong girl
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There seems to have been a slightly different standard when it comes to sexual harassment in the restaurant and bar business than in the corporate world, but that may be changing.
In the corporate environment, people are pretty sensitive about what you can and can not do and for the most part, touching someone is totally off limits. I think we have all worked in a restaurant environment or witnessed employees in one that are extremely playful, touch one another, hug and play.
One of the manager’s of a local restaurant and bar that I go to had a reputation for touching the ladies on the bottom and grabbing them with both hands. We will call him Dennis the Menace. Most of the women who worked for Dennis would slap him and tell him not to do it again. Well, Dennis finally met his match when he grabbed the wrong girl in front of a customer. The server decided to take Dennis and his family’s restaurant to court.
The judge fined the establishment and decided that Dennis was not fit to live in the State of Georgia so he sentenced Dennis to leave the state for one-year as a term of his probation.
Sexual harassment is illegal and there is no tolerance for this type of behavior even in the bar and restaurant business which has not always been held to the same standard as the rest of corporate America.
What do you think- is it okay for a male manager at say, Hooter’s to be more touchy-feely with his waitresses than the CEO of a conservative corporation with his female administrative staff?
Comments
By Grace
August 6, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
No neither is right. Unwanted physical contact is one of the biggest ways to offend someone. And even worse when you tell someone to stop or not do it again, and the continue. Whether Hooters or a Bank, you should not be physical offended by anyone to be able to work.
By kristin
August 8, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
What a stupid question, they are servers not prostitutes. No it’s NEVER okay for a coworker, boss etc. to touch, make unwanted advances upon another person.
By Common Sense
August 8, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
If you’re a waitress at Hooters, there most likely has already been a man with boundary issues in your life.
By Paul
August 8, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this
So let me see if I understand your headline: There is a RIGHT girl that a boss can grab?
By Cheryl
August 8, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
No, no, no! It is never okay…infront of customers or otherwise.
By Pat
August 14, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
THe only time the boss should touch a female employee is if she’s fainted or bleeding. Otherwise, pal, it’s hands off.
By Raybo
August 22, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
So according to Pat, it’s ok to touch a female employee when it’s that time of the month.