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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Joke work
"You Know It's Your Last Day At Work When.. "You hand a bank teller an envelope, and when she asks, "What's this? ", you realize you just dropped the company's deposit in a mailbox. A woman comes into the store, you turn to the other salesman and say, "I waited on the last fat ugly old lady. This one's your turn ". Your boss is standing behind you. It's his wife. While your boss is at lunch, you sneak in and look at some confidential information on his computer. You spill coffee on the keyboard. It shorts out. You return from a week's vacation to find that you had scheduled *this* week as vacation, not last week. You take a "sick " day. The next morning the boss asks you, "So, how was the fishing on Rock Creek yesterday? ". You wake up hung over. You have a black eye and barked knuckles. You're in jail. Last night was the company Christmas party."
Joke
A hunter spots a small brown bear and shoots it. He then feels a tap on his shoulder, turns around, and is face to face with a big black bear. ‘You’ve got two choices,’ says the bear. ‘I maul you, or we have sex.’
The guy opts to take it from the bear. After recovering for two weeks, the pissed-off hunter searches out and shoots the big black bear. Just then he feels another tap on his shoulder, and turns to see a 10-foot grizzly standing over him.
‘Admit it,’ says the bear. ‘You don’t come here for the hunting, do you?’
The guy opts to take it from the bear. After recovering for two weeks, the pissed-off hunter searches out and shoots the big black bear. Just then he feels another tap on his shoulder, and turns to see a 10-foot grizzly standing over him.
‘Admit it,’ says the bear. ‘You don’t come here for the hunting, do you?’
Wake up joke
A Duck walks into a bar.
Duck: You got any bread?
Barman: No, sorry, we don't have any bread[After a few minutes]
Duck: You got any bread?
Barman: Look, we don't have any bread[In a little while]
Duck: You got any bread?
Barman: We don't have any F*****g bread![Some time later]
Duck: Got any bread?
Barman: If you ask me if I've got any F*****g bread once more I'm gonna nail your F*****g bill to this bar......
Duck: You got any nails?
Barman: NO!
Duck: You got any bread?
Duck: You got any bread?
Barman: No, sorry, we don't have any bread[After a few minutes]
Duck: You got any bread?
Barman: Look, we don't have any bread[In a little while]
Duck: You got any bread?
Barman: We don't have any F*****g bread![Some time later]
Duck: Got any bread?
Barman: If you ask me if I've got any F*****g bread once more I'm gonna nail your F*****g bill to this bar......
Duck: You got any nails?
Barman: NO!
Duck: You got any bread?
Bones season 6
Bones still hot in this season they lose someone close that they work with I'm not going to say bc it not cool still great season gets ✹✹✹✹✩
Friday, December 2, 2011
Xmas joke
'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house I searched for the tools to hand to my spouse. Instructions were studied and we were inspired,In hopes we could manage "Some Assembly Required. "The children were quiet (not asleep) in their beds,While Dad and I faced the evening with dread:A kitchen, two bikes, Barbie's town house to boot! And, thanks to Grandpa, a train with a toot! We opened the boxes, my heart skipped a beat.... Let no parts be missing or parts incomplete! Too late for last-minute returns or replacement;If we can't get it right, it goes in the basement! When what to my worrying eyes should appear,But 50 sheets of directions, concise, but not clear,With each part numbered and every slot named,So if we failed, only we could be blamed. More rapid than eagles the parts then fell out,All over the carpet they were scattered about. "Now bolt it! Now twist it! Attach it right there! Slide on the seats, and staple the stair! Hammer the shelves, and nail to the stand. "Honey," said hubby, "you just glued my hand. "And then in a twinkling, I knew for a fact That all the toy dealers had indeed made a pact To keep parents busy all Christmas Eve night With "assembly required " till morning's first light. We spoke not a word, but kept bent at our work,Till our eyes, they went bleary; our fingers all hurt. The coffee went cold and the night, it wore thin Before we attached the last rod and last pin. Then laying the tools away in the chest,We fell into bed for a well-deserved rest. But I said to my husband just before I passed out,"This will be the best Christmas, without any doubt. Tomorrow we'll cheer, let the holiday ring,And not have to run to the store for a thing! We did it! We did it! The toys are all set For the perfect, most perfect, Christmas, I bet! "Then off to dreamland and sweet repose I gratefully went,Though I suppose there's something to say for those self-deluded... I'd forgotten that batteries are never included!"
Joke
An escaped convict, imprisoned for 1st degree murder, had spent 25 years of his life sentence in prison. While on the run, he broke into a house and tied up a young couple who had been sleeping in the bedroom.
He tied the man to a chair on one side of the room and his wife on the bed. He got on the bed right over the woman, and it appeared he was kissing her neck. Suddenly he got up and left the room.
As soon as possible the husband made his way across the room to his bride, his chair in tow, and whispered, ‘Honey, this guy hasn't seen a woman in years. I saw him kissing on your neck and then he left in a hurry. Just cooperate and do anything he wants. If he wants to have sex with you, just go along with it and pretend you like it. Whatever you do don't fight him or make him mad. Our lives depend on it!. Be strong and I love you.’
After spitting out the gag in her mouth, the half naked wife says: ‘Dear, I'm so relieved you feel that way. You're right, he hasn't seen a woman in years, but he wasn't kissing my neck....He was whispering in my ear. He said he thinks you're really cute and asked if we kept the Vaseline in the bathroom. Be strong and I love you, too.’
He tied the man to a chair on one side of the room and his wife on the bed. He got on the bed right over the woman, and it appeared he was kissing her neck. Suddenly he got up and left the room.
As soon as possible the husband made his way across the room to his bride, his chair in tow, and whispered, ‘Honey, this guy hasn't seen a woman in years. I saw him kissing on your neck and then he left in a hurry. Just cooperate and do anything he wants. If he wants to have sex with you, just go along with it and pretend you like it. Whatever you do don't fight him or make him mad. Our lives depend on it!. Be strong and I love you.’
After spitting out the gag in her mouth, the half naked wife says: ‘Dear, I'm so relieved you feel that way. You're right, he hasn't seen a woman in years, but he wasn't kissing my neck....He was whispering in my ear. He said he thinks you're really cute and asked if we kept the Vaseline in the bathroom. Be strong and I love you, too.’
Joke
A man 80 years of age married a young lady. A year later he carried her to the hospital, and she had a baby. The nurse said to the man: ‘At your age, how do you do that?’
The man answered: ‘You just have to keep the motor running’.
Another year passes, and the man carries her back to the hospital, another baby. The same nurse said to the man and asked: ‘You are something else, how do you do that?’.
He said: ‘I told you that you just have to keep the motor running’. Another year and back to the hospital for another baby. The same nurse said: ‘You are unbelieveable, how do you do that?!’.
He said: ‘You got to keep the motor running’.
She answered: ‘Well, you better change oil, because this one came out black’.
The man answered: ‘You just have to keep the motor running’.
Another year passes, and the man carries her back to the hospital, another baby. The same nurse said to the man and asked: ‘You are something else, how do you do that?’.
He said: ‘I told you that you just have to keep the motor running’. Another year and back to the hospital for another baby. The same nurse said: ‘You are unbelieveable, how do you do that?!’.
He said: ‘You got to keep the motor running’.
She answered: ‘Well, you better change oil, because this one came out black’.
Joke
A man 80 years of age married a young lady. A year later he carried her to the hospital, and she had a baby. The nurse said to the man: ‘At your age, how do you do that?’
The man answered: ‘You just have to keep the motor running’.
Another year passes, and the man carries her back to the hospital, another baby. The same nurse said to the man and asked: ‘You are something else, how do you do that?’.
He said: ‘I told you that you just have to keep the motor running’. Another year and back to the hospital for another baby. The same nurse said: ‘You are unbelieveable, how do you do that?!’.
He said: ‘You got to keep the motor running’.
She answered: ‘Well, you better change oil, because this one came out black’.
The man answered: ‘You just have to keep the motor running’.
Another year passes, and the man carries her back to the hospital, another baby. The same nurse said to the man and asked: ‘You are something else, how do you do that?’.
He said: ‘I told you that you just have to keep the motor running’. Another year and back to the hospital for another baby. The same nurse said: ‘You are unbelieveable, how do you do that?!’.
He said: ‘You got to keep the motor running’.
She answered: ‘Well, you better change oil, because this one came out black’.
Joke
Little Mary was not the best student in Sunday school. Usually she slept through the class. One day the teacher called on her while she was napping, "Tell me, Mary, who created the universe? " When Mary didn't stir, little Johnny, an altruistic boy seated in the chair behind her, took a pin and jabbed her in the rear. "God Almighty! " shouted Mary. The teacher said, "Very good! " and Mary fell back to sleep. A while later the teacher asked Mary, "Who is our Lord and Savior? ", but Mary didn't even stir from her slumber. Once again, Johnny came to the rescue and stuck her again. "Jesus Christ! " shouted Mary. The teacher said, "Very good! " and Mary fell back to sleep. Then the teacher asked Mary a third question, "What did Eve say to Adam after she had her twenty-third child? " Again, Johnny jabbed her with the pin. This time Mary jumped up and shouted, "If you stick that damn thing in me one more time, I'll break it in half! " The Teacher fainted."
Christmas joke
'Twas the Night After Christmas'Twas the night after Christmas and all through the trailer, the beer had gone flat and the pizza was staler. The tube socks hung empty, no candies or toys and I was camped out on my old Lay-Z-Boy. The kids they weren't talking to me or my wife, the worst Christmas they said they had had in their lives. My wife couldn't argue and neither could I, so I watched TV and my wife, she just cried. When out in the yard the dog started barking, I stood up and looked and I saw Sheriff Larkin. He yelled, "Roy I am sworn to uphold the laws and I got a complaint here from a feller named Claus. " I said, "Claus, I don't know nobody named Claus, and you ain't taking me in without probable cause. " Then the Sheriff he said, "The man was shot at last night. " I said, "That might have been me, just what's he look like. " The Sheriff replied, "Well he's a jolly old feller, with a big beer gut belly, that shakes when he laughs like a bowl full of jelly. He sports a long beard, and a nose like a cherry. " I said, "Sheriff that sounds like my wife's sister Sherri. " "It's no time for jokes Roy " the Sheriff he said. "The man I'm describing in dressed all in red. I'm here for the truth now, it's time to come clean. Tell me what you've done, tell me what you've seen. " Well I started to lie then I thought what the hell, it wouldn't have been the first time that I've spent New Years in jail. I said, "Sheriff it happened last night about ten, and I thought that my wife had been drinking again. " When she walked in from work she was as white as a ghost. I thought maybe she had seen one of them UFO's . But she said that a bunch of deer had just flown over her head, and stopped on the roof of our good neighbor Red. Well I ran outside to look and the sight made me shudder, a freezer full of venison standing right on Red's gutter. Well my hands were a shaking as I grabbed my gun, when outta Red's chimney this feller did run. And slung on his back was this bag over flowing. I thought he stolen Red's stuff while old Red was out bowling'. So I yelled, "Drop fat boy, hands in the air! " But he went about his business like he hadn't a care. So I popped a warning shot over his head. Well he dropped that bag and he jumped in that sled. And as he flew off I heard him extort, "That's assault with intent Roy, I'll see you in court. " The above document was written by Jeff Foxworthy."
have a great weekend only 23 days till xmas
everyone have a great weekend if u in dallas area enjoy the rain weekend
Not loved
Feels like everyday I'm alone. Not because I don't have any friends around me at the time, just because no one understands what I really feel like everyday.
love 2
An Entrapment
My love, I have tried with all my being
to grasp a form comparable to thine own,
but nothing seems worthy;
I know now why Shakespeare could not
compare his love to a summer’s day.
It would be a crime to denounce the beauty
of such a creature as thee,
to simply cast away the precision
God had placed in forging you.
Each facet of your being
whether it physical or spiritual
is an ensnarement
from which there is no release.
But I do not wish release.
I wish to stay entrapped forever.
With you for all eternity.
Our hearts, always as one.
- Anthony Kolos -
My love, I have tried with all my being
to grasp a form comparable to thine own,
but nothing seems worthy;
I know now why Shakespeare could not
compare his love to a summer’s day.
It would be a crime to denounce the beauty
of such a creature as thee,
to simply cast away the precision
God had placed in forging you.
Each facet of your being
whether it physical or spiritual
is an ensnarement
from which there is no release.
But I do not wish release.
I wish to stay entrapped forever.
With you for all eternity.
Our hearts, always as one.
- Anthony Kolos -
love
A Special World
A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.
Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.
And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.
- Sheelagh Lennon -
A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.
Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.
And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.
- Sheelagh Lennon -
good afternoon last day tgif
I think that I shall never see
a billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.
Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
Good morning
✿⊱✿⊱╮✿⊱╮Good Morning, may your day be filled with love..Hugs and Kisses for your day! ✿⊱✿⊱╮✿⊱╮
Thursday, December 1, 2011
good night everyone
good night everyone sleep good have a great night sweet dreams
and good morning too others
att m2af around the world
to all my friends from sea to sea there a a faker on twitter called thundercastnyy
please hlep me block we have all post he made...a todos mis amigos de costa a costa hay aa impostor en Twitter llamado thundercastnyy
por favor me HLEP bloquearlos como hemos policía local mirando a todo el papel que han Evey cargo que ha hecho ...เพื่อให้เพื่อน ๆ ทุกคนจากทะเลไปยังทะเลมี AA ของที่กุขึ้นเกี่ยวกับที่เรียกว่า thundercastnyy
กรุณา hlep ผมป้องกันพวกเขาที่เรามีตำรวจท้องถิ่นมองทุกกระดาษที่เราได้ evey โพสต์เขาได้ทำ ...всем моим друзьям от моря до моря там аа мошенник на щебете называется thundercastnyy
пожалуйста hlep меня блокировать их, как мы уже местная полиция смотрит на все бумаги у нас evey сообщение он сделал ...我所有的朋友，從海到海有AA在twitter上的攤販稱為 thundercastnyy
請 hlep我阻止他們，因為我們所有的紙張，我們有evey後他已在當地警方尋找......à tous mes amis d'une mer à n'y aa faussaire sur twitter appelé thundercastnyy
S'il vous plaît hlep me les blocs que nous avons la police locale regardant tout le papier que nous avons evey poste qu'il a fait ...σε όλους τους φίλους μου από θάλασσα σε θάλασσα εκεί αα faker στο twitter που ονομάζεται thundercastnyy
παρακαλώ hlep μου να τις δεσμεύσουν, όπως έχουμε τοπική αστυνομία εξετάζει όλα τα χαρτιά που έχουμε evey θέση που έχει κάνει ...an alle meine Freunde von Meer zu Meer gibt aa faker auf Twitter genannt thundercastnyy
bitte hlep mich blockieren, wie wir die örtliche Polizei Blick auf das Papier haben wir evey post haben hat er gemacht haben ...すべての私の友人に海からそこに海にTwitterでAA的屋はthundercastnyyと呼ばれる
我々は彼が作った我々はevey掲載しているすべての紙を見て地元の警察を持っているとして私がそれらをブロックするhlepしてください...dla wszystkich moich przyjaciół od morza do morza nie aa fałszerza na twitter nazwie thundercastnyy
proszę hlep mi je zablokować jak już policja patrzy na cały papier mamy Evey postu On uczynił ...AA প্রতারক কিচিরমিচির উপর আমার সব বন্ধু থেকে সমুদ্র সমুদ্র আছে thundercastnyy বলা
আমাকে তাদের আমরা স্থানীয় সব কাগজ আমরা evey আছে পোস্টে তিনি করেছে এ খুঁজছি পুলিশ আছে ব্লক hlep দয়া করে .aan al mijn vrienden van zee tot zee is er aa faker op twitter heet thundercastnyy
gelieve hlep mij block ze als we de lokale politie te kijken naar al het papier hebben we evey post die hij heeft gemaakt ...
please hlep me block we have all post he made...a todos mis amigos de costa a costa hay aa impostor en Twitter llamado thundercastnyy
por favor me HLEP bloquearlos como hemos policía local mirando a todo el papel que han Evey cargo que ha hecho ...เพื่อให้เพื่อน ๆ ทุกคนจากทะเลไปยังทะเลมี AA ของที่กุขึ้นเกี่ยวกับที่เรียกว่า thundercastnyy
กรุณา hlep ผมป้องกันพวกเขาที่เรามีตำรวจท้องถิ่นมองทุกกระดาษที่เราได้ evey โพสต์เขาได้ทำ ...всем моим друзьям от моря до моря там аа мошенник на щебете называется thundercastnyy
пожалуйста hlep меня блокировать их, как мы уже местная полиция смотрит на все бумаги у нас evey сообщение он сделал ...我所有的朋友，從海到海有AA在twitter上的攤販稱為 thundercastnyy
請 hlep我阻止他們，因為我們所有的紙張，我們有evey後他已在當地警方尋找......à tous mes amis d'une mer à n'y aa faussaire sur twitter appelé thundercastnyy
S'il vous plaît hlep me les blocs que nous avons la police locale regardant tout le papier que nous avons evey poste qu'il a fait ...σε όλους τους φίλους μου από θάλασσα σε θάλασσα εκεί αα faker στο twitter που ονομάζεται thundercastnyy
παρακαλώ hlep μου να τις δεσμεύσουν, όπως έχουμε τοπική αστυνομία εξετάζει όλα τα χαρτιά που έχουμε evey θέση που έχει κάνει ...an alle meine Freunde von Meer zu Meer gibt aa faker auf Twitter genannt thundercastnyy
bitte hlep mich blockieren, wie wir die örtliche Polizei Blick auf das Papier haben wir evey post haben hat er gemacht haben ...すべての私の友人に海からそこに海にTwitterでAA的屋はthundercastnyyと呼ばれる
我々は彼が作った我々はevey掲載しているすべての紙を見て地元の警察を持っているとして私がそれらをブロックするhlepしてください...dla wszystkich moich przyjaciół od morza do morza nie aa fałszerza na twitter nazwie thundercastnyy
proszę hlep mi je zablokować jak już policja patrzy na cały papier mamy Evey postu On uczynił ...AA প্রতারক কিচিরমিচির উপর আমার সব বন্ধু থেকে সমুদ্র সমুদ্র আছে thundercastnyy বলা
আমাকে তাদের আমরা স্থানীয় সব কাগজ আমরা evey আছে পোস্টে তিনি করেছে এ খুঁজছি পুলিশ আছে ব্লক hlep দয়া করে .aan al mijn vrienden van zee tot zee is er aa faker op twitter heet thundercastnyy
gelieve hlep mij block ze als we de lokale politie te kijken naar al het papier hebben we evey post die hij heeft gemaakt ...
more nice pic
today he had work done on his .....taking hopefully he still be able to play yesterday was has bday too :) hope hes doing good we need the yankees looking good
what kroger say i had sex with her NO NEVER THAT SICK NOT MY TYPE
wtf kroger say i had sex with that 30+ year old lady wtf i say how in that pic would i have sex with that no way not my type plus too old im almost 24 not in my 50 looking for some like that i think kroger need to look them in the paper and read what sex means plus she say i did it but how in the pic its showing the world and texas that she not working she working off the clock and in a not in kroger blue t-shirt as we have down here and she do your pay roll for the store some need to look at this plus they have something called stsrs i think they take the name for shepton and pisd but how we know the best part its about safty will i have videos and workers at the store running in front of cars wow something not right plus if u look at the device they use at uscan its called using a apple word yes i can back that up too plus i was bakery backup and look i was the only white male and white guy in that dep wow i dont speak spanish but my phone can and text in it ..SO WHAT U SEE IN THAT PIC PLEASE TELL ME I SEE NOTHING LOOKING LIKE SEX BUT SOMEONE SHOULD BE GONE SHE THE PPL IN THE ROLL DID THIS TO ME SHOULD THEY BE GONE ..YES AND JAIL TIME TO AS WE SEE SEX CASE OF THE NEWS I HOPE IN 30 MORE DAYS KROGER CO WILL NOT ADD ONE MORE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT U THINK AND IF U WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL WITH THIS AND HELP ME PLEASE CALL THE STORE 9726123280 ASK FORO BILL LATHAM AND HELP ME IF U SEE A CASE OR WILL TO BACK ME UP AND IN THE COURT ROOM PLEASE EMAIL ME KLTIPPLE@GMAIL AS RIGHT NOW ITS GOING TO COURT ....HERE ALL THE INFO U NEED TO READ AS IM ASKING FOR HELP IF U KNOW GROUPS THAT WHAT TO HELP ME PLEASE LET THEM KNOW SOO THE BE A CHIP IN WITH HELP TO TAKE KROGER TO COURT ...INFO HERE NOW..what kroger did to me
wow i own the bank ($1,343.27) + $330 and paypal $800.00
just bc of kroger as of today i will never be able to pay this off and get it back by 30 days this not good with all going on this so much not cool kroger need to pay and a big way and the ppl that was in this need jail time and pay fees and fines to me as they has mess up my next 5 years to make me have a bad score now all bc of kroger i think we need a book called hell in the work place ........
..More than anything else, I am a parent. This was a blog post I had hoped I would not have to write. It is a long one. I kept my mouth shut and stayed out of this to let those in charge fix things. Even though I gave them a month, they failed my son totally on every level. Sandi and I are furious at what has happened. Enough is enough!
As some of you know, our special needs son, Karl, works for KROGER here in Plano. He has more than six years with the company starting as a bagger working part-time after school years ago. Karl has supervised departments, been the fastest checker in the stores he has worked at while being one of the fastest in the state and for the region, and was the youngest elected Union Steward in the history of KROGER nationwide among numerous other accomplishments all well documented. A year ago when the KROGER across the street closed, Karl, the Assistant Bakery Manager, was forced to transfer to KROGER #581 at 2925 Custer Road, Plano Texas 75093 (972-612-3280).
From day one in that store his working life became a nightmare. Within days he was no longer the Assistant Bakery Manager and was back working as a bagger though he retained his Assistant Bakery Manager pay. It was clear that the store manager Bill Latham had a personal problem with our son and was hoping Karl would quit since he had no grounds to fire him. Karl wasn’t going to throw away a career with KROGER as he plans on working there for life and moving on up with the company. After being harassed and victimized numerous times by the store manager and others, each case fully documented, he made repeated attempts to transfer as with so many years in the company and numerous letters of praise from customers he didn’t want to throw all that away.
Events continued to worsen and came to a major situation on October 18, 2011 when he was suspended without pay and told he would be terminated in a couple of days because of a claim of “sexual harassment.” What was the crime? Documenting by long distance photograph an employee who was once again working off the clock and out of uniform. That was it!
Obviously, that action WAS NOT sexual harassment, it was NOT even harassment. Not only was he cleared the next day of that allegation by the Union it was also blatantly obvious to all that it was nothing. The Union informed store management that the charge was false, that the employee had made a false allegation, and that Karl should be returned to work immediately. Yet, while those involved who lied and deliberately trashed his reputation with false allegations and malicious smears are somehow still working and getting paid, Karl is home on unpaid leave and has no idea when he will finally be allowed to return to work.
While the month off so far has helped him heal a couple of nagging injuries he sustained on the job and work on his business at http://www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy this situation in all likelihood has caused irreparable harm to his long term career with KROGER. Staff from Social Security, because he is disabled and KROGER gets a tax credit for his employment, as well as staff from the Texas Workforce Commission are all now investigating his situation. At this point, those government agencies have also cleared Karl of all charges and allegations of wrongdoing and are investigating his employment status and why he is not back at work since he did nothing wrong. In addition to investigating why he is not back at work, they are also investigating what actions the agencies can take against those involved to hold them accountable at a criminal as well as civil level.
Since there is a record of other disabled individuals being treated improperly in terms of scheduling, pay, work status and other issues, this situation has far greater ramifications to those involved than just Karl. According to Kroger corporate and verified by all involved----Karl still has a job. The store manager, Bill Latham, is just blatantly refusing to allow Karl to return to work. The District Manager is refusing to allow Karl to transfer to another store and hopefully a better working environment.
I guess they think he will go quietly away. That won’t happen. Period.
Sexual harassment is serious and it does happen. However, there are also cases, such as this one, where no such thing ever happened. Those involved with making up lies and harassing my son resulting in yet more emotional stress and pain and suffering as well as additional economic hardship for our family should be punished and punished severely. Not only did those in charge fail to properly investigate the claims before they shoved Karl out the door for the sin of standing up to the store manager and nothing more, now that they ALL know the claims and allegations were false, they should have long ago had Karl back to work. The fact that they have not addressed the situation is inexcusable and unacceptable.
At this point, since no one involved seems to really be doing anything, I suspect an EEOC complaint and hiring an attorney will be next on the agenda. It isn’t something Karl really wants to do and something Sandi and I as his parents, don’t want to do. God knows, we have more than enough to deal with without having to deal with this too.
It was bad enough when the store manager blatantly discriminated against Karl because he was special needs and the man just didn’t like him. This is far worse than what was tolerated before by Karl and us knowing the store manager’s days with Kroger were supposedly numbered. Karl was repeatedly told after every incident dating back a year now to be patient as this store manager was on the way out according to the union, the District Manager, the HR Manager and others. He was repeatedly told to “hang on” or “be patient” and other comments along those lines while those in charge acknowledged there were huge problems in KROGER #581 and assigned various parties to come in and document those issues.
For those who would like to read all the nitty gritty details of what happened that fateful Tuesday a month ago, I have put below the statement that I had to write for Karl on this matter. Not only has the statement been fully verified by the Union (they requested a written statement) it has also been verified in full by Social Security and Texas Workforce. I’m sure other parties will be able to verify it in full as well during additional actions going forward.
I said before that Karl is special needs. He is, as among other issues, he reads and writes on a third grade level. As such I have to write everything for him whether it be this, or his letters to Social Security and the Texas Workforce commission on this matter, or other parties that will be contacted.
At the same time, Karl has mad skills at work and most recognize that. You can’t be worthless and run departments that had sales increases every week you were in charge. You can’t be worthless and have your department get a perfect score from the Health Department. You can’t be worthless and generate letters from customers about how great you are. You can’t be worthless and be the number one checker in your store, in your state or the top five in the region every single week you checked. Even when he wasn’t being used properly at KROGER #581, where the manager never once recognized his abilities or talents, he still did his job day in and day out and was constantly complimented orally and in writing by customers.
He also has the amazing ability to rip apart any electronic or mechanical item without any plans or blueprints and fix it within an hour or two and have it run better than it ever did. He has his own business at http://www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy where he makes a little money most months. He also is the go to guy for security and computer needs among an increasing group of friends and clients.
Karl knows what he is doing and is damn good at his job--no matter what the job is or where it is at. Too bad some at KROGER don’t seem to get that--yet.
Kevin---one very angry dad
Karl’s Statement for October 18, 2011
During the last several weeks, KROGER has become an increasingly hostile working environment due to harassment by store manager Bill Latham, Jessica and Joannie. This is due to my documenting repeated off the clock working by both Jessica and Joannie and repeated dress code violations. As a result they retaliated against me and harassed me during working hours and lied to Bill Latham about my job performance and actions. They also circulated a petition during the hours they worked while I was on vacation claiming various infractions on my part and intimidated several of my fellow employees to sign their paperwork. Numerous staff members informed me of this issue while I was on vacation. I was also informed this was happening by at least ten different customers when I came back from vacation with several of them stating they would call corporate and complain. I saw the paperwork myself on more than one occasion as well as the five signatures it contained.
Harassment by Bill Latham significantly escalated when I returned to work October 11, 2011 when I was informed I could no longer do go backs, get carts, or do any activity other than to stand directly at the end of the conveyor belt to bag for customers. I was informed I could not do any carry out. Of course, this had a direct negative impact on customer satisfaction due to my inability to service customer needs properly as well as being constantly short handed due to poor scheduling and failure to use staff correctly.
It should be noted that Bill Latham claimed to have no knowledge of the Joannie/Jessica petition despite my, as well as several other people, bringing it to his attention. He also took no action to address it with the individuals involved as he should have. I kept the Union updated daily as to what was happening on this and how he was failing to address the fact while Joannie and Jessica continued to waste working time while circulating the store desperately trying to find somebody else who would sign their garbage. Instead, he watched me like a hawk in person as well as by camera.
And yet, on more than one occasion, the most egregious being while he stood next to me bagging, he missed a shoplifter who stole quite a number of items from the drug/gm area and walked right by him. Even when informed, Bill Latham failed to follow the customer outside the store and get his license plate as he had expected me to do previous times or take any action at all.
Things further escalated on Saturday October 15th when Bill Latham screamed at me multiple times on the sales floor, informed me that I could only be in the break room during breaks, that I could not use my cell phone while on break, and finally loudly demanded to talk to me while I was checking out thirty minutes after my shift. My disabled father witnessed this as did numerous employees, customers, and the security cameras. When I told him I was off the clock he loudly threatened to talk to me on Monday when I returned to work.
Monday, October 17, as promised brought another lecture and yet more harassment. When the store was finally out of carts, he sent out at 12 noon to get them. In front of Trevor and Mary he told me, among other things, that I was to stay out there “until the lot was cleared.” Since it is only possible to have the lot cleared when the store is closed, that resulted in my having to be out there until 3 when shift ended. While I was fine with being outside since it was only 90, unlike other days during the summer months when I was told to stay outside all day while temps topped out at 100 and greater, it remains my understanding that longer than thirty minutes is a clear and obvious violation of KROGER policies and procedures regarding employee safety. I reported this incident as well as the other things that happened that day to the Union further documenting the hostile working environment in that store.
Tuesday morning it was clear something was up as KROGER security, HR, and other personnel started arriving to the store. Around 11 am after not being allowed to do most of what I should have been doing for yet another day, Bill Latham came to me and said he had somebody he wanted me to talk to. I went to his office and was ambushed by a number of people including a, Charlie Tyner, who had no business cards, claiming to be KROGER security, some other guy who did not identify himself, Latham, and Jessica, with the HR guy sitting across the hall with the door open. Charlie Tyner said Jessica was representing the Union since she was a Union member.
He made no mention at this point that I was being written up or that he was taking any action. All he said was that he wanted to talk to me and get some information. Clearly he lied.
I was informed that Joannie had filed a sexual harassment complaint for my taking pictures of her on numerous dates to document that she was working off the clock and/or out of uniform. Supposedly this was “harassment” though as employees we have no expectation of privacy on company property and time. I was told this was an issue. I made it clear it happened because of her actions, and because Bill Latham had denied it was happening not only to me but to Bill Breetze and others, and that I had been doing such activities for nearly my entire history with KROGER. In the past I was repeatedly thanked by Bill Breetze and/or corporate for such activities and never once had anyone claimed it was “harassment” or any violation of any KROGER policy or procedure.
Instead of focusing on the fact that the store has over $2100 missing from just the week I was on vacation not to mention the other cash shortages before and since, Charlie Tyner seemed far more interested in finding out how I was taking pictures, what I was doing with the pictures, what my private business was, whether I was recording meetings and write-ups, how I was doing things, etc. In between referring to previous write-ups (all of which were found to be unfounded and supposed to have been removed from my file), he questioned me as to why I was documenting the fact that Bill Latham repeatedly lied about anything and everything in that store. Since there has been a pattern of Bill Latham and Shawn C. as well as Joannie/Jessica making up lies about me and trying to create drama to get me fired, I have been fully documenting things so that Bill Breetze and others are aware of the situation long before these matters wind up in the media and in court.
We then moved after about an hour of fruitless discussion where Mr. Tyner claimed he didn’t know anything about missing money despite the fact corporate had called more than once and an audit is currently again underway, or what others did with their cellphones on the clock, etc. to write me up. I again requested union representation and was told that Jessica was my representative. That was not only clearly wrong, it showed how slanted the process was because I took action against her in store 423 for various violations involving dress code, job performance, attitude, circulating petitions against staff, documented lying about staff members, lies to customers, etc. that resulted in clear and convincing evidence against her. Her case was so bad she was disciplined several times and eventually demoted and transferred to one store after another committing the same infractions before finally ending up here. I noted this and my objections were over ruled and ignored.
Mr. Tyner, as well as his unidentified associate that acted like his boss, repeatedly pressured me to resign effective immediately. If I would just quit today, “it would all go away” and I could have my vacation pay and “a little bit more.” I made it clear to one and all that not only was I not signing their paperwork, I was not quitting at all. No matter how many times, and it was at least a dozen that they asked me to quit, I told them each and every time that was not happening. I was not and would not quit my job. They could either fire me now and I would start the lawsuit process or they could wait a couple of days and then fire me and I would file my lawsuit with or without the help of the Union.
Eventually, around 12:15 I was told I was suspended without pay, most likely to be terminated as soon as his “investigation” was complete, and that while I could come in the store as a customer, I could not talk about my situation with any employee as for now I was still a member of KROGER. Mr. Tyner repeatedly urged me to quit today and make it all easy on everyone. He also repeatedly said that if I was allowed back I would not be allowed to take pictures or make any recordings. His focus seemed solely in preventing me from documenting violations of company policies and procedures and not in addressing the fact that it was because of those issues, which Bill Latham has repeatedly lied to me and others about, that I had to prove I was not lying by documenting the various situations.
Considering the long history of problems I have endured since I transferred to #581 last November, the number of grievances I have had to file regarding working conditions, the number of written statements such as this one, the verbal abuse by Bill Latham including calling me on more than once occasion “a fucking retarded idiot,” scheduling issues, missing pay, etc. it is clear it simply is not possible for me to work in that store anymore. As I noted in my statement of June 25, 2011, because Bill Latham harasses me on various issues, while ignoring the same things with other folks, constantly does nothing about cash office shortages that always happen when Shawn C. is to be off the next day, allowed Joannie to be out of uniform and work of the clock, allowed the same with Jessica, etc. I have had to document everything the last several months in order to protect myself and my job with KROGER.
Bill Latham, Carol Swindel and Bill Breetze are all fully aware that Bill Latham has practiced discrimination and persecution against me for whatever reason and continually created a hostile working environment for me and several other staff members. I have repeatedly asked to be transferred to another store because of his actions and the atmosphere he has created. Those requests have been denied.
Every time he tried to create a situation and write me up or caused an issue, it has been dismissed and he has been warned to stop his misbehavior. I have been repeatedly told by various upper level KROGER officials that Bill Latham will be retiring in November and just to be patient and wait for him to go away so that a major change in staffing will occur and things will get better. After every incident he orchestrates, Bill Latham soon disappears for about a week on “vacation” and returns a bit better than he was before he left. Soon however, he slides backwards and things are again serious.
Because #581 continues to be a hostile working environment and the Store Manager William "Bill" Latham has created yet another unnecessary situation that has no merit and has yet again violated not only KROGER policies and procedures, but basic human dignity and respect, I once again request an immediate transfer to another store. Unless Bill Latham is finally going to be removed for his documented issues that I and others have long raised, it seems clear that I need to transfer to another store where I can resume my progress on my career path to meet my long term career goals with KROGER.
It also seems to me that others involved in this matter that resulted in my wrongful suspension without pay in preparation to be terminated once the “investigation” was complete, should also suffer significant disciplinary action.
It is my hope that with or without the assistance of the Union, this situation can be fully resolved to my satisfaction in order to avoid a very public litigation against KROGER as well as against each and every individual involved.
Sincerely,
Karl Lawrence Tipple
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People love to hate it, but the Call of Duty franchise is successful for a reason. No other first-person shooter has the same flair for visual spectacle in its singleplayer campaign, and few can match its utterly addictive multiplayer. While Call of Duty games have become formulaic at this point, as evidenced by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's muddled narrative and at times frustrating design, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have refined and polished the Modern Warfare experience to produce the best of the series with the third installment.
Modern Warfare 3 comes to us by way of an older engine, but still looks great. Sure, it's not among the very best out there nowadays, but it performs well. At any given time the screen appears ready to burst with effects and visual madness. Entire battles are waged before you; buildings burn and crumble while a steady flow of explosions batter your senses. This is Call of Duty, and Modern Warfare 3 collects these moments of boom in abundance, presenting them in all their 60 frames-per-second glory.
Modern Warfare 3's singleplayer campaign hits many of the same highs and lows as its predecessors. Amazing setpieces serve as backdrops for giant firefights yet again. This is no understatement. Few games retain the crazy roller coaster pace that this does level after level, with brief moments to breathe set between the next eruption of gunplay. The shooting feels extremely responsive and well-tuned, and the battlegrounds challenge your awareness at all times. You're always given different situations that mix-up the gameplay just enough to keep things interesting. The game presents a formidable challenge, as always, on the Hardened and Veteran settings – something that the more hardcore players will want to delve into.
Still, Modern Warfare 3's campaign suffers from a run of the mill story and the patented Call of Duty monster closet syndrome, a common shooter ailment that occurs when infinitely spawning enemies pour from around corners, doors and stairs without end. At several points enemies even appear to completely disregard their own safety if it means they can run past your allies and just shoot you in the face. The story is difficult to follow as usual, and while it does wrap up the arc begun by the previous Modern Warfare games, it isn't ultimately all that interesting or satisfying. Moments of emotional weight fell flat as I found it difficult to muster up feelings of sadness about the death of one named soldier after witnessing the countless deaths of hundreds of other Americans.
If singleplayer is good, then Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer is fantastic. Like the other Call of Duty games before it, this entry pulls you in with its persistent leveling system and frantic combat. All of the sixteen new maps are fun to play and, with a whole new slew of challenges to complete, rewards constantly pop up and keep you hooked with the next little endorphin rush. No matter whether I play for five minutes or five hours, multiplayer in Modern Warfare 3 always makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something.
Some of the rewards you're constantly unlocking are killstreaks and perks—series stand-bys—which are a few great examples of how Modern Warfare 3 refines the series. You still unlock weapons by leveling up, but weapons also have levels as well. Leveling up a gun adds Weapon Proficiencies, which are essentially perks for your weapon. These proficiencies take things like the hip fire accuracy perk from the previous games and add it to your weapon unlocks, giving you the ability to focus on other perks when customizing your class. Killstreaks have also been reworked into Strike Packages to bring a better sense of balance and reward to all types of players. You still unlock abilities in Strike Packages by getting kills, but now you can specialize your killstreak rewards so they suit your playstyle. If you're not the type who goes on huge streaks and you're not always watching your kill/death ratio, you can take a Support Strike Package. This package doesn't have rewards that are as offensively-focused as the Assault package, but all kills carry over between spawns. This gives less-skilled players a way to contribute to the fight, and will hopefully give clans and groups ways to better specialize their players into a cohesive team unit. It's a great new feature, and showcases how Call of Duty offers one of the most varied multiplayer shooter experiences around.
The controls feel as good as ever, and that same sense of exhilaration and speed that comes from a great round of multiplayer still exists. Like past Call of Duty games, occasional moments where one team totally dominates the other due to Assault Strike Package rewards still happen, but overall this remains a slight annoyance when weighed against the rest of the multiplayer package. some games like this or ok but this need a big help in online play as it doent have what it got on cod4 which was great the last two have been ok but not long time fun for online this game gets 4 out of 5 a buy yes but u will get try of it fast..
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Mom
สถานะของฉันแด็ด Kevin Tipple: สองวันเพิ่มเติมของการทดสอบและการผ่าตัดเพื่อให้ได้ตัวอย่างเนื้อเยื่อมีใส่เธอผ่านค่อนข้างมาก เธอคือทำตลอดจนสามารถคาดหวัง และ appreciates มากต่อมและสนับสนุนจากถ้วน
ฉันเหนื่อย ฉันจะเขียนสตริขึ้นเมื่อฉันสามารถงที่มากกว่าสองคำเข้าด้วยกัน
เควิน
ฉันเหนื่อย ฉันจะเขียนสตริขึ้นเมื่อฉันสามารถงที่มากกว่าสองคำเข้าด้วยกัน
เควิน
Mom
Estado de mi padre Kevin Tipple: dos días de pruebas y la cirugía para obtener muestras de tejido le han puesto a través de mucho. Ella está haciendo, así como puede esperarse y aprecia mucho las oraciones y el apoyo de todos y cada uno.
Estoy agotado. Escribiré más cuando puedo cadena más que un par de palabras juntos.
Kevin
Estoy agotado. Escribiré más cuando puedo cadena más que un par de palabras juntos.
Kevin
Mom
Мой папа Кевин напиток статус: еще два дня тестов и хирургии для получения образцов тканей поставили ее через довольно много. Она делает, а также можно ожидать и ценит очень много молитв и поддержки со стороны всех и каждого.
Я исчерпал. Я буду писать более когда я можно строку больше, чем пару слов вместе.
Кевин
Я исчерпал. Я буду писать более когда я можно строку больше, чем пару слов вместе.
Кевин
Mom
Le statut de mon père Kevin Tipple : deux jours de plus de tests et de chirurgie pour obtenir des échantillons de tissus lui ont mis par le biais de beaucoup. Elle fait ainsi qu'on peut s'attendre et apprécie beaucoup les prières et le soutien de tous.
Je suis épuisé. Je vais écrire plus quand je peux string plus que quelques mots ensemble.
Kevin
Je suis épuisé. Je vais écrire plus quand je peux string plus que quelques mots ensemble.
Kevin
my mom
My dad Kevin Tipple's status:
Two more days of tests and surgery to get tissue samples have put her through quite a lot. She is doing as well as can be expected and appreciates very much the prayers and support from one and all.
I am exhausted. I will write more when I can string more than a couple of words together.
Kevin
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
what kroger did to me
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just bc of kroger as of today i will never be able to pay this off and get it back by 30 days this not good with all going on this so much not cool kroger need to pay and a big way and the ppl that was in this need jail time and pay fees and fines to me as they has mess up my next 5 years to make me have a bad score now all bc of kroger i think we need a book called hell in the work place ........
..More than anything else, I am a parent. This was a blog post I had hoped I would not have to write. It is a long one. I kept my mouth shut and stayed out of this to let those in charge fix things. Even though I gave them a month, they failed my son totally on every level. Sandi and I are furious at what has happened. Enough is enough!
As some of you know, our special needs son, Karl, works for KROGER here in Plano. He has more than six years with the company starting as a bagger working part-time after school years ago. Karl has supervised departments, been the fastest checker in the stores he has worked at while being one of the fastest in the state and for the region, and was the youngest elected Union Steward in the history of KROGER nationwide among numerous other accomplishments all well documented. A year ago when the KROGER across the street closed, Karl, the Assistant Bakery Manager, was forced to transfer to KROGER #581 at 2925 Custer Road, Plano Texas 75093 (972-612-3280).
From day one in that store his working life became a nightmare. Within days he was no longer the Assistant Bakery Manager and was back working as a bagger though he retained his Assistant Bakery Manager pay. It was clear that the store manager Bill Latham had a personal problem with our son and was hoping Karl would quit since he had no grounds to fire him. Karl wasn’t going to throw away a career with KROGER as he plans on working there for life and moving on up with the company. After being harassed and victimized numerous times by the store manager and others, each case fully documented, he made repeated attempts to transfer as with so many years in the company and numerous letters of praise from customers he didn’t want to throw all that away.
Events continued to worsen and came to a major situation on October 18, 2011 when he was suspended without pay and told he would be terminated in a couple of days because of a claim of “sexual harassment.” What was the crime? Documenting by long distance photograph an employee who was once again working off the clock and out of uniform. That was it!
Obviously, that action WAS NOT sexual harassment, it was NOT even harassment. Not only was he cleared the next day of that allegation by the Union it was also blatantly obvious to all that it was nothing. The Union informed store management that the charge was false, that the employee had made a false allegation, and that Karl should be returned to work immediately. Yet, while those involved who lied and deliberately trashed his reputation with false allegations and malicious smears are somehow still working and getting paid, Karl is home on unpaid leave and has no idea when he will finally be allowed to return to work.
While the month off so far has helped him heal a couple of nagging injuries he sustained on the job and work on his business at http://www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy this situation in all likelihood has caused irreparable harm to his long term career with KROGER. Staff from Social Security, because he is disabled and KROGER gets a tax credit for his employment, as well as staff from the Texas Workforce Commission are all now investigating his situation. At this point, those government agencies have also cleared Karl of all charges and allegations of wrongdoing and are investigating his employment status and why he is not back at work since he did nothing wrong. In addition to investigating why he is not back at work, they are also investigating what actions the agencies can take against those involved to hold them accountable at a criminal as well as civil level.
Since there is a record of other disabled individuals being treated improperly in terms of scheduling, pay, work status and other issues, this situation has far greater ramifications to those involved than just Karl. According to Kroger corporate and verified by all involved----Karl still has a job. The store manager, Bill Latham, is just blatantly refusing to allow Karl to return to work. The District Manager is refusing to allow Karl to transfer to another store and hopefully a better working environment.
I guess they think he will go quietly away. That won’t happen. Period.
Sexual harassment is serious and it does happen. However, there are also cases, such as this one, where no such thing ever happened. Those involved with making up lies and harassing my son resulting in yet more emotional stress and pain and suffering as well as additional economic hardship for our family should be punished and punished severely. Not only did those in charge fail to properly investigate the claims before they shoved Karl out the door for the sin of standing up to the store manager and nothing more, now that they ALL know the claims and allegations were false, they should have long ago had Karl back to work. The fact that they have not addressed the situation is inexcusable and unacceptable.
At this point, since no one involved seems to really be doing anything, I suspect an EEOC complaint and hiring an attorney will be next on the agenda. It isn’t something Karl really wants to do and something Sandi and I as his parents, don’t want to do. God knows, we have more than enough to deal with without having to deal with this too.
It was bad enough when the store manager blatantly discriminated against Karl because he was special needs and the man just didn’t like him. This is far worse than what was tolerated before by Karl and us knowing the store manager’s days with Kroger were supposedly numbered. Karl was repeatedly told after every incident dating back a year now to be patient as this store manager was on the way out according to the union, the District Manager, the HR Manager and others. He was repeatedly told to “hang on” or “be patient” and other comments along those lines while those in charge acknowledged there were huge problems in KROGER #581 and assigned various parties to come in and document those issues.
For those who would like to read all the nitty gritty details of what happened that fateful Tuesday a month ago, I have put below the statement that I had to write for Karl on this matter. Not only has the statement been fully verified by the Union (they requested a written statement) it has also been verified in full by Social Security and Texas Workforce. I’m sure other parties will be able to verify it in full as well during additional actions going forward.
I said before that Karl is special needs. He is, as among other issues, he reads and writes on a third grade level. As such I have to write everything for him whether it be this, or his letters to Social Security and the Texas Workforce commission on this matter, or other parties that will be contacted.
At the same time, Karl has mad skills at work and most recognize that. You can’t be worthless and run departments that had sales increases every week you were in charge. You can’t be worthless and have your department get a perfect score from the Health Department. You can’t be worthless and generate letters from customers about how great you are. You can’t be worthless and be the number one checker in your store, in your state or the top five in the region every single week you checked. Even when he wasn’t being used properly at KROGER #581, where the manager never once recognized his abilities or talents, he still did his job day in and day out and was constantly complimented orally and in writing by customers.
He also has the amazing ability to rip apart any electronic or mechanical item without any plans or blueprints and fix it within an hour or two and have it run better than it ever did. He has his own business at http://www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy where he makes a little money most months. He also is the go to guy for security and computer needs among an increasing group of friends and clients.
Karl knows what he is doing and is damn good at his job--no matter what the job is or where it is at. Too bad some at KROGER don’t seem to get that--yet.
Kevin---one very angry dad
Karl’s Statement for October 18, 2011
During the last several weeks, KROGER has become an increasingly hostile working environment due to harassment by store manager Bill Latham, Jessica and Joannie. This is due to my documenting repeated off the clock working by both Jessica and Joannie and repeated dress code violations. As a result they retaliated against me and harassed me during working hours and lied to Bill Latham about my job performance and actions. They also circulated a petition during the hours they worked while I was on vacation claiming various infractions on my part and intimidated several of my fellow employees to sign their paperwork. Numerous staff members informed me of this issue while I was on vacation. I was also informed this was happening by at least ten different customers when I came back from vacation with several of them stating they would call corporate and complain. I saw the paperwork myself on more than one occasion as well as the five signatures it contained.
Harassment by Bill Latham significantly escalated when I returned to work October 11, 2011 when I was informed I could no longer do go backs, get carts, or do any activity other than to stand directly at the end of the conveyor belt to bag for customers. I was informed I could not do any carry out. Of course, this had a direct negative impact on customer satisfaction due to my inability to service customer needs properly as well as being constantly short handed due to poor scheduling and failure to use staff correctly.
It should be noted that Bill Latham claimed to have no knowledge of the Joannie/Jessica petition despite my, as well as several other people, bringing it to his attention. He also took no action to address it with the individuals involved as he should have. I kept the Union updated daily as to what was happening on this and how he was failing to address the fact while Joannie and Jessica continued to waste working time while circulating the store desperately trying to find somebody else who would sign their garbage. Instead, he watched me like a hawk in person as well as by camera.
And yet, on more than one occasion, the most egregious being while he stood next to me bagging, he missed a shoplifter who stole quite a number of items from the drug/gm area and walked right by him. Even when informed, Bill Latham failed to follow the customer outside the store and get his license plate as he had expected me to do previous times or take any action at all.
Things further escalated on Saturday October 15th when Bill Latham screamed at me multiple times on the sales floor, informed me that I could only be in the break room during breaks, that I could not use my cell phone while on break, and finally loudly demanded to talk to me while I was checking out thirty minutes after my shift. My disabled father witnessed this as did numerous employees, customers, and the security cameras. When I told him I was off the clock he loudly threatened to talk to me on Monday when I returned to work.
Monday, October 17, as promised brought another lecture and yet more harassment. When the store was finally out of carts, he sent out at 12 noon to get them. In front of Trevor and Mary he told me, among other things, that I was to stay out there “until the lot was cleared.” Since it is only possible to have the lot cleared when the store is closed, that resulted in my having to be out there until 3 when shift ended. While I was fine with being outside since it was only 90, unlike other days during the summer months when I was told to stay outside all day while temps topped out at 100 and greater, it remains my understanding that longer than thirty minutes is a clear and obvious violation of KROGER policies and procedures regarding employee safety. I reported this incident as well as the other things that happened that day to the Union further documenting the hostile working environment in that store.
Tuesday morning it was clear something was up as KROGER security, HR, and other personnel started arriving to the store. Around 11 am after not being allowed to do most of what I should have been doing for yet another day, Bill Latham came to me and said he had somebody he wanted me to talk to. I went to his office and was ambushed by a number of people including a, Charlie Tyner, who had no business cards, claiming to be KROGER security, some other guy who did not identify himself, Latham, and Jessica, with the HR guy sitting across the hall with the door open. Charlie Tyner said Jessica was representing the Union since she was a Union member.
He made no mention at this point that I was being written up or that he was taking any action. All he said was that he wanted to talk to me and get some information. Clearly he lied.
I was informed that Joannie had filed a sexual harassment complaint for my taking pictures of her on numerous dates to document that she was working off the clock and/or out of uniform. Supposedly this was “harassment” though as employees we have no expectation of privacy on company property and time. I was told this was an issue. I made it clear it happened because of her actions, and because Bill Latham had denied it was happening not only to me but to Bill Breetze and others, and that I had been doing such activities for nearly my entire history with KROGER. In the past I was repeatedly thanked by Bill Breetze and/or corporate for such activities and never once had anyone claimed it was “harassment” or any violation of any KROGER policy or procedure.
Instead of focusing on the fact that the store has over $2100 missing from just the week I was on vacation not to mention the other cash shortages before and since, Charlie Tyner seemed far more interested in finding out how I was taking pictures, what I was doing with the pictures, what my private business was, whether I was recording meetings and write-ups, how I was doing things, etc. In between referring to previous write-ups (all of which were found to be unfounded and supposed to have been removed from my file), he questioned me as to why I was documenting the fact that Bill Latham repeatedly lied about anything and everything in that store. Since there has been a pattern of Bill Latham and Shawn C. as well as Joannie/Jessica making up lies about me and trying to create drama to get me fired, I have been fully documenting things so that Bill Breetze and others are aware of the situation long before these matters wind up in the media and in court.
We then moved after about an hour of fruitless discussion where Mr. Tyner claimed he didn’t know anything about missing money despite the fact corporate had called more than once and an audit is currently again underway, or what others did with their cellphones on the clock, etc. to write me up. I again requested union representation and was told that Jessica was my representative. That was not only clearly wrong, it showed how slanted the process was because I took action against her in store 423 for various violations involving dress code, job performance, attitude, circulating petitions against staff, documented lying about staff members, lies to customers, etc. that resulted in clear and convincing evidence against her. Her case was so bad she was disciplined several times and eventually demoted and transferred to one store after another committing the same infractions before finally ending up here. I noted this and my objections were over ruled and ignored.
Mr. Tyner, as well as his unidentified associate that acted like his boss, repeatedly pressured me to resign effective immediately. If I would just quit today, “it would all go away” and I could have my vacation pay and “a little bit more.” I made it clear to one and all that not only was I not signing their paperwork, I was not quitting at all. No matter how many times, and it was at least a dozen that they asked me to quit, I told them each and every time that was not happening. I was not and would not quit my job. They could either fire me now and I would start the lawsuit process or they could wait a couple of days and then fire me and I would file my lawsuit with or without the help of the Union.
Eventually, around 12:15 I was told I was suspended without pay, most likely to be terminated as soon as his “investigation” was complete, and that while I could come in the store as a customer, I could not talk about my situation with any employee as for now I was still a member of KROGER. Mr. Tyner repeatedly urged me to quit today and make it all easy on everyone. He also repeatedly said that if I was allowed back I would not be allowed to take pictures or make any recordings. His focus seemed solely in preventing me from documenting violations of company policies and procedures and not in addressing the fact that it was because of those issues, which Bill Latham has repeatedly lied to me and others about, that I had to prove I was not lying by documenting the various situations.
Considering the long history of problems I have endured since I transferred to #581 last November, the number of grievances I have had to file regarding working conditions, the number of written statements such as this one, the verbal abuse by Bill Latham including calling me on more than once occasion “a fucking retarded idiot,” scheduling issues, missing pay, etc. it is clear it simply is not possible for me to work in that store anymore. As I noted in my statement of June 25, 2011, because Bill Latham harasses me on various issues, while ignoring the same things with other folks, constantly does nothing about cash office shortages that always happen when Shawn C. is to be off the next day, allowed Joannie to be out of uniform and work of the clock, allowed the same with Jessica, etc. I have had to document everything the last several months in order to protect myself and my job with KROGER.
Bill Latham, Carol Swindel and Bill Breetze are all fully aware that Bill Latham has practiced discrimination and persecution against me for whatever reason and continually created a hostile working environment for me and several other staff members. I have repeatedly asked to be transferred to another store because of his actions and the atmosphere he has created. Those requests have been denied.
Every time he tried to create a situation and write me up or caused an issue, it has been dismissed and he has been warned to stop his misbehavior. I have been repeatedly told by various upper level KROGER officials that Bill Latham will be retiring in November and just to be patient and wait for him to go away so that a major change in staffing will occur and things will get better. After every incident he orchestrates, Bill Latham soon disappears for about a week on “vacation” and returns a bit better than he was before he left. Soon however, he slides backwards and things are again serious.
Because #581 continues to be a hostile working environment and the Store Manager William "Bill" Latham has created yet another unnecessary situation that has no merit and has yet again violated not only KROGER policies and procedures, but basic human dignity and respect, I once again request an immediate transfer to another store. Unless Bill Latham is finally going to be removed for his documented issues that I and others have long raised, it seems clear that I need to transfer to another store where I can resume my progress on my career path to meet my long term career goals with KROGER.
It also seems to me that others involved in this matter that resulted in my wrongful suspension without pay in preparation to be terminated once the “investigation” was complete, should also suffer significant disciplinary action.
It is my hope that with or without the assistance of the Union, this situation can be fully resolved to my satisfaction in order to avoid a very public litigation against KROGER as well as against each and every individual involved.
Sincerely,
Karl Lawrence Tipple
just bc of kroger as of today i will never be able to pay this off and get it back by 30 days this not good with all going on this so much not cool kroger need to pay and a big way and the ppl that was in this need jail time and pay fees and fines to me as they has mess up my next 5 years to make me have a bad score now all bc of kroger i think we need a book called hell in the work place ........
..More than anything else, I am a parent. This was a blog post I had hoped I would not have to write. It is a long one. I kept my mouth shut and stayed out of this to let those in charge fix things. Even though I gave them a month, they failed my son totally on every level. Sandi and I are furious at what has happened. Enough is enough!
As some of you know, our special needs son, Karl, works for KROGER here in Plano. He has more than six years with the company starting as a bagger working part-time after school years ago. Karl has supervised departments, been the fastest checker in the stores he has worked at while being one of the fastest in the state and for the region, and was the youngest elected Union Steward in the history of KROGER nationwide among numerous other accomplishments all well documented. A year ago when the KROGER across the street closed, Karl, the Assistant Bakery Manager, was forced to transfer to KROGER #581 at 2925 Custer Road, Plano Texas 75093 (972-612-3280).
From day one in that store his working life became a nightmare. Within days he was no longer the Assistant Bakery Manager and was back working as a bagger though he retained his Assistant Bakery Manager pay. It was clear that the store manager Bill Latham had a personal problem with our son and was hoping Karl would quit since he had no grounds to fire him. Karl wasn’t going to throw away a career with KROGER as he plans on working there for life and moving on up with the company. After being harassed and victimized numerous times by the store manager and others, each case fully documented, he made repeated attempts to transfer as with so many years in the company and numerous letters of praise from customers he didn’t want to throw all that away.
Events continued to worsen and came to a major situation on October 18, 2011 when he was suspended without pay and told he would be terminated in a couple of days because of a claim of “sexual harassment.” What was the crime? Documenting by long distance photograph an employee who was once again working off the clock and out of uniform. That was it!
Obviously, that action WAS NOT sexual harassment, it was NOT even harassment. Not only was he cleared the next day of that allegation by the Union it was also blatantly obvious to all that it was nothing. The Union informed store management that the charge was false, that the employee had made a false allegation, and that Karl should be returned to work immediately. Yet, while those involved who lied and deliberately trashed his reputation with false allegations and malicious smears are somehow still working and getting paid, Karl is home on unpaid leave and has no idea when he will finally be allowed to return to work.
While the month off so far has helped him heal a couple of nagging injuries he sustained on the job and work on his business at http://www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy this situation in all likelihood has caused irreparable harm to his long term career with KROGER. Staff from Social Security, because he is disabled and KROGER gets a tax credit for his employment, as well as staff from the Texas Workforce Commission are all now investigating his situation. At this point, those government agencies have also cleared Karl of all charges and allegations of wrongdoing and are investigating his employment status and why he is not back at work since he did nothing wrong. In addition to investigating why he is not back at work, they are also investigating what actions the agencies can take against those involved to hold them accountable at a criminal as well as civil level.
Since there is a record of other disabled individuals being treated improperly in terms of scheduling, pay, work status and other issues, this situation has far greater ramifications to those involved than just Karl. According to Kroger corporate and verified by all involved----Karl still has a job. The store manager, Bill Latham, is just blatantly refusing to allow Karl to return to work. The District Manager is refusing to allow Karl to transfer to another store and hopefully a better working environment.
I guess they think he will go quietly away. That won’t happen. Period.
Sexual harassment is serious and it does happen. However, there are also cases, such as this one, where no such thing ever happened. Those involved with making up lies and harassing my son resulting in yet more emotional stress and pain and suffering as well as additional economic hardship for our family should be punished and punished severely. Not only did those in charge fail to properly investigate the claims before they shoved Karl out the door for the sin of standing up to the store manager and nothing more, now that they ALL know the claims and allegations were false, they should have long ago had Karl back to work. The fact that they have not addressed the situation is inexcusable and unacceptable.
At this point, since no one involved seems to really be doing anything, I suspect an EEOC complaint and hiring an attorney will be next on the agenda. It isn’t something Karl really wants to do and something Sandi and I as his parents, don’t want to do. God knows, we have more than enough to deal with without having to deal with this too.
It was bad enough when the store manager blatantly discriminated against Karl because he was special needs and the man just didn’t like him. This is far worse than what was tolerated before by Karl and us knowing the store manager’s days with Kroger were supposedly numbered. Karl was repeatedly told after every incident dating back a year now to be patient as this store manager was on the way out according to the union, the District Manager, the HR Manager and others. He was repeatedly told to “hang on” or “be patient” and other comments along those lines while those in charge acknowledged there were huge problems in KROGER #581 and assigned various parties to come in and document those issues.
For those who would like to read all the nitty gritty details of what happened that fateful Tuesday a month ago, I have put below the statement that I had to write for Karl on this matter. Not only has the statement been fully verified by the Union (they requested a written statement) it has also been verified in full by Social Security and Texas Workforce. I’m sure other parties will be able to verify it in full as well during additional actions going forward.
I said before that Karl is special needs. He is, as among other issues, he reads and writes on a third grade level. As such I have to write everything for him whether it be this, or his letters to Social Security and the Texas Workforce commission on this matter, or other parties that will be contacted.
At the same time, Karl has mad skills at work and most recognize that. You can’t be worthless and run departments that had sales increases every week you were in charge. You can’t be worthless and have your department get a perfect score from the Health Department. You can’t be worthless and generate letters from customers about how great you are. You can’t be worthless and be the number one checker in your store, in your state or the top five in the region every single week you checked. Even when he wasn’t being used properly at KROGER #581, where the manager never once recognized his abilities or talents, he still did his job day in and day out and was constantly complimented orally and in writing by customers.
He also has the amazing ability to rip apart any electronic or mechanical item without any plans or blueprints and fix it within an hour or two and have it run better than it ever did. He has his own business at http://www.amazon.com/shops/thundercatsnyy where he makes a little money most months. He also is the go to guy for security and computer needs among an increasing group of friends and clients.
Karl knows what he is doing and is damn good at his job--no matter what the job is or where it is at. Too bad some at KROGER don’t seem to get that--yet.
Kevin---one very angry dad
Karl’s Statement for October 18, 2011
During the last several weeks, KROGER has become an increasingly hostile working environment due to harassment by store manager Bill Latham, Jessica and Joannie. This is due to my documenting repeated off the clock working by both Jessica and Joannie and repeated dress code violations. As a result they retaliated against me and harassed me during working hours and lied to Bill Latham about my job performance and actions. They also circulated a petition during the hours they worked while I was on vacation claiming various infractions on my part and intimidated several of my fellow employees to sign their paperwork. Numerous staff members informed me of this issue while I was on vacation. I was also informed this was happening by at least ten different customers when I came back from vacation with several of them stating they would call corporate and complain. I saw the paperwork myself on more than one occasion as well as the five signatures it contained.
Harassment by Bill Latham significantly escalated when I returned to work October 11, 2011 when I was informed I could no longer do go backs, get carts, or do any activity other than to stand directly at the end of the conveyor belt to bag for customers. I was informed I could not do any carry out. Of course, this had a direct negative impact on customer satisfaction due to my inability to service customer needs properly as well as being constantly short handed due to poor scheduling and failure to use staff correctly.
It should be noted that Bill Latham claimed to have no knowledge of the Joannie/Jessica petition despite my, as well as several other people, bringing it to his attention. He also took no action to address it with the individuals involved as he should have. I kept the Union updated daily as to what was happening on this and how he was failing to address the fact while Joannie and Jessica continued to waste working time while circulating the store desperately trying to find somebody else who would sign their garbage. Instead, he watched me like a hawk in person as well as by camera.
And yet, on more than one occasion, the most egregious being while he stood next to me bagging, he missed a shoplifter who stole quite a number of items from the drug/gm area and walked right by him. Even when informed, Bill Latham failed to follow the customer outside the store and get his license plate as he had expected me to do previous times or take any action at all.
Things further escalated on Saturday October 15th when Bill Latham screamed at me multiple times on the sales floor, informed me that I could only be in the break room during breaks, that I could not use my cell phone while on break, and finally loudly demanded to talk to me while I was checking out thirty minutes after my shift. My disabled father witnessed this as did numerous employees, customers, and the security cameras. When I told him I was off the clock he loudly threatened to talk to me on Monday when I returned to work.
Monday, October 17, as promised brought another lecture and yet more harassment. When the store was finally out of carts, he sent out at 12 noon to get them. In front of Trevor and Mary he told me, among other things, that I was to stay out there “until the lot was cleared.” Since it is only possible to have the lot cleared when the store is closed, that resulted in my having to be out there until 3 when shift ended. While I was fine with being outside since it was only 90, unlike other days during the summer months when I was told to stay outside all day while temps topped out at 100 and greater, it remains my understanding that longer than thirty minutes is a clear and obvious violation of KROGER policies and procedures regarding employee safety. I reported this incident as well as the other things that happened that day to the Union further documenting the hostile working environment in that store.
Tuesday morning it was clear something was up as KROGER security, HR, and other personnel started arriving to the store. Around 11 am after not being allowed to do most of what I should have been doing for yet another day, Bill Latham came to me and said he had somebody he wanted me to talk to. I went to his office and was ambushed by a number of people including a, Charlie Tyner, who had no business cards, claiming to be KROGER security, some other guy who did not identify himself, Latham, and Jessica, with the HR guy sitting across the hall with the door open. Charlie Tyner said Jessica was representing the Union since she was a Union member.
He made no mention at this point that I was being written up or that he was taking any action. All he said was that he wanted to talk to me and get some information. Clearly he lied.
I was informed that Joannie had filed a sexual harassment complaint for my taking pictures of her on numerous dates to document that she was working off the clock and/or out of uniform. Supposedly this was “harassment” though as employees we have no expectation of privacy on company property and time. I was told this was an issue. I made it clear it happened because of her actions, and because Bill Latham had denied it was happening not only to me but to Bill Breetze and others, and that I had been doing such activities for nearly my entire history with KROGER. In the past I was repeatedly thanked by Bill Breetze and/or corporate for such activities and never once had anyone claimed it was “harassment” or any violation of any KROGER policy or procedure.
Instead of focusing on the fact that the store has over $2100 missing from just the week I was on vacation not to mention the other cash shortages before and since, Charlie Tyner seemed far more interested in finding out how I was taking pictures, what I was doing with the pictures, what my private business was, whether I was recording meetings and write-ups, how I was doing things, etc. In between referring to previous write-ups (all of which were found to be unfounded and supposed to have been removed from my file), he questioned me as to why I was documenting the fact that Bill Latham repeatedly lied about anything and everything in that store. Since there has been a pattern of Bill Latham and Shawn C. as well as Joannie/Jessica making up lies about me and trying to create drama to get me fired, I have been fully documenting things so that Bill Breetze and others are aware of the situation long before these matters wind up in the media and in court.
We then moved after about an hour of fruitless discussion where Mr. Tyner claimed he didn’t know anything about missing money despite the fact corporate had called more than once and an audit is currently again underway, or what others did with their cellphones on the clock, etc. to write me up. I again requested union representation and was told that Jessica was my representative. That was not only clearly wrong, it showed how slanted the process was because I took action against her in store 423 for various violations involving dress code, job performance, attitude, circulating petitions against staff, documented lying about staff members, lies to customers, etc. that resulted in clear and convincing evidence against her. Her case was so bad she was disciplined several times and eventually demoted and transferred to one store after another committing the same infractions before finally ending up here. I noted this and my objections were over ruled and ignored.
Mr. Tyner, as well as his unidentified associate that acted like his boss, repeatedly pressured me to resign effective immediately. If I would just quit today, “it would all go away” and I could have my vacation pay and “a little bit more.” I made it clear to one and all that not only was I not signing their paperwork, I was not quitting at all. No matter how many times, and it was at least a dozen that they asked me to quit, I told them each and every time that was not happening. I was not and would not quit my job. They could either fire me now and I would start the lawsuit process or they could wait a couple of days and then fire me and I would file my lawsuit with or without the help of the Union.
Eventually, around 12:15 I was told I was suspended without pay, most likely to be terminated as soon as his “investigation” was complete, and that while I could come in the store as a customer, I could not talk about my situation with any employee as for now I was still a member of KROGER. Mr. Tyner repeatedly urged me to quit today and make it all easy on everyone. He also repeatedly said that if I was allowed back I would not be allowed to take pictures or make any recordings. His focus seemed solely in preventing me from documenting violations of company policies and procedures and not in addressing the fact that it was because of those issues, which Bill Latham has repeatedly lied to me and others about, that I had to prove I was not lying by documenting the various situations.
Considering the long history of problems I have endured since I transferred to #581 last November, the number of grievances I have had to file regarding working conditions, the number of written statements such as this one, the verbal abuse by Bill Latham including calling me on more than once occasion “a fucking retarded idiot,” scheduling issues, missing pay, etc. it is clear it simply is not possible for me to work in that store anymore. As I noted in my statement of June 25, 2011, because Bill Latham harasses me on various issues, while ignoring the same things with other folks, constantly does nothing about cash office shortages that always happen when Shawn C. is to be off the next day, allowed Joannie to be out of uniform and work of the clock, allowed the same with Jessica, etc. I have had to document everything the last several months in order to protect myself and my job with KROGER.
Bill Latham, Carol Swindel and Bill Breetze are all fully aware that Bill Latham has practiced discrimination and persecution against me for whatever reason and continually created a hostile working environment for me and several other staff members. I have repeatedly asked to be transferred to another store because of his actions and the atmosphere he has created. Those requests have been denied.
Every time he tried to create a situation and write me up or caused an issue, it has been dismissed and he has been warned to stop his misbehavior. I have been repeatedly told by various upper level KROGER officials that Bill Latham will be retiring in November and just to be patient and wait for him to go away so that a major change in staffing will occur and things will get better. After every incident he orchestrates, Bill Latham soon disappears for about a week on “vacation” and returns a bit better than he was before he left. Soon however, he slides backwards and things are again serious.
Because #581 continues to be a hostile working environment and the Store Manager William "Bill" Latham has created yet another unnecessary situation that has no merit and has yet again violated not only KROGER policies and procedures, but basic human dignity and respect, I once again request an immediate transfer to another store. Unless Bill Latham is finally going to be removed for his documented issues that I and others have long raised, it seems clear that I need to transfer to another store where I can resume my progress on my career path to meet my long term career goals with KROGER.
It also seems to me that others involved in this matter that resulted in my wrongful suspension without pay in preparation to be terminated once the “investigation” was complete, should also suffer significant disciplinary action.
It is my hope that with or without the assistance of the Union, this situation can be fully resolved to my satisfaction in order to avoid a very public litigation against KROGER as well as against each and every individual involved.
Sincerely,
Karl Lawrence Tipple
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