Woman sues boss for sexual harassment, mistaking code and his initials as a sexual request.

[TootsieFootsie]

IT worker sues her boss believing 'xx' in email were kisses

She believed his use of the letters in an email asking for more information was sexual harassment.

www.bbc.com

An IT worker sued her boss for sexual harassment after believing his use of "xx", "yy", and "????" in an email asking for more information was a coded way of asking for sexual relations.

Karina Gasparova also claimed that when Alexander Goulandris renamed a work file with his initials 'ajg' it was an abbreviation of "A Jumbo Genital".

 

[tlcya]

A judge threw out her case, ruling that she had a “skewed perception of everyday events” of her time at her paperless document firm, essDOCS where she had been working since November 2019.
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The court was also told of an incident in November 2019, where Ms Gasparova claimed that Mr Goulandris touched her leg with his leg under the table and “stared at her”, leaving her feeling “anxious and uncomfortable”.
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In a string of other claims, which were dismissed by the panel, Ms Gasparova said Mr Goulandris touched her hand when motioning for her computer mouse and missing it.

It was heard when she invited him to a lunch in September 2020, “to get some peace” from him sending “lots of messages” - he declined her offer.


Ms Gasparova told the tribunal this was because “lunch involved romance and he only wanted sex”.

The same month, when Ms Gasparova asked her when a project would be finished, she told the tribunal he burst out shouting with an “extremely angry voice”, saying “I need date, date, date”.

Ms Gasparova interpreted this as having been asked “the exact date when I would finally agree on sexual contact with him”.
IT worker sues boss over mistaken ‘jumbo genital’ acronym
Puttin' on the eyes 'til there's nobody else
You never realize what you do to yourself
The things that they see make the daily reviews
You never get free, everybody wants you

 

[Sillybilly]

Does crazy ever stop in this world?

 

[tlcya]

thanks for the edit SB, the article got it wrong. they meant to say Mr. Goulandris here:

The same month, when Mr Gasparova asked her when a project would be finished, she told the tribunal he burst out shouting with an “extremely angry voice”, saying “I need date, date, date”.
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This story is funny, but also kind of sad. Skewed Perception indeed. yikes

 

[PrairieWind]

Does crazy ever stop in this world?

Is isn't going to stop because more often than not it is actually rewarded.

 

[Sillybilly]

Employment Judge Emma Burns said: “Our primary reasons for rejecting her account of events were that we considered her perception of everyday events was skewed.

Poor Mr Goulandris, having his name hauled into her absurdity. Glad it was a female judge or the use of the word "skewed" in the reason provided may have resulted in another lawsuit.

 

[Via Marple]

If this isn't from the BBC, I would guess it's a parody of us Websleuths ;p