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| Woman sues over perfume exposure | |
| 2005-03-02 | |
According to the suit, Gorman's problems started in March 2002, when Town Clerk Andrew Garfunkel hired a temporary staffer whose choice of perfume made Gorman ill. Garfunkel issued a memo asking employees not to wear perfumes or colognes, but later amended his policy to state that trendy scents, as well as body lotions and detergents, could be used in moderation as long as they could not be detected within 1.6 metres of Gorman. The temporary hire no longer works at the Norwalk town clerk's office, but in October 2002, another employee was hired who also liked to sport perfume. The aromas are so strong to Gorman she has to take daily shots of prescription allergy medicines as well as allergy shots, her lawsuit claimed. Gorman also alleges that Garfunkel gave her negative performance reviews despite her above average performance, delayed her overtime payments, and deliberately moved her work station to further provoke | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I always take showers and use moderate Cologne what doe's Gorman use on her ? Chicken Manure and Kerosene ! Get real , folks ! Thank God ! Not her Gimp or Hubby ! |
| Posted by: Google Bee Axforde 2005-03-02 8:31:47 PM |
| #6 Yes, treat a fellow co-worker as you would want to be treated. Golden Rule "Do un to Other's as others do un to you". Save the spicy perfume for the night life or on weekends- non-work hour's. This is typical in the workplace- demotion's, change in work status, lawsuit's blaming the victim. ANdrea Jackson |
| Posted by: ANdrea Jackson 2005-03-02 12:36:13 PM |
| #5 #2. Point 1. Ed, I doubt that an employee of the city of Norwalk, CA would bring suit in a Connecticut court. Point 2. Is Hillary allergic to perfume? That is her picture,right? |
| Posted by: GK 2005-03-02 11:48:22 AM |
| #4 "...and he left airbiscuits in my cubicle..." |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2005-03-02 7:58:02 AM |
| #3 Concur, 3dc. Am not alergic to it in the medical sense, but I hate that with passion. Drives me bonkers. Postal. Ballistic. Pushes my buttons on the same level as someone being hysterical... I think I conveyed it accurately -- as best as I could. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-03-02 12:26:04 AM |
| #2 POINT 1 A WOMAN has filed a lawsuit against the US city of Norwalk This is Norwalk, Cnnecticut. There is also a Norwalk, California, Population 100,000, about six miles north of where I sit right now, and where I served Jury Duty in 1999... POINT 2 -  ...No no not perfume!!! I'm melting...melting woooooooo... what a world, what a world.... - - - - - - Lemee see, she also has a kid allergic to peanuts, so she got all peanut products banned from the school, right? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-02 12:23:56 AM |
| #1 As somebody with severe allergies to perfumes and colognes. I think they should be treated as severely as smoking.... But that's just my humble opinion and I know most will hate me for it. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-03-02 12:17:13 AM |