Gucci’s Gays Sexually Harassing The Straight Employees? Let’s Hear This One Out
I’m probably drowning any chance of securing Gucci as a Queerty advertiser with this one, but given I know none of the facts of this case first-hand I’m gonna go out on a limb and suggest the lawsuit from Adolfo Mendez — a married straight man fired from Gucci because, he says, he rebuffed his gay manager’s touchy-feelies, and complained about it to HR — might have some merit. It’s gonna be very easy for some Gs to say Noooooo, the straight guy has it all wrong, he’s lying!!!, but I’m sure if this were a sexual harassment case where a straight manager was making a gay employee uncomfortable, we’d be up in arms, demanding the straight guy pay up. Sometimes gays can be creepy bosses too, ya know.
I’m not saying Michael Daly and David Gray, the accused managers (who no longer work for Gucci), did any of these things, because how would I know? But let’s hear them both out first. (Though the case will probably be settled and never see the inside of a court room, ’cause that’s how these things go.)
@Tessie Tura: Maybe he was only looking to get a-head :-P
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I’ve been “harassed” by female managers a couple of times…letting them know I’m gay usually ended it. Maybe people are just more laid back up here but I’ve never seen a case get this out of hand in any place I’ve worked at: people get harassed, they harass right back (which I’ve done, jokingly) and everyone moves on. I guess it really depends on how loose the environment is. In this particular case thought, the fact that both managers who were accused of the harassment are no longer working at Gucci speaks volumes. I say give the straight boy his money!!!
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Gays were the most abusive workers I work with….If they can’t have you..then they try to get you fired….
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Oh, I definitely had a creepy gay boss. Tried fingering me in a hot tub.