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Dec. 4th, 2006 09:10 amI don't seem to have a happy yuppie bastard icon, but if I did I'd use it. One of my two motions for summary judgment was granted on the farting sexual harassment guy! Unlike my last motion which allowed two cases to be dismissed becuase the fellow didn't respond to my motion (dismissal for failure to prosecute his own case), in this case the motion was granted. I'm especially happy because this was the weaker of two cases by this guy - for all I know the mail today will have another success! I love kicking ass through paper! I don't even have to waste my time embarassing this fool in person, huzzah! It's like I won an argument on the internet?
I even got a case cite I didn't have out of it, one that notes that even if an Agency makes a mistake and unjustly takes an action, that a mistake does not by itself constitute discrimination. This is not unlike a good cause rule, whereby if the evidence appeared to support a decision at the time it was made, even if it turns out "he didn't do it" the Agency faces no liability for thinking, reasonably, that he did. Here, if the Agency was wrong when it believed the 20 witnesses who all gave sworn testimony that the fool sexually harassed, said "I'll pump you full of so much dick you'll faint," and "I'll eat your pussy so good you'll leave your hustband," threatened anyone that told on him that he'd just have them terminated, made good on that threat, and so on...well, the law still says we can't be sued through EEO because a mistake is not discrimination.
Lesson from this to everyone: not fair is not the same thing as discrimination.
I'm so charged today...I mean I was in a great mood when I started today, but now I'm especially pleased. I enjoy this work - it's fun! I like writing, I like tearing apart liars, I like winning arguments. I know all days won't be like this, but this is why I think I want to stick it out here. If I like the work itself, hopefully even a bad change in management won't affect me too much. If it does, in 2 years and 5 months I'll have enough experience to go to private firms that do employment law litigation for federal employees.
Tomorrow I work from home, with a trip to HQ in the middle of the day. Neat!
Oh, and my fingers smell like pez.
I even got a case cite I didn't have out of it, one that notes that even if an Agency makes a mistake and unjustly takes an action, that a mistake does not by itself constitute discrimination. This is not unlike a good cause rule, whereby if the evidence appeared to support a decision at the time it was made, even if it turns out "he didn't do it" the Agency faces no liability for thinking, reasonably, that he did. Here, if the Agency was wrong when it believed the 20 witnesses who all gave sworn testimony that the fool sexually harassed, said "I'll pump you full of so much dick you'll faint," and "I'll eat your pussy so good you'll leave your hustband," threatened anyone that told on him that he'd just have them terminated, made good on that threat, and so on...well, the law still says we can't be sued through EEO because a mistake is not discrimination.
Lesson from this to everyone: not fair is not the same thing as discrimination.
I'm so charged today...I mean I was in a great mood when I started today, but now I'm especially pleased. I enjoy this work - it's fun! I like writing, I like tearing apart liars, I like winning arguments. I know all days won't be like this, but this is why I think I want to stick it out here. If I like the work itself, hopefully even a bad change in management won't affect me too much. If it does, in 2 years and 5 months I'll have enough experience to go to private firms that do employment law litigation for federal employees.
Tomorrow I work from home, with a trip to HQ in the middle of the day. Neat!
Oh, and my fingers smell like pez.
