Cascade Foods

NaeNae55

I just read that Cascade Foods fired an employee after she refused to have a restraining order altered so that another employee (the object of the RO) could continue to work there.

Is it just me, or did the management there create a new level of stupidity?

plynnl

Cascade Foods will soon find out! I just found the article and the company is in Oregon.

Tony Kessler

Here is a link to the EEOC press release. tk

[URL]http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-5-09.html[/URL]

Paul in Cannon Beach

Is it difficult to get a restraining order?

I guess I am just thinking about a scenario like this one:

- Guy and gal meet at work and begin dating
- Relationship is rocky and they break up
- They have a blowup and gal gets a restraining order
- Now guy can't come to work

So I guess my question is how hard is it to get a restraining order? I thought they were fairly easy to get with the idea being that if two people are not getting along, the courts would be generally supportive of them keeping their distance from eachother.

Its one thing to stay away from someone and its another to be forbidden to come to work.

NaeNae55

It may depend on the state, but years ago I helped a friend get one in California. We had to complete all kinds of documentation. The forms had to be typed so we had to go to the library to do it. Then, we had to have a judge sign it. There had to be evidence of domestic abuse. In her case, she had called the cops and had a case number.

One would really have to be vindictive to go that far. Plus, the guy at Cascade only had to go before a judge and offer evidence that nothing ever happened. Cascade could have given him a leave of absence until the matter was cleared up. It doesn't sound like that is what happened. After reading the article my impression was that though she had been physically attecked by her ex-boyfriend, Cascade felt she would be safe there with them so she should alter it for when she was at work.

Paul in Cannon Beach

Maybe I am wrong but my impression was that it was fairly easy to initiate a temporary restraining order.

Would this include "stalking protection" restraining orders? I guess I just see potential for abuse. Thats not to say that there arent CLEAR situations where individuals need protection from potential abusers whether they are at home or work.

cnghr

I don't have any personal experience with getting restraining orders, but I have known people who have, and it was only "easy" in the sense that they had already been the victim of domestic violence and had called the police. Then it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that they would be awarded a restraining order, and pretty quickly, too.

I think it would be pretty difficult to get one if they just "weren't getting along" as you stated, Paul. (If that were the case, I could have had a restraining order against my ex-husband for 20 of the past 30 years!)

In the Cascade Foods case, it did say that she said he had hit her, so it doesn't sound like she took out the restraining order just to be vindictive or because she didn't want to be around him or otherwise wanted to mess with him in some way. Don't get me wrong, I know women who would do that just to be nasty if they thought they could get away with it, but I think that's one reason that it isn't terribly easy (at least in my state) to get a restraining order.

NaeNae55

I have an idea! Let's elect Paul to go find out how easy it actually is. Call and find out what the process and requirements are, Paul. Then come back and educate us.

Enquiring minds want to know.

Paul in Cannon Beach

Well, I did look it up and it looks like the process is fairly simple to at least initiate a restraining order. But surely someone here has more experience with this.

Frank?

ACU Frank

Of course, you're only asking me because you know my wife is a district administrator for the Missouri Division of Probation and Parole and works with restraining/protection orders every day...

Paul in Cannon Beach

Right. It has nothing to do with your lack of pants.

Sharon McKnight SPHR

[quote=Paul in Cannon Beach;717954]Right. It has nothing to do with your lack of pants.[/quote]

Speaking of pants, has anyone else seen the news story about a guy in Germany who was evicted from a train because he didn't have a ticket and then got mad and mooned the conductor but got his pants caught on the train somehow and was almost injured? I promise I'm not making this up. Made me think of Frank right away.

Sharon

plynnl

Is Frank vacationing in Germany?

NaeNae55

Can't be Frank. The guy actually had pants on (they got caught on the train).

Bet that guy is on Santa's naughty list too, but hopefully, he is not wasting his time trying to pretend that Mrs. Santa has a list he can get on.

bethk

Now THAT'S funny!!

Sharon McKnight SPHR

Anyone seen this article on MSNBC.com? It has to do with violating a restraining order.

[url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33294008/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets[/url]

It appears that someone has been arrested for egregious poking on [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33294008/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets#"]Facebook[/URL].

Sharon

Paul in Cannon Beach

Interesting. It sounds strange but it makes sense. The restraining order explicitly stated "no contact". Even though its an odd (and no longer cool) form of contact, the Facebook "poke" would be in violation.

Hey, maybe she'll be thrown in the pokey? Nae, give me a rimshot!

NaeNae55

::pb&J::

\:D/

Best I could do.

Paul in Cannon Beach

Sheesh... move aside.

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Sharon McKnight SPHR

[quote=Paul in Cannon Beach;718002]Sheesh... move aside.

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I don't think that's one of our smilies. I'm telling. (Psst. Where did you get it?)

Sharon

Paul in Cannon Beach

You aren't limited to the smiley's on this site. Just google Smileys and you'll find a bunch of sites with other smileys that are even more annoying than the selection we have here.

Copy the code for webforums and plop it in your post.

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plynnl

[IMG]http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_19.gif[/IMG] I figured it out also.

NaeNae55

[QUOTE=Paul in Cannon Beach;718006]You aren't limited to the smiley's on this site. Just google Smileys and you'll find a bunch of sites with other smileys that are even more annoying than the selection we have here.

Copy the code for webforums and plop it in your post.

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(Sigh)

Showoff

ACU Frank

That's the dumbest idea my zombie friends have ever heard, Paul.

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Paul in Cannon Beach

I dont want to be blamed for this...

plynnl

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Too late.

joannie

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Gee, you go on vacation and miss all the fun.