Meat Wrapper Sues Western Beef Over Sexual Harassment

102309beef.jpg A meat wrapper at a Western Beef supermarket in Staten Island is suing the company for shrugging off complaints about her manager's sexual harassment. Jessica McCarthy, 23, says she endured constant sexual advances and innuendo from boss Jose Delgado. According to the lawsuit, Delgado is so fond of ribald double entendres that he even had a sign reading "Bone me, I'm the meat manager" laminated and displayed in his department. Oh Staten Island, you give so much and ask so little in return.

In February, Delgado tried to romance McCarthy with the offer of sex in an employee bathroom, but she refused, telling him she’s a lesbian. "That was like throwing steak to the lions," her lawyer tells the Post, and from that day forth McCarthy had to listen to Delgado's idiotic wisecracks about lesbians. According to the lawsuit, these included such gems as "Are you scared of my [penis]? Don’t you need a man?"

And when McCarthy complained to a supervisor, she was told, "Oh, Jose is like that," according to the lawsuit. In retaliation, Delgado allegedly told McCarthy she had to work on Sundays or be fired, thereby reneging on a promise to let her have Sundays off to care for her ailing mother. So she quit. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for "lost wages, emotional pain, loss of enjoyment of life and severe emotional and physical distress." It's unclear if this is the same Jessica McCarthy who was arrested on Staten Island last year for allegedly extorting money from a "risque" photographer.

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A sign that says "bone me"? Sounds more like he was looking to get it on with another guy. I think he just outed himself.

I tell you it's the air or the water there that causes these numbskull incidents.

When your job title is "meat wrapper" what do you expect?

Sounds like Jose is an imbecile. How old is that loser?

has anyone ever actually been to a western beef? personally, they freak me out with their cavernous walk-in coolers filled with giant slabs of meat and around each corner of the meat-labyrinth i expect a psycho butcher to pop out and hack me to bits for a nice stew. mmmmm...stew.

LaFrieda Meat's slogan, emblazoned on all their trucks reads:
"You can't beat LaFrieda's meat."

Viane Delgado? Oh, Jose Delgado. Got it. Maybe they're related. If so, maybe we can finally meet her and she can tell us more of her views on the pug subway incident.

"Are you scared of my [penis]? Don’t you need a man?"
"Bone me, I'm the meat manager"
hysterical!

also, sex in dirty employee bathroom? well what woman would refuse that offer?

I worked in a grocery store one summer - most of the youngish guys there were hornballs. Awful environment.

"most of the youngish guys there were hornballs"

Grocery store or planet Earth?

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Was his opening line, "How youuuuuuuu doin?"

Sounds like the perfect location for the next Improv Everywhere musical.

Young people in the aisles squishing their meat together? Isn't that essentially Delgado's fantasy?

did she ever tell him to stop with the jokes? or just smile politely, anger festering, until she quit? don't be so quick to blame the guy here.

The name says it all. He's a dick.

Who can blame him? Wrapping meat in a dingy back room is such a sexy situation.

Is that guy The Todd from Scrubs?

If she is looking for work, the bakery has some openings:

Master Baker
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Yes, I worked at a grocery store at one time.

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