Meat Wrapper Sues Western Beef Over Sexual Harassment

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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By John Del Signore in News on October 23, 2009 9:35 AM

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John Knee

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

Master Baker

Fudge Packer

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

robingee

Is that guy The Todd from Scrubs?

NannyState

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

imadick

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.

Boogie Down

Huh?

robingee

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

ides_of_march

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

NannyState

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

Wza

Was his opening line, "How youuuuuuuu doin?"

Jen S

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

Guest

"most of the youngish guys there were hornballs"

Grocery store or planet Earth?

militza

"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?

whatsd

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.

thefacts

LaFrieda Meat's slogan, emblazoned on all their trucks reads:

"You can't beat LaFrieda's meat."

hotstepper

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.