Side door so I don't disturb anyone?

GTFO of my way, and let me get to my patient.

That place looks like a dump.

The side door thing was stupid on the hotel's part, however federal law doesn't provide for paid maternity leave (whether it should or not is another question), and I'm pretty sure New York isn't one of the states that requires it either. It's entirely up to the discretion of the employer in most parts of the country. If she's a full time employee and worked through her entire pregnancy, it seems like she ought to have sick leave to use. As for the termination, the hotel is in trouble if they terminated her for the reasons she stated mainly because federal age discrimination laws kick in at 40. But unless she as some corroborating evidence, it seems like it would be a hard thing to prove.

So... this is a labor dispute?

Jive_Turkey: That place looks like a dump.

Come on, it's not bad for an abandoned relic from Cold War Czechoslovakia.

Gecko Gingrich

You mean they moved that sh*t here??????

So, the hotel went into labor too? I'm confused.

Jive_Turkey: You mean they moved that sh*t here??????

Oh, I just looked at the pic and assumed that's where it was. You mean it's not?

Gecko Gingrich: Jive_Turkey: You mean they moved that sh*t here??????

Oh, I just looked at the pic and assumed that's where it was. You mean it's not?

I think it's a picture taken from the High Line. The High Line is pretty interesting. It's an elevated rail line turned into an urban park.



The hotel is known for giving walkers on the High Line a view of people having sex.

Tan was fired earlier this year after being accused of stealing boxes from her office -- a charge she denies.

Stealing boxes.... no, that can't possibly be a false corporate excuse.

Blues_X: Stealing boxes.... no, that can't possibly be a false corporate excuse.

And I bet it was on her day off, too.

Gecko Gingrich: Blues_X: Stealing boxes.... no, that can't possibly be a false corporate excuse.

And I bet it was on her day off, too.

You gotta be a stupid muthafarka to get fired on your day off!

building in Chernobyl

Gecko Gingrich: building in Chernobyl

Hahaha I was just coming to say it looks like an abandoned hotel in Chernobyl

I'm surprised they didn't charge her for a night at the hotel.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: So... this is a labor dispute?

Shut it down. Thread over.

The Standard Hotel? She should have opened the curtains and given birth in full view of the High Line pedestrians.

(Standard Hotel exhibitionists.)

E) Make you mop up where your waster broke.

"The Standard is famous for its all-glass windows...."

As opposed to what? All-gingerbread windows?

She dropped her bootstraps. Let her hang.

Gee, even from the wildly one sided complaint drafted by a plaintiffs' lawyer, that thing sounds fishy as hell.

She called her husband, who came in from Jersey, who delivered the baby in a room.

Hmmm. It was easier to come in from Jersey than take the elevator to the lobby? Gotcha.

Ambitwistor: (Standard Hotel exhibitionists.)

SFW? NSFW? Bookmark?

All Fail Party

scottydoesntknow: Gecko Gingrich: building in Chernobyl

Hahaha I was just coming to say it looks like an abandoned hotel in Chernobyl

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I think its the minimalist landscaping that is making it look like shiat

I'm gonna call shenanigans

The Standard Hotel is an espically douchetastic hotel. In its effort to edgy it comes off as really kitschy in my opinion.

That being said, if she was an independent contractor she should have had a contract. But I'd assume most managers are salaried and in NYC we do have a time that has to be alotted for childbirth (I think for men too). But I'm assuming she is somehow hourly. Really sucks for her.

Ambitwistor: (Standard Hotel exhibitionists.)

Whoa, NSFW dude! At least label it

MoronLessOff: Ambitwistor: (Standard Hotel exhibitionists.)

SFW? NSFW? Bookmark?

Not worth a bookmark. One guy with a shirt off, and two chicks that are so blurry you can barely make out a butt. It's probably NSFW (cause it says exhibitionists in the link), but not worth much at all.

Jive_Turkey: That place looks like a dump.

This.

They wouldn't have had to fire her if Romney won the election. Welcome to Obamerica.

If she was that close to delivery date, wouldn't she have had some type of maternity leave?

MaudlinMutantMollusk: So... this is a labor dispute?

i would press funny twice for this.

she got fired? THANKS now we have to support ANOTHER welfare kid.


/grabs popcorn
//amidoinitrite

"As a mother of two over 40 years old,'she did not possess the physical attributes to work at the hotel...she was, so far as defendants were concerned, not young, thin of model-like proportions, or one of 'the beautiful people' desired at the hotel,' Tan asserts in her lawsuit. "


Well naw, if she's the mother of two over forty, unless they're twins, she's 80+. Of course she doesn't have the physical attributes to work in the hotel.

Squeeze out your hairless rats on your own time, fatso!

natas6.0: I'm gonna call shenanigans

me too. Why not call 911 instead of expecting her hubby to get through all that traffic to take her to the hospital? Or, I don't know, maybe a cab. I hear there's a lot of them in NY, especially hanging around large hotels. Why was she on the 15th floor? And just because she's a mother of two, suddenly the theft charges aren't legit? Two sides to every story and her side stinks.

Endive Wombat: Ambitwistor: (Standard Hotel exhibitionists.)

Whoa, NSFW dude! At least label it

Didn't think it was really NSFW. Can't see anything. I linked it mostly just to explain what my previous comment was referring to.

Sybarite: The side door thing was stupid on the hotel's part, however federal law doesn't provide for paid maternity leave (whether it should or not is another question), and I'm pretty sure New York isn't one of the states that requires it either. It's entirely up to the discretion of the employer in most parts of the country. If she's a full time employee and worked through her entire pregnancy, it seems like she ought to have sick leave to use. As for the termination, the hotel is in trouble if they terminated her for the reasons she stated mainly because federal age discrimination laws kick in at 40. But unless she as some corroborating evidence, it seems like it would be a hard thing to prove.

Did these jabroni's forget that case concerning a pregnant actress and Aaron Spelling? Holy crap, they're gonna get soaked...and they'll deserve it.

It may look a bit meh from the outside, but the inside and the views are outstanding.

mcwehrle: "As a mother of two over 40 years old,'she did not possess the physical attributes to work at the hotel...she was, so far as defendants were concerned, not young, thin of model-like proportions, or one of 'the beautiful people' desired at the hotel,' Tan asserts in her lawsuit. "


Well naw, if she's the mother of two over forty, unless they're twins, she's 80+. Of course she doesn't have the physical attributes to work in the hotel.

I had no idea that you couldn't have a second child until your first child turned 40.

Yay at-will employment states :)

/yes...it was sarcasm.

Joe Peanut: It may look a bit meh from the outside, but the inside and the views are outstanding.

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Uh... yeah if you think views of Jersey are "outstanding".

natas6.0: I'm gonna call shenanigans

Oh come on, this is the respectable Daily Mail. Both in print and online it has never been known to misrepresent any story.

Sybarite: The side door thing was stupid on the hotel's part, however federal law doesn't provide for paid maternity leave (whether it should or not is another question), and I'm pretty sure New York isn't one of the states that requires it either. It's entirely up to the discretion of the employer in most parts of the country. If she's a full time employee and worked through her entire pregnancy, it seems like she ought to have sick leave to use. As for the termination, the hotel is in trouble if they terminated her for the reasons she stated mainly because federal age discrimination laws kick in at 40. But unless she as some corroborating evidence, it seems like it would be a hard thing to prove.

I could bring and likely win a sex discrimnation suit alleging she was fired because of her pregnancy which is a HUGE no-no under Federal law (and even if she had no other leave, if the hotel met the employee threshold , she should have gotten her 12 weeks under the FMLA)

E) Claim the child's soul for hell

saluteyourshorts: mcwehrle: "As a mother of two over 40 years old,'she did not possess the physical attributes to work at the hotel...she was, so far as defendants were concerned, not young, thin of model-like proportions, or one of 'the beautiful people' desired at the hotel,' Tan asserts in her lawsuit. "


Well naw, if she's the mother of two over forty, unless they're twins, she's 80+. Of course she doesn't have the physical attributes to work in the hotel.

I had no idea that you couldn't have a second child until your first child turned 40.


you're correct....I....I have no idea wtf short circuited my brain.....

/it's been a long day already
//I still call shenanigans here
///I'll be over here in the corner, and staying quiet

Sybarite: The side door thing was stupid on the hotel's part

The hotels I've worked at in my life all had similar rules like that...ostensibly to give the person being taken out by paramedics some privacy, but in reality because they wanted to avoid having other people get bothered by it. Stupid rule, maybe, but good luck arguing that with any policy makers.

That said, the story here just sounds...wrong. I can buy her being up in a guest room (it never says what type of manager she is, but I'd best Housekeeping or Front Desk), so that part is fine, but her husband has time to go from Jersey to Manhattan and ends up delivering the baby himself? No one called 911 during that time? No paramedics showing up to do that themselves before the husband? Something in the timeline there just seems off.

BronyMedic: Side door so I don't disturb anyone?

GTFO of my way, and let me get to my patient.

Oh no...not the side door.

I told YOU you could use the front door how many times?

I know you aren't deaf.

*sigh*

I didn't realize they built buildings like this outside of Communist Russia in its lean years.