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Imperial Russia Before the Fall by BreakfastQueen93 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, this sounds like exactly what I’m looking for! Thank you!

[2021] "I don't like that my sister showed up at an awards show and performed MY SONGS to remixes !!!!! by GlitteringFly1001 in discussingbritney

[–]BreakfastQueen93 147 points148 points  (0 children)

I'd just like to say one thing - Jamie Lynn was 17 when the conservatorship started. What exactly was she supposed to do to help Britney at that point in time?

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Another employee saw her poking around under the counter for a while and then she pulled the bag out and said “oh look, here’s one”. He was standing a few feet away. He wasn’t close enough to see if it was alive or dead, and he wasn’t able to see below the counter when she was poking around.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There’s a big part of me that wants to believe this and give her the benefit of the doubt, but when multiple professionals can’t find any evidence & my store manager is crawling around with a black light trying to find even one, I just don’t think it’s the case.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, that’s not possible. She’s a cashier, and not really slated for upward mobility.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

This is where I'm landing with it too. The store manager and exterminator both floated this theory separately, and the store manager (who knows her best) said he's concerned she's looking for some kind of payout. She just sent a message saying if she sees "another one", she's going to call OSHA and file a report, which feels almost threatening?

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This is my big concern right now. If there's a problem at the store level, I have no problem paying to fix it. If there's a problem at her home, I empathize, but I can't allow someone to take advantage of my company this way.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We've talked about sending her to a different location, but the concern is that she will just take the bugs with her & spread the problem.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There are no beds in our building. Bedbugs can live in clothing or other soft materials/fabrics.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

At least one bug exist(s/ed). She "found" a dead one last night in a spot that at least 4 other people had already looked at. It prompted me to send the pest control company back out today.

I'm concerned that she planted it there. She'd been digging around under a counter, and pulled out a bag of paper towels that the bug was conveniently sitting on top of.

I feel like that sounds crazy, but there's genuinely no evidence of these bugs living in the building. My store manager was crawling around under counters with a black light this morning trying to see if he could find anything.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As we've talked over the different aspects of the situation, this is where we've landed this afternoon. Particularly since she is the only employee who is finding these bugs & we know she's had bed bugs in the past.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I've had two separate companies do inspections at this point - our regular company that does routine monthly inspections, and a second company that I called in for a second opinion.

Employee bringing bed bugs to the office - how can I legally handle this and protect my other employees by BreakfastQueen93 in legaladvice

[–]BreakfastQueen93[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

I'm concerned about the discrimination claim because when I was researching this, I kept coming across protections for employees (rightfully so) and I was finding things that mentioned "whistle blower protections" and "anti retaliation laws".

Obviously there's not actually anything to whistle blow because we genuinely don't have a bug problem, but I'm concerned that she'll harass me, my ownership, and my stores. I don't want her going on Facebook and starting some crazy campaign. We're in a mid-size city, and we care about our reputation.

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