How long till Megan Fox brings charges against Michael Bay? He made her wash his car for a job.

So?

Most people that break the law are employed somewhere.

What exactly does a promotion at BlockBuster mean? Like, what are you promoted to?

Three inches? Hasn't the guy suffered enough? He should get time served.

Boy, what a great time for this to show up in the news. Now not only are they becoming even less convenient than Netflix or Redbox by closing a ton of their locations and not only are they apparently reinstating late fees (but only on video games? way to discriminate against a nice big chunk of your customer base), but they're going to scare off whatever potential employees they might still have.

I used to really like Blockbuster, too. Shame.

Hahahah 3 inches, cmon dude, SELL yourself to her

I smell collusion.......

Pick a large company. Boyfriend and girlfriend get jobs there. Boyfriend harasses girlfriend. Girlfriend sues. Boyfriend admits harassment. Girlfriend collects and splits profits. You think it doesn't happen? Guess what, you're wrong. A couple in Brooklyn did that to Chase, McDonalds, and Kinko's. What did them in was a judge for the Kinko's case remembered them from a previous lawsuit.

The kicker here is that this harassment is not criminal. So admitting to it will not lead to anything other than losing a lousy job. I am just waiting for the day when employees pair up, harass each other, and collect. The only thing that stops this is a person's ethics. Seeing that corporations have flushed their ethics down the toilet...this is bound to happen

@Brazell: It means you don't have to go outside to the drop box and get the video's in cold weather.

I don't think it's right to pin the incident on Blockbuster unless they knew about it and didn't do anything.

Sexual harassment like this can happen in any organization.

A creepy manager being creepy? Not a big deal.

Upper management NOT doing anything after being informed the creepy manager was being creepy? Very big deal.

@zzxx: Wow. Really? Because you know of ONE couple that did it, that means that sexual harassment doesn't really happen?

So I supposed because a few women have lied about being raped, that every women who actually does get raped should have to deal with no one taking their claims seriously.

Pathetic.

@zzxx: Wow, two other, unrelated people once defrauded some different companies with fake sexual harassment lawsuits in another place? That's some compelling evidence for suspecting collusion here!

Pictures or it didn't happen?

@Porcelina: Interesting theory, but it could also be this manager was a just a horny douche and took it upon himself to badger some poor woman. I've known retail managers who go on power trips, sometimes because they feel underpaid and overworked.

@zzxx: So does that mean all missing children aren't actually missing, because of BalloonBoi and DoucheDad?

Besides, I'm guessing even at Blockbuster, you don't just start the job as a manager/someone in a leadership position all the time. But I could be wrong.

@Jesse: The law disagrees. Funnily enough, management is considered to represent the company.
But I'm sure you'll be as understanding when your daughter's groped, photographed and harassed. Boys WILL be boys, suck it up little girly!

@zzxx: FYI- It takes more than 3 details to smell much of anything.

@Porcelina: I am not talking about rape. This is entirely different. In my experiences both of these crimes contain many fake instances. Can I assign a percentage? No. However, that percentage is significant enough to dilute the dread of real instances of the crime. This is no more than the boy who cried wolf.

I was threatened with a sexual harassment suit after I gave a female employee a well-deserved bad review. I told her to bring it on. Nothing happened. After that day, in 1988, I never stay alone at work. As a matter of fact, another woman tried that tactic to me and my assistant in 1992. We then took action against her.

The sum total of my experiences show that most accusations are false and most lawsuits are fake and are merely attempts at money extortion.

All real victims of sexual harassment (and rape) should come down very hard on those who falsely claim such happenings. So should judges. But that ain't happening.

@zzxx: The court documents indicate that the woman was married, not to the manager.

Three inches? That's pathetic.

@AthronofEryndor: Creepy manager being creepy is kind a big deal because it can affect your mental state. Most creepy people are just weird and may make you a little uncomfortable, but sometimes it goes past that and you start wondering about them - cause they know where you live (employment records) and they know what car you drive, and they know what time you leave work...

@AthronofEryndor: Not a big deal to whom?

And if you think that this is the first time he has tried this or that this behavior won't escalate (if it hasn't already) you are mistaken.

@zzxx: So did she bring it? I hope she didn't use that routine from Sparky Polastri. Even with spirit fingers, she couldn't expect good scores from the judges.

@zzxx: You are SO RIGHT. One time, someone set fire to his own house to collect homeowner's insurance. Therefore, I "smell" insurance fraud in every arson case!

Oh, and government have faked things before and hidden the evidence. So John F. Kennedy's murder, the moon landing, 9/11, Pearl Harbor ... it all "smells" like conspiracy!

The woman said she was sexually harassed at work, and you suspect collusion right off the bat? I hope you never work for anything remotely related to the legal field.

@Trai_Dep: Pshaw! Everyone knows that an employer's obligation to provide a safe environment for their employees only extends to wet floors.

@zzxx: You've said yourself you have no idea how often this happens. Therefore you don't know if the percentage dilutes real instances of the offense. It's also important to note that threats to report aren't the same thing as reports.

@halcyondays: I love that the guys are all lording it over on the size and keeping their mouths shut about the duration.

Glad to see you've already determined that he did it.

@AthronofEryndor: The incident was never reported to regional or corporate management, at least not according to the court documents. The woman never asked for the phone number for the regional manager until after she presumed she had been fired, at which poing the manager informed her that she was no longer an employee and refused to provide the number.

Only an assistant manager was made aware of the problem, and when he began to suggest to the store manager that what he was doing was innappropriate he was apparently fired.

@Jesse: I don't know if Trai_Dep is exactly right on this, but it's definitely very hard for an employer to avoid culpability for sexual harassment if it came from management. I'm pretty sure there are ways that Blockbuster can escape culpability, though.

@zzxx: The sum total of my experiences show that most accusations are false and most lawsuits are fake and are merely attempts at money extortion.

Good grief

@zzxx: Re: collusion - dictionaries are free on the internet. I suggest you consult one!

Im hoping to not get disemvoweled with this one.
Its cases like this where its hard to actually prove what she is saying. Like if she has dirty text messages or emails from him that prove it, or surveillance tape, then its a open and shut case. But how can this guy adequately defend himself if none of this ever happened? Its just a he-said she-said case. Lets just say shes pissed she did not get the promotion, so she goes and sues Blockbuster for harassment that never existed. The guy will lose his job and be humiliated.

With that said, if this harassment did happen, then I hope she has proof to win the case.

@GitEmSteveDave_IsStrongInTheSnark:
Now we bring missing children into this........

How many people think that for many missing children you have to find the ex-wife (or husband) and the child will be just fine.

I am tired of my tax revenue being used to mediate disputes between ex-spouses.

BTW, all three missing children cases that I was near were of the "find the ex-spouse" variety. One was a classmate of mine that was taken from the school yard during lunch (in 1972). Massive searches turned up nothing. As a third grader I knew that this kid was the only one with divorced parents and that mom lived on Long Island and dad lived in Miami. I predicted that this kid would be found fine in Miami and he was.

This does not diminish the severity of the real crimes but as I said before there are so many fake crimes that the anguish and veracity of the real crime is diluted.

Think about it - How many times have wives / husbands called the police on each other charging domestic violence when none happened just to use that to screw the other partner or gain a bargaining chip in divorce or child custody proceedings?

@floraposte: Very good point on the threats to report vs. reports.

There's a difference when there isn't any evidence to suggest something may be a hoax. If you've recently gotten a bad review, it's not entirely unreasonable to suspect that a harassment complaint may be retaliation. If someone makes a harassment complaint without having any record to suggest an alterior motive other than to bring to light another person's poor behavior - then it becomes more likely that this person is very well telling the truth.

Remember, people. Creepy people like this have a hard time disgusing their creepiness. Other people will have noticed this as well, even if they haven't said anything.

@AthronofEryndor: I have to ask. Are you a guy? If so, it explains why you may not think creepy people are a big deal.

Re: the last line about Netflix just got more appealing:

Netflix has been the only appealing choice for ages. Blockbuster, which charges the same rate per DVD, that Netflix charges for a month of unlimited DVDs, is horribly out of date. And their sanitized, "family values" puritanical movie selection, is all the more reason to go Netflix.

That said, yes, the manager is very creepy and gross.

@pecan 3.14159265: Actually, creepy people are often very good at not looking creepy to people they don't target. That's why they can be very powerful people.

@floraposte: Well, we hate to tell you girls this, but 3 minutes is all we need. The rest is for your sake. So its no surprise that a misogynist wouldn't even give her the benefit of that doubt.

@theSuperman: I don't think anybody believes that complaints are always justified. However, her making a complaint doesn't necessarily mean he'll be fired, either.

@zzxx: You know three cases? I know three as well, off the top of my head: Adam Walsh, Elizabeth Smart, and Amber Hagerman(namesake of Amber Alert).

@zzxx: I mean, you only set sexual harrassment issues back about 40 years. No big deal.

@floraposte: Stalkers are all creepy people, but not all creepy people are stalkers. I've known a lot of creepy people who didn't target one person in particular - they were just creepy to everyone. Uggggh.

Maybe my creep radar has always been more sensitive. I can spot creepy behavior a mile away.

@theSuperman: The article brings up the fact that the alleged creep took photos of the woman's backside. I wonder, even if he deleted those photos off his camera or camera phone, is there a way of getting them back?

@GitEmSteveDave_IsStrongInTheSnark: SteveDave, I love you the most. <3

I happens the other way as well.

1) I'm a former Blockbuster Manager.

2) One of clerks would try to give me uninvited shoulder rubs, in spite of instructions not to.

3) She would miss shifts and then when I would call to find out her status, she complained to her father I was calling her constantly and wouldn't leave her alone, prompting her father to state, "Stop calling her, or would you like me to come down there and explain it to you personally?"

4) If I attempted to fire her for poor performance, she threatened to bring my up on charges, based on the above.

5) I fired her.

6) She brought me up on charges.

7) After a long investigation, I was found innocent because I had always worked hard to keep my reputation clean.

8) I lost my store anyway.

@pecan 3.14159265: You've got a logical fallacy there, though, because you don't know about the creeps you don't spot.

There's plenty of sexual harassment by people considered not to be creepy by their colleagues and shareholders.

@Radi0logy: Depending on what's going on, we may be happy to get it over with as well, but then we're also not the ones wishing for length. I just thought it was funny that only the one claim got the attention.

@TCama: Think about it....You are right.

Many house fires are set by homeowners because in the bottom line end one whose house burns to the ground is made more than whole in the end. Let me tell you my inlaws house burned to the ground. They lost everything. However, none of their possesions were of much sentimental value. They had no sentimental furniture because they emigrated here in 1959. They were wearing their wedding rings and had all of the rest of their jewelry in a safe deposit box. They lost their family pictures which my father in law pointed out that they did not look at in 4 years. When it was all said and done their new house was better than their old house. The old house was built in 1970 with 5 small bedrooms, now they have three large ones. The bathrooms were tiny now they are large. They had separate living room and den, now they have one great room. They had two garages, now they have three. And there are many more things like that. During the rebuild of the house they were put up in the Huntington Hilton. They had free breakfasts and free happy hours for 5 months. They also had no utility bills for 5 months. Let me tell you that as a volunteer firefighter I have seen many planned arsons. Suburban authorities do not have the manpower to investigate all cases and all of these cases go unprosecuted. I believe that an insurance company should rebuild a house to the floor plan it was before the fire. Like me, I own 8 suits. I fit into two of them. If my house were to burn I would get eight spanking new suits and I would fit into all of them (until I get larger). I would tweak the newly built house to make it what I want (like a larger dining room and a third garage). I would also relocate the back entrance of the house.

Getting back to the sexual harassment, even if evidence exists, that is not proof that there was no collusion. A good collusionist couple will make sure that evidence exists. To thwart this I would make sexual harassment a crime so that if there is collusion one of them would go to jail. Corporate America is so open to this kind of lawsuit.

All the other topics you bring up - research and draw your own conclusions. As a World Trade Center survivor myself I feel that something not kosher is behind what happened and you cannot rely on the mass media to tell the full story.