The Adesa Auto Auction in Framingham, MA

August 17, 2014

The last time that I worked at the Adesa Auto Auction in Framingham before this past Friday, I was so viciously, sexually harassed by so many people, both car dealers and employees of the auction, that I finally yelled "Knock it off!" at a dealer who had walked past the car I was driving and coughed at me.  Usually, I ignore them; I know that if I don't ignore them, I will be punished by the auto auction or Labor Ready, or both.

Not wanting the situation to escalate, and realizing that I couldn't continue to work according to those conditions, I asked for help from supervisors at the auction to stop the harassment.  I didn't feel optimistic when the District Human Resources Administrator rubbed her nose at me as soon as she met me; however, I did not expect that the next time that I went to the auction, 3 weeks later, she would tell me a total lie that I had supposedly slapped a dealer.

I NEVER slapped a dealer or anyone else at an auto auction.  I don't know who told that TOTAL LIE;  it was a lie that was successful in getting me fired from all of the Labor Ready offices at once.

While I wrote that last sentence, a guest at the Pine Street Inn gave a huge, loud, fake sneeze, with a grunt at the end.  That was far from being the first time that I was sexually harassed at the Pine Street Inn this morning.

Copyright L. Kochman, August 17, 2014 @ 8:20 a.m.