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It begins with a woman who yearns for a baby and another who is willing and able to give her one. You can imagine the motives of the prospective parents. But what about the woman willing to carry a baby, give birth and then walk away?
Friday Night Rewind It doesn't matter which team you cheer for. We've got video previews of every high school football program in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando County.
Talk about your difficult work conditions. James Stevens, a former clerk at XTC Supercenter, sued the Tampa-based adult bookstore chain last week for retaliation.
According to the lawsuit, Stevens complained to store managers about the illegal holes they allegedly drilled between video booths to facilitate sexual activity between customers. He also grumbled about being required to clean the booths without "proper training and safety equipment."
When management didn't budge, Stevens says, he made good on threats to report them to federal and county health officials as well as the Largo police department, and was promptly fired.
Stevens is seeking lost wages and benefits, compensatory damages and, believe it or not, his old job back.
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Comments on this article
by David
Apr 7, 2008 3:34 PM
You're just armed with some standard latex gloves and a bottle of clorox and told to clean. No outside companies came to professionally clean. Floors were never stripped and waxed. If they wanted a deep clean, we stayed after hours to do.
by David
Apr 7, 2008 3:34 PM
I'm not saying this kid deserves what he's suing for, but something does need to be done about the conditions inside these viewing booths. People literally fling there bodily fluids around these booths. You don't know if they carry any
by Carl
Apr 4, 2008 4:49 PM
I wish that people and the police would leave these types of places alone. I mean...people are going to do what they're going to do. Better to have them doing their thing in a private, hidden setting than in a public park or preying on kids, e
by Michael
Apr 4, 2008 12:24 PM
Sounds like this guy has issues.Maybe he's just a vindictive guy who can't find another job,so he is embarrassed that he got fired. Yeah, there has to be more to the story.This is issue sounds very petty and should just be forgotten.What a
by Sue
Apr 3, 2008 11:20 AM
Why did he take the job in the first place. Sounds like Mr Stevens just doesn't want to work. Very strange he wants his job back.There is alot of people out of works these days and some just need to work to pay bills like the rest of us.
by Karin
Apr 2, 2008 5:27 PM
If the job, work and management was so bad to him, why is he asking for his job back. I think there must be more to this story than what Mr. Stevens is spouting to the press.
by CW
Apr 2, 2008 5:27 PM
Aren't there people they can pay out the back door to come in and clean those booths... Went there the other day and couldn't fit through the hole, so now I'm suing to get my money back and to get a bigger hole drilled so I can go back
by Rodger
Apr 2, 2008 5:27 PM
Why would he want his job back? Why would he work in a place like that anyway? I guess it takes the right person for that kinda job.
by Sean
Apr 2, 2008 5:27 PM
That is funny. But does he not think that turning you employer in is going to get you fired? regardless whether he is right or wrong he had to expect it.
by Charlie Crist
Apr 2, 2008 5:27 PM
No more glory holes at XTC? Well, they just lost a good customer.
by steve
Apr 2, 2008 5:27 PM
man what a party pooper!
by Jason A.
Apr 2, 2008 11:27 AM
AHAHahahaha I hope he wins... LOL He should get Whistleblower Status protection... I'm sure that there are so many comments that are going to get rejected from this story, but SPTimes should let them flow!!
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