[barend]

*uh-hem* Barends first posted news story...

Business Owner Arrested After Allegedly Spanking Two Employees

7:58 am EST November 10, 2004

RED BANK, Tenn. -- The owner of a shaved ice business was arrested after two employees claimed he spanked them for making mistakes at work.

Paul Eugene Levengood, 57, was charged with two counts of sexual battery after the 19-year-old women complained.

One of the women told police that on her first day at the Tasty Flavors Sno Biz, Levengood made her sign a statement that said: "I give Gene permission to bust my behind any way he sees fit."

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Police Sgt. Jay LaMance said the women likely accepted the spankings instead of leaving immediately because they were "brought up to respect anybody who is an authority figure."

One of the women told police Nov. 1 that she "was shocked at the incident but could not leave because she had no transportation." The other woman said she continued to work for Levengood for more than a year after she was spanked and that he told her "either she could be spanked or be fired."

Police say one of the women reported that on Oct. 30, her fourth day on the job, Levengood called her "into the back room of the store" after she forgot to put a banana in a smoothie drink.

She said that as punishment Levengood "bent her over his knee and spanked her behind 20 times." She said that a day earlier he "snapped a photograph of her behind" as she reached for a bottle on a shelf.

Levengood was freed on $2,000 bail pending a Nov. 16 court hearing. His franchise in this Chattanooga suburb was closed Tuesday.

At the company headquarters in Minneapolis, sales manager Tom Novetzke described Levengood as a "very Christian person," adding that "We've never had a complaint."
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sexual harrasment is one thing...
but i think... "I give Gene permission to bust my behind any way he sees fit."
falls under 'contractual law'

thanks to Amber-Nicole who, is anyone was going to bring up a story about spanking, i'm not suprised it was her...

if he had only organized to spank them infront of the customers... it may have saved his business...

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the runner up article i was going to post was about britany spears refusal to work with Chucky... maybe for similar reasons, who knows...
(incidentally ... i would have called it 'Britany says: no fucky for unlucky chucky')

[Amber-Nicole]

Fantastic headline there, Barend.

[J m HofMarN]

Once again, why dosn't this guy just do the decent thing and commit sepuku?

[barend]

that's your answer to everything... and i bit harsh considering...

sales manager Tom Novetzke described Levengood as a "very Christian person," adding that "We've never had a complaint."

i think the real victims are the people who will no longer be able to enjoy their shaved ice...

[J m HofMarN]

I don't think it's harsh at all. If I for some reason made someone sign a contract that said I was permitted to spank them at random intervals, the moment I regained my sanity I'd carve a symbol into my chest and then put my sword through just below my breast bone. Same with that guy who fucked a pig. I mean it's the logical thing to do.

Where the hell has America's sense of shame gone? People go on TV and act like utter morons and are cheered for it. People sing horridly infront of huge audiences and allow themselves to be insulted by british assholes. George Lucas puts out three horrible movies and is still celbrated for it. George Bush mistakenly invades and commits genocide upon an innocent nation and is reelected. And if I know anything about American society Sir Spankalot is going to either write a book or become a movie of the week.

This is UNACCEPTABLE! Come on people, we really need to push for the idea of ritual suicide to be reinstated into decent American values. I don't mean that if your significant other leaves you you put a bullet through your head, that's just vindictive and stupid. What I mean is if you dishonor yourself by, say, fucking a pig (whether you get caught or not) you should have the decency to commit suicide. What's so hard about this to understand?

[Hannibal]

"Where the hell has America's sense of shame gone? People go on TV and act like utter morons and are cheered for it. People sing horridly infront of huge audiences and allow themselves to be insulted by british assholes. George Lucas puts out three horrible movies and is still celbrated for it. George Bush mistakenly invades and commits genocide upon an innocent nation and is reelected. And if I know anything about American society Sir Spankalot is going to either write a book or become a movie of the week."


I happen to agree with you there.

"This is UNACCEPTABLE! Come on people, we really need to push for the idea of ritual suicide to be reinstated into decent American values. I don't mean that if your significant other leaves you you put a bullet through your head, that's just vindictive and stupid. What I mean is if you dishonor yourself by, say, fucking a pig (whether you get caught or not) you should have the decency to commit suicide. What's so hard about this to understand? "


Perhaps you have a point there...but perhaps its beyond that now. Maybe what you are seeing is that suicide, the american way.

There was some article the other day, some woman had sex with an 8 year old boy and suggested that they were going to get married. Denial has become the key American value.

Take Star Wars for example, millions of fans were fucked in the ass, and like some deranged hostages they defend their rapist for every detail of those retarded movies. People cannot believe its gone this far, they are incapable of it. We are not about to sail off the edge of a cliff---WE ALREADY HAVE, we just haven't hit the bottom yet. On the way down, there's these people in denial, "we're not falling at 100 yds per second, its all in your head, UFOs will save us, George Bush is a decent man, this could never happen, you're dreaming...there's no conspiracy, there never has been and there never will be, nothing is wrong, you're not going to die, just watch the Matrix, you can fly...no really..."

[J m HofMarN]

"There was some article the other day, some woman had sex with an 8 year old boy and suggested that they were going to get married."

You see, yet another great example of a situation where sepuku is the answer. What really gets me is that human beings have to try cases like this. A police officer has to arrest someone for fucking an eight year old. A judge has to decide what the proper penalty is. A prosecutor has to demonstrate why it's wrong. A jury has to listen to two people arguing about whether or not this woman screwed a kid.

These things should not be talked about or mentioned in any way because they only sully the spirits of everyone who hears about them and lower peoples faith in humanity another notch. I can't believe that people would actually believe that stuff like this is ok, it's like I said they have no shame. If anyone ever does something like this my instructions would certainly be to kill yourself as soon as possible. That way there's no need for a trial or any of the other circus that normally develops. People would just quietely kill themselves when they did horrible things and society would become so used to it that it would no longer even be newsworthy.

My idea would take stress off of American law enforcement and really put us back in much better standing in the world. I mean if this plan was implemented US forces would just bow to the Iraqis, ask for forgiveness and then hightail it out of there (except for the folks involved in Abu Graib, who would of course kill themselves) then Bush and the majority of his staff would commit sepuku. That would just about clear up all the world's problems and restore America's honor.

I'm not saying we should force people like this to kill themselves, I'm just saying I wish they had the sense to do it on their own.

[barend]

i just realized...

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i forgot to delete that add...

i hope that didn't warp the story at all...

but i think it's as warped as it's going to get...

i think this guy is a freak, but i have to ask?
who signes a contract like that...
in fact, how many ice-confectionary outlets require a contract to comence employment?

seriously... the second the contract came out i would have said... 'i don't need this job that bad'

more importantly, in this day and age, who needs to exploit their employees like that anyway...

i mean, if a german canibal can get responses to an honest want-add, i'm sure this dude could find sufficient girls who want to be spanked!!!

[SimeSublime]

Well, some people need the jobs. Lets face it, a job like that doesn't require qualifications, they can hire anyone. Where's the security? As a student, I tend to do casual work at a local supermarket. But there's nothing to stop them hiring someone else. I'm not qualified for anything better(yet), so I have to play the part to hold on to my measly income.

[Chefelf]

Q: Wasn't there a movie about this?

A: Yes.

[Jen]

Am I the only one who thought those poor girls were tricked by that contract? I mean, "Bust your behind" is a colloquial phrase -- if a boss asked me to sign a contract stipulating that he had the right to "bust my behind" I would assume it was one of those lame motivational/corporate culture things akin to, "Here at the Shaved Ice stand we work hard, but we play hard. I, teh manager, bust my butt to make sure the customer has the best shaved ice experience in the tri-county region, and I will bust all of your butts for the same reason."

That guy took advantage of those girls' belief that they need to trust an authority figure, but he also took advantage of people's belief that if they sign something, it's legally valid. Fortunately, you can't sign your rights away, and thus, no matter what kind of contract they signed that literally gives their pervert boss the right to spank them, he is still 1) a pervert and 2) in violation of the law.

Edit: damn smiley faces that replace my brackets!

This post has been edited by Jen: 11 November 2004 - 03:13 PM

[Laura]

They may not have read the contract too carefully. If it was long and legit-looking, they may not have even seen that clause stuck in there somewhere.

And by the time you get to the paperwork signing stage of getting a job, you have gone through so much searching and interviewing that you'll sign anything because you are finally almost about to get a damn job.

[J m HofMarN]

Yeah I agree, I dont think the women have any fault in this at all and they probably needed the money badly. If this guy actually put it into the contract its pretty clear that he was just waiting for the opportunity to arise and that makes him a major nut job.

[barend]

whao.. no no no... i'm not blaming the girls...

i was just saying it's an ice cream place... and a contract especially a long one... would have raised my eyebrow so high, it would have lifted me out of my seat and out the door...

especially and mention of motivational "ass busting"

i mean i hate that motivational crap... i have work alot of places... and i hate those assholes who read books that describe employees as 'monkeys' and other hiechraial bullshit....

i would not feel safe in that environment...

plus... i really would have asked about the ass busting clause....

Barend:ah, excuse me, eh.. sir
Spanky:yes?
Barend:what is this contract about?
Spanky:oh, you don't need to read it...
Barend:oh, but i will...
---ten minutes later---
Spanky:everything in order?
Barend:uh, yeah... but er... what is this 'bust ass' thing a reference too? i mean i'm a hard worker... but if your just going to be yelling at me the whole time, i'll just go to McDonalds...
Spanky:oh no don't be silly... that's just if you make any mistakes... i'll take you out back and spank you... i do it to all my employees...
Barend:*picks jam back up from gound after 30 second silence*o- okay...
Spanky:AGHGHG STOP BEATING ME AGHHHHA AGHHHH!!!!

[barend]

couldn't edit... lagg problem...

jaw! not jam... picks jaw off floor...
other errors but i can't be bothered clearing...

This post has been edited by barend: 11 November 2004 - 06:45 PM