It's one thing to run away, but the whole claiming to have been kidnapped thing is insane. I think she should be made to pay for the search and massive panic she caused.
I read this news story in the paper this morning: [link]
It makes me sick. Why can't people like this be thrown in jail? Their business should be taken away from them, at least. Thousands of dollars in damages don't seem like punishment enough. I need to find out the name of their farm so I can be sure that I never buy produce from them.
Um, if that's an animal cruelty story, I'm not clicking. I'd rather read about a dozen selfish brides running away, seriously.
No animals were harmed in the making of that story. A great deal of racist humiliation was involved, though.
It's a story about a farm in Quebec that segregated their farm workers. They were taken to task by the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal, but one complainant was awarded $100K, and the rest of the complainants got $10K. It just doesn't seem like enough censure to me.
For a start, I have incredible contempt for high-maintenance lies.
Sing it. Also? I am just always boggled at the work that goes into them. It's much easier to take your lumps, I think. Then it's over.
As for that farm, I think I would have rather read a story about cruelty to animals.
No animals were harmed in the making of that story. A great deal of racist humiliation was involved, though.
And really, humiliation was the tip of the iceberg. The article said the cafeteria lacked heat, running water, proper toilets, refrigeration and many other amenities. Amenities? Amenities?!? I find the use of
amenities
there more anger-making than I probably should, but I don't think running water, heat, and propert toilets should be considered amenties in the U.S. and Canada anymore, and certainly not when talking about workplace conditions, particularly for workers who handle food. WTF?!?
They would have their farm taken from them under the you-suck-hard law I'll be establishing, right after I establish my more-naps and more-cookies law, when I'm recognized as supreme ruler.
I only just realized the runaway bride shares our last name--I get all my news from blogs, TDS, and the occasional bit of NPR these days. Which means she's probably a very distant cousin (to DH and Annabel, anyway)--distant because we've never heard of her and have no ties to a Georgia branch of the family.
I was wondering about that when I read the story, Susan.
You must be under tremendous stress to do something like that.
I've not watched any of the coverage, but that was my first reaction. I don't actually know if she is a total bitch bridezilla, or a stressed out scared beyond nervous breakdown woman. Of course what she did to her family and community is horrible, but I still feel very sorry for her.
Now if I get a chance to read anything about this, or watch the television coverage I may start hating her, but right now I feel for her.
Not reading the farm link. It sounds very upsetting.
Working hard here, blah.
I know my impatience with actions like the fake kidnapping is heightened by two factors: my reaction to the perpetual expectation of me (as older sister) to excuse behaviour in others that I'm not to excuse in myself, nor expect to be excused for (and even the exhortation to not be me, so that other people can be themselves), and of having had the luxury to never have found myself in such a twisty position (with the result that I doubt they happen
that
often).
