Wall Street trader says boss called him gay for refusing to eat meat

[proud2BlibKansan]

Wall Streeter sues employer over vegetarian taunts

BY JOSE MARTINEZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 11:28 AM

A vegetarian Wall Streeter has a real beef with his macho man ex-boss, who he says tormented him for being a "homo" who wouldn't eat steak with the boys.

Ryan Pacifico is suing Calyon in the Americas, charging that his one-time boss at the French financial firm presided over a testosterone-fueled trading desk, where he was mocked for avoiding meat and wearing snug-fitting shorts during triathlons.

"A trading floor is certainly a manly man's world," Pacifico said. "I just never expected someone to think it's gay to be a vegetarian or to constantly poke fun at me."

The 28-year-old Long Island man worked as a junior foreign-exchange trader in Manhattan for the firm from 2005 until he was fired last March.

Pacifico's discrimination lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, contends the firm cooked up lies about his job performance to fire him - when the real factors were that he was a vegetarian who was perceived to be gay by boss Robert Catalanello.

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/01/29/2009-01-29_wall_streeter_sues_employer_over_vegetar.html

[The Straight Story]

1. So does he equate being gay with not being manly?

My head is swirling :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Vegetarian = Gay

And I guess both are bad?

LOL

[The Straight Story]

4. Well, vegetarian I can see being bad...

:rofl:

[Orrex]

3. And we all know how straight guys can't get enough meat

[The Straight Story]

5. We prefer fish

:hide:

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. LOL

[flvegan]

6. You know, nobody's ever made that mistake with me.

Nothing wrong with being gay nor being a vegetarian. Don't see why some douchebag would have issue with either.

But then maybe that's because shitbag assclowns like Catalanello would shit himself if I even looked at him sideways.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Stories like this, ya always know there's...

something they're not saying.

[serrano2008]

9. Lessons to be learned from this...

Bosses, don't ever call your employees "Gay" for any reason.

Feel free to call them: "Sissy boy" or "Nancy pants" or "Girlie Man" or "Run-Around Sue"

But good Lord, people have to know better than to call anyone "Gay" these days.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Good advice

:rofl: