Waitress Sues Co-Worker Over ‘Looking for Death’
A Taiwan waitress is suing one of her work colleagues because he had given her the nickname ‘Looking for Death’.
“I felt I was being insulted all the time in public,” the woman, named Xu, told a court in Taipei City.
The colleague, Huang, did admit to coming up with the name, but claimed that it was all in fun and that he never intended to upset Xu.Â
The judge told the court that he would feel insulted if he was called ‘Looking at Death’ and ruled in Xu’s favor ordering Huang to pay around $620 in compensation.
Huang was also told to stop using the nickname.
(Ananova)
By Sirius on 25-07-2007
Comment by Tourex
July 25th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Xu can now call Haung,”Looking for Trouble”,i’m sure he’ll agree.
Comment by Guy Martin
July 27th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Sounds like America where people sue for no good reason at all, like suing McDonalds for getting fat. Come on! Stop wasting time and money and supporting lawyers!
Comment by Avi
July 27th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I happen to live in Taiwan, and this issue, here, is nothing like suing McD’s over getting fat. Chinese culture is dominated by the idea of “face”, and being referred to in public by an insulting nickname, even in jest, can be a VERY hurtful and serious matter.
Much closer to your local newspaper publishing your photo under the headline “Local Man Wants Sex With Children”
You would absolutely sue for slander (well..assuming it weren’t true), and you would feel perfectly justified in doing so.
This woman got a pittance in damages, but more importantly, she regained some measure of face for standing up to her tormenter and having the court order him to stop.
Comment by Chiggity Chza
July 27th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Come on
Comment by Chiggity Chza
July 27th, 2007 at 10:45 am
What the fark is that a picture of? She is going to sue you mothers if you use this picture to depict her.
Comment by Dan
July 27th, 2007 at 11:23 am
You can’t harrass your co-workers with insulting nick-names!
I’m glad the courts worked to protect her.
Comment by Dallas
July 27th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Lame story. It would have been better if they told us why he gave her that nickname.
Comment by J Good
July 28th, 2007 at 2:27 am
Avi is absolutely correct, except I was to believe it is typical in almost any culture of the orient. I figure it is comparable to Sexual Harassment policies, stateside. Dallas has the right idea though.
Comment by shmucky peterson
August 5th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
asia is no where near as bad as america. a case like this is extremely rare. you can’t compare the two.
Comment by Olivia
September 1st, 2007 at 1:00 am
Eh how much did she spend to get him sued.