Kevin Berling took his former employer to court after claiming to suffer a panic attack and arguing that his stress caused him to lose his job, WLKY-TV reported. Jurors in Kenton County Circuit Court agreed this week and awarded Berling $450,000, the television station reported.
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Hey, I'm the same way with birthdays and damned near any other time I'm the center of attention.
I remember the day I retired from my job of 25 years. My union rep came up and asked if I wanted a party and I told him only if I could kick his ass for throwing it, and I was not smiling when I told him that. I didn't get a party. My last day, I came in, said my goodbyes and walked out the gate two hours later. That was it.
It doesn't bother me to announce my birthday online, but to have people wish me a Happy Birthday to my face embarrasses the hell out of me for some reason.
When we first got together, Lisa thought it was cute to tell the staff at a restaurant that it was my birthday so they'd all come trooping out with something sickening sweet and sing me Happy Birthday. It didn't matter if it was my birthday or not. I bet I had 5 birthdays that first year. She knew it pissed me off, yet she kept doing it because she thought it was funny. I finally told her if she pulled that bullshit again, she damned well better have a ride home lined up because I was going to walk out in the middle of them singing Happy Birthday and leave her there. We'll see who's embarrassed then, right?
Let me put it this way: birthday parties embarrass me so much I haven't had one since I was maybe seven years old.
Now all that being said, I can't imagine suing somebody because I was 'triggered' by a bunch of people being nice to me.
