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notify her secretary that a client
was waiting.
" That is not my job,' "Miss
Young quoted Miss Boles as saying.
" 'I don't get paid enough
to do that. You have secretaries
that are supposed to do that."
Miss Boles did not return
repeated phone calls concerning
the matter.
The client waited 90 minutes
v before talking with her, Miss
Young said. "He was pacing in
front of the receptionist's desk,"
she said.
Confusion exists in the department
about whether the
secretaries or receptionists should
take information from clients
when they come into the agency,
Miss Young said.
"She thought I was jumping
on her back about the situation
that existed before I even stahed
working in the officf," Miss
Young said.
Miss Young said she was
shocked by Miss Boles' reaction.
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"I am fighting this because
I am b$ing discriminated
against. That white girl is
working, and I want my job
back."
- Constance Young
"I was so embarrassed that she
did that," she said. "I just
. wanted to know why she didn't
tell me that 1 had a client waiting
to see me."
The argument between Miss
Young and Miss Boles was seen
by two other employees and her
client, Miss Young said.
Miss Young said she discussed
the incident with her supervisor,
Sharon Lindenbaum, on June 17.
"I explained everything to her,"
Miss Young said. "She told me
that there were no problems, and
I thought everything was dropped."
Ms. Lindenbaum refused to
comment on the matter. Gerald
M. Thornton,* director of the
Social Services Department, said
he approved of Miss Young's
dismissal, but declined to comment
further on the case.
During the week, rumors per
sisted around the office about the
argument, Miss Young said. "It
was blown out of proportion,"
she said. "More people were being
brought into this than were
necessary."
Those rumors preceded a conference
on June 20 between Miss
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Young. Ms. Lindmhaum and
David Bradshaw, the director of
income maintenance, Mits
Young said.
Ms. Lindenbaum told her that
she was being fired by the department,
Miss Young said. "She
said, 'Debbie (Boles) still seems
to be upset about it, and we can't
have this in the department. We
have to let you go,' " Miss
Young said.
"I know you are not actually
going to fire me because Debbie
is upset," Miss Young said she
responded.
Ms. Lindenbaum accused her
of cursing at Miss Boles, Miss
Young said. "I never cursed at
that girl," she said.
"Termination was based on
your use of profanity toward a
co-worker at the reception desk,"
Ms. Lindenbaum stated in her
letter to Miss Young.
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that the incident was witnessed by
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presence of a client," Ms.
Lindenbaum said in the letter.
"This tjehavior created a disturbance
which interfered with normal
agency operations." .
The agency's action toward
Miss Young reflects old Southern
white attitudes toward blacks,
Marshall said.
"Many white people believe if
black people insulted them, they
they should be fired from the
their jobs," Marshall said. "That
is a pure slavery attitude."
Bruce E. Colvin, a county attorney,
said the department's
dismissal of Miss Young was
justified.
"I investigated the matter, and
what we did was appropriate,"
Colvin said. "We followed oui
policies."
Colvin said state law prevents
him from discussing the details oi
the case.' "We don't discipline
people without good cause,"/he
said. "It was an unfortunate
episode for everyone."
Miss Young said she is considering
legal action against the
department. "1 will stick it out to
the end," she said. "I don't care
that it is just me against three
other people. 1 was treated unfairly."
Miss Young says she plans to
take her case to the Equal
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Randolph M. James, Miss
Young's attorney, said the county's
action against his client was
unwarranted. "You don't fire j
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"We are talking about (Miss
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"It is a crushing blow to lose
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