Former Kennywood employee sues for age and sex discrimination

Posted Friday, February 5, 2010 5:02 PM | Contributed by ideame

A former employee of Kennywood has filed a lawsuit, accusing the amusement park of age and sex discrimination. Carol Palangio, 50, of Wilkins Township, claims she was fired as part of a staff reduction in January 2009, according to a copy of the complaint that was filed in federal court. Palangio said her job as operations manager for the park's refreshment company was filled by a man in his 20s with less than five years of experience.

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LostKause

Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:38 AM
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It's not that difficult to update your track record. I thought that it was a good argument.


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Jeff

Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:47 AM
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Whether or not you tick a box on a Web site doesn't mean jack about your experience. That's a lame argument.


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Carrie M.

Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:19 PM
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What do you mean, Jeff? Next to referring to Facebook quizzes, the track record is my first stop for validating someone's perspective/argument. ;)


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Jeff

Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:50 PM
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Your meager track record is unworthy. You're on podcast probation!


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ridemcoaster

Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:47 PM
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LostKause said:
It's not that difficult to update your track record. I thought that it was a good argument.

Has absolutely nothing to do with difficulty (or lack thereof), and makes for a very poor basis of assumptions.

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LostKause

Friday, February 12, 2010 2:17 AM
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Okay. So just because Vernon (who seems to me to be a really nice guy by the way) may or may have not been to Kennywood doesn't matter as to weather or not he knows that the park has lousy management? I suppose AJ could have simply asked Vernon if he had ever been to Kennywood, and what makes him think, that the management is "bad".

That is if Vernon's statement was interpreted to meant what AJ thought it meant.

And...Why is it so wrong to assume that someone hasn't experienced a coaster or park of it isn't on there track record? Is it really that unpopular of a CoasterBuzz feature? If it is, than what are you all waiting for? It recently became available to everyone who is singed up. It's easy. You all should do it. :)

So I''ll ask...

Hey Vernon, what makes you think Kennywood has bad management? I'm not picking on you, I would just like to hear how you came up with that opinion, if that's what you meant.

There we go.


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kpjb

Friday, February 12, 2010 3:49 AM
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Re: Track records

If you have one, I assume it's updated.


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Lord Gonchar

Friday, February 12, 2010 4:09 AM
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Well now I feel all obligated...


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GregLeg

Friday, February 12, 2010 4:44 AM

Damn, guess I'd better get to updating my track record then...


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Jeff

Friday, February 12, 2010 5:12 AM
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You're both over achievers on your track record.


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Vater

Friday, February 12, 2010 5:20 AM
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LostKause said:
Hey Vernon, what makes you think Kennywood has bad management? I'm not picking on you, I would just like to hear how you came up with that opinion, if that's what you meant.

Am I nuts? I see nothing in Vernon's post that implies that he thinks Kennywood has bad management.

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kpjb

Friday, February 12, 2010 12:22 PM
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Vernon said:

Not to mention that entrenched bad management is bad for the Company.

Agent and I both read that as "she was bad management, so she was fired."

That was not the case.


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Vater

Friday, February 12, 2010 2:01 PM
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I read it as an addition to RGB's hypothetical suggestion of the possibility that she may have been a bad manager:

It may also be a case of an employee used to doing things her way for so long being unwilling to follow the new bosses' system.

Nowhere did I see any concrete inference from either RGB or Vernon that she was in fact bad management. How would they know?

Maybe I'm being overly analytical.

Last edited by Vater, Friday, February 12, 2010 2:04 PM
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