Surf Porn at Work: Collect 5 Million Bucks

James Pacenza claims that he is a sufferer of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after his buddy was shot in Vietnam in 1969. It messed him up so badly that he now has become a sex addict who must use his work computer to surf porn and chat online in cybersex chat rooms. IBM tried to fire him for his porn surfing habits, but Jimmy Pacenza sued them for 5 Million because he claims he is “disabled” and addicted to sex.

In actuality, however, the only thing standing between Pervy Pacenza and divorce court is whether or not anyone will buy this ridiculous claim of victimhood. 5 Mil will go a long way towards buying forgiveness from his wife. From CNN here:

A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.

James Pacenza, 58, of Montgomery, says he visits chat rooms to treat traumatic stress incurred in 1969 when he saw his best friend killed during an Army patrol in Vietnam.

In papers filed in federal court in White Plains, Pacenza said the stress caused him to become “a sex addict, and with the development of the Internet, an Internet addict.” He claimed protection under the American with Disabilities Act.

International Business Machines Corp. has asked Judge Stephen Robinson for a summary judgment, saying its policy against surfing sexual Web sites is clear. It also claims Pacenza was told he could lose his job after an incident four months earlier, which Pacenza denies.

“Plaintiff was discharged by IBM because he visited an Internet chat room for a sexual experience during work after he had been previously warned,” the company said.

I had no idea that chat rooms relieved stress. Maybe he should try aromatherapy. The article goes on to say:

Until he was fired, Pacenza was making $65,000 a year operating a machine at a plant in East Fishkill that makes computer chips.

Several times during the day, machine operators are idle for five to 10 minutes as the tool measures the thickness of silicon wafers. It was during such down time on May 28, 2003, that Pacenza logged onto a chat room from a computer at his work station.

I get the feeling that Pervy Pacenza was measuring another tool for thickness too. And there is a town called Fishkill? Is that the name or just how it smells?

I feel sorry for the workers who work later shifts who had to constantly complain about sticking keyboard keys. Thanks to BillH at View From the Bench for the story.