Here is an email we recently received:

From: [Redacted]
Date: Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:35:43 AM
Subject: Hi

I work as a janitor at The New York Times. On Friday night around 2am I was harassed by employees of The Times who were getting drunk in one of the offices of the floors I clean. Besides calling me creepy and implying that I would harm them somehow, they also threw a garbage can full of Chinese food all over the ladies bathroom right after I cleaned it.

I don’t know if you guys could use a story like that but I figured you’d find that interesting.

I don’t know the names of the people involved or anything, one of them was a younger Asian girl.

I don’t know if this should be on the record or anonymous because I’m worried they may retaliate if they know I complained about their behavior. I have also contacted my union about it.

I don’t work directly for The Times since I’m a contractor so I can’t really get help from the building’s management.

Thanks,

[Redacted]

In subsequent emails, the janitor clarified that:

  • This occurred on the 9th floor of the Times building
  • There were two men and one woman present
  • The woman was overheard saying, “I’m gonna plug the hell out of this thing.”
  • When another member of the cleaning staff came near the room in which the employees were drinking, the woman “quickly threw the sliding door shut and pulled the curtains down.”

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