Photo Snapped by Anonymous
I was walking back to work, enjoying the weather, enjoying the freebies I got from Georgetown Cupcake and from a girl on the street handing out free Ghirardelli chocolates, and these fools had to ruin it!
Out of nowhere, I hear “Yo, gorgeous!” and I turn in the direction where it came from. I see these two losers in a red and yellow truck smirking at me. Gross.
The truck pulls up further in traffic, and I catch up to it and snap a photo with my phone. I wish it’d came out clearer so you could see their faces, but at least the company name is somewhat visible.
When I told them that they needed to do their jobs and not hit on women, they didn’t care. They continued to smirk and giggle. Passers-by made a comment about me and giggled, and I don’t know if they were laughing at me getting harassed or laughing at me giving the harassers an earful, but I just didn’t care. I felt like these harassers just ruined what was a good afternoon.
The license plate on this truck was a Maryland plate, 11K 394. I saw that it said “Joy” on the side of the truck and got part of the truck’s phone number, 800-992-, but I couldn’t catch the last four digits. Google searches yielded nothing close.
I hope the employer sees this photo of this truck online, and reprimands these punks for hitting on women while they’re on the clock. It’s so disgusting.
Submitted by Anonymous on 5/9/2010
Location: M St & Wisconsin Ave NW
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Here’s their information from a Google search:
B. Frank Joy Co.
5355 Kilmer Pl., Hyattsville, MD 20781
(800)992-3469, (301)779-9400
http://www.bfjoy.com
Feel free to call them.
Beth, you are a lifesaver. Thank you!
Tried the (800) number, but that number’s now for Seventeen’s Magazine subscription line! I even re-read the number to the operator. Right number, wrong company. Huh!
I tried the local number and it is for the Joy Company, but when I pressed “0″ for the operator, all it did was ring. I will keep trying until I get in touch with a live person. These guys won’t get away with this!
I finally got in touch with a live person. He took down my information and the harassment story, and said he’d have someone call me back.
I once again have to thank Beth for helping me out here. If it weren’t for her, this would’ve gone unreported.
Great job! Let us know if they call you back and what happens.
Awesome! So glad you followed up!
Got a call from Desmond Hannon, General Manager of the B.F. Joy Company.
He said that he’s 99.9% sure of who the offenders were by the description I gave, and that “extreme action” will be taken against them. He apologized profusely for their actions.
Success!
I just can’t understand why men would harass at all, especially when they’re representing a company.
Congrats!