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Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!

SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Former employees of Whole
Foods Market have sued the natural foods supermarket
operator, saying it did not take proper action to
prevent a male customer from parading through a Santa
Fe store wearing white, see-through biking shorts with
no underwear.

Closing arguments in the case were held on Thursday.

Maria Bautista and seven other plaintiffs are suing
under New Mexico's Human Rights Act, saying the store
fostered an environment of discrimination and sexual
harassment that caused them emotional distress. They
are seeking an unspecified amount in damages.

They also claim the store ignored their complaints
about a middle-aged man in the see-through,
body-hugging shorts and fired one of them in
retaliation for her complaint. They claim the man was
not escorted out of the store even though the
employees asked managers to act.

The incident took place at a Santa Fe store about four
years ago.

Lawyers for Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market
Inc. , said one of the plaintiffs was fired for
insubordination while the others left for a variety of
reasons. The lawyers said the claims are an attempt to
reap financial gain and retaliate for the one employee
being fired.

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