Scott and SadieWe guess we’re not allowed to compare our boss to an evil Sith Lord anymore . . . even if it’s totally accurate.
A woman in England just won a big settlement after one of her coworkers compared her to Darth Vader.
Lorna Rooke was working as a supervisor at a blood donation center in 2021, when a handful of people on her team took an online personality test for fun.
It was a Myers-Briggs test with a “Star Wars” theme, the type of jokey thing you might see on BuzzFeed. It was supposed to tell you which “Star Wars” character you were.
She was on the phone and wasn’t around to take the test herself. So one of her coworkers answered the questions FOR her . . . then announced to everyone that Lorna had a Vader-like personality.
The test actually spun it in a good way. It said being a Darth Vader meant you were a “very focused individual” who could bring teams together. But Lorna said it made her feel unpopular at work. She quit the next month and filed a lawsuit. Which, let’s be honest . . . is totally something Darth would do.
A judge just heard the case and basically ruled that it created a hostile work environment. They said “Darth Vader is a legendary villain of the Star Wars series, and being aligned with his personality is insulting.”
They awarded Lorna just under $40,000.
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