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When Personal Chefs Get Pregnant and Get Fired....

My domestic issues - Get the grass cut.  Get the Kids fed and to bed.  When do the windows need replaced?  How much is that going to cost?

Domestic Issues of Sting (from The Police) and his wife Trudy - Our personal chef of 8 years is pregnantSting_and_wife and needs some time off.  Time to get a new personal chef!

See the difference?  Another difference - I didn't get sued for discriminating against pregnant domestic workers and directed to pay $51,000 to close the claim.  From the AP:

"An employment tribunal ordered Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, on Tuesday to pay a former chef $51,000 in compensation after she won a sexual-discrimination claim against them.

Jane Martin, 41, won her claim in May. She said she was fired after she became pregnant.

At a hearing earlier this year, Martin said she had worked for the 55-year-old pop star and his wife for eight years, cooking meals for them and guests including Madonna and Elton John.

She said Styler grew unhappy with her after she became pregnant in 2005, making her work long hours and growing angry when she took time off work because of illness.

Martin, who accused Styler of having a "grandiose ego," left her job under disputed circumstances in April 2006."

I'm in the wrong business.  You know you have made it when your have personal chefs suing you and you lose...

Which all begs how they delivered the news once they decided to let her go.  Did they deliver the news face to face?  Or was it a Message in a Bottle?

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