LaDonna Powell: He stole water from Port Authority, and they fired him.

Chana Joffe-Walt: What do you mean he stole water?

LaDonna Powell: The water coolers, how they have-- he would take them out of the storage and put them in the trunk of his car.

LaDonna Powell: And they caught him-- exactly. And they caught him.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Those jugs that go in a water cooler?

LaDonna Powell: Yes. They had him on CC camera going to his car with the water, because he's a badass. He probably walked out with it on his head and carried it to the car.

Chana Joffe-Walt: So he got fired for stealing water, not for looking at pornography while he was on the job?

LaDonna Powell: Right. Yeah.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Dude likes water.

LaDonna Powell: Yeah, exactly. Clearly.

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Chana Joffe-Walt: Do you still feel, though, that that was the right-- the approach that you took to those classes was, I'm going to teach people to be like me.

LaDonna Powell: Yes.

Chana Joffe-Walt: And this woman is saying to you, I did the thing that you told me to, and it did not end up well for me so far, right?

LaDonna Powell: Right.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Does that make you doubt your approach?

LaDonna Powell: It doesn't make me doubt my approach. It makes me feel like their response is wrong.

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LaDonna Powell: Wow. This is what they've been doing. These guys are still here. It's insane. It's kind of insane to me.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Did you even know that was an option?

LaDonna Powell: I didn't.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Yeah.

LaDonna Powell: But you know what? It's not an option. I hope you guys are listening. It's not an option.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Wait, who are you talking to, "I hope you guys are listening"?

LaDonna Powell: Allied.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Oh.

LaDonna Powell: I hope they're listening because I feel like, how many times do they get to do that? How many times do they get to do that before they actually take this serious and start making a change?

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Male Guard: Yeah. They said that women are tired of what's going on--

Female Guard 3: Yeah, you get tired of it.

Male Guard: It's true. It's like, you know--

Female Guard 3: After a while.

Male Guard: Yeah, enough is enough. And--

Female Guard 3: It's always been a big issue.

Male Guard: Yeah. As you said, it's always been a big issue.

Female Guard 3: Women are speaking out now.

Male Guard: Yeah. Yeah.

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Steve Jones: So, we reassign employees all the time, whether it's promotion opportunities or new different challenges or--

Chana Joffe-Walt: Right. But are they being moved because they were at fault of some form of harassment or discrimination?

Steve Jones: No. So, I would say-- are some of the allegations found to be true? I would say no.

Chana Joffe-Walt: So why are people being reassigned?

Steve Jones: Well, again, we reassign people-- we reassign people all the time.

LaDonna Powell: It's just not an answer. Somebody just say it. We hired these guys. They're animals. We fucked up. We must stop. As a company, we frown upon this, and we're making changes. What's so hard to say that?

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LaDonna Powell: Literally, I am-- I felt afraid. It's like, I'm nervous. Like, I started sweating and everything. It's like, why am I scared of this guy? It doesn't make sense to me. Regardless of me being, oh, badass Customs Agent with a gun, still the sight of him makes me cringe.

Chana Joffe-Walt: And you're escorting a fancy diplomat.

LaDonna Powell: Exactly.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Who's here for important business.

LaDonna Powell: Yes.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Who needs your protection because you are able to provide protection.

LaDonna Powell: Protection. Right, right. And then I feel like I couldn't protect myself in that moment, yes.

Chana Joffe-Walt: And you have a gun.

LaDonna Powell: And I have a gun. It's kind of horrible.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Yeah. And that guy has a Dunkin Donuts coffee.

LaDonna Powell: Coffee And I still feel, yeah, at his mercy. So power? No. I feel like I am caged because of them.
