Suing the boss for sending him to New Jersey?

Every time I think I've "heard everything", I hear something else. But this MSNBC article has to be one of the strangest ones I've run across lately.

It seems that an employee for Tahari's Saks Fifth Avenue was expected to drive to New Jersey a minimum of once weekly so that he could manage 6 stores there. But he was appalled at the primitive, unsophisticated, un-stylish, and depressing state of the state of New Jersey. Indeed this poor, beset-upon employee, one Thomas Horodecki by name, said, "It was depressing driving to Jersey. New York City has everything when it comes to fashion, especially Saks. And when it comes to styling, let's just say Jersey is difficult. Fashion it is not!"

Faced with this cruel reality, Horodecki decided it was time to stand up for truth, justice, and the American way. He and his attorneys argue that his boss' insistence that he make the weekly trek to the wilds of this bleak and desolate place violates his rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, the New York City Human Rights Law, the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York State Labor Law. In addition to this travesty, Horodecki was discriminated against by his Jewish employer because he is a Christian of Polish descent. In addition, his boss snubbed him rather than socializing with him after work.

The result of all this horror?  Poor Mr. Horodecki says he's "going crazy". (Note: doesn't appear to be suffering unduly in this picture, but that's just my opinion...) At any rate, poor Mr. Horodecki says he "had a breakdown". And his attorneys say that "no one should be treated the way he has been treated. It is outrageous to discriminate against employees in any way on the basis of their background."

Perhaps the $2 million he hopes to rake in as a result of his lawsuit would help to rectify these injustices... but in order for him to win on the merits of this case, it's possible that the judge will also need to go crazy and have a breakdown.