The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority dismissed a mechanic this week for making sexual jokes while emceeing at an apprenticeship award ceremony in September and disciplined three supervisors for not taking immediate action.
Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein told The Washington Post that supervisors should have stepped in during the ceremony, apologized to the audience and escorted the emcee off the stage.
"That is the leadership we expect," she told the Post.
The mechanic's "off-color comments" were reported to WMATA's Civil Rights office in September, the Post reported.
The comments were so egregious it warranted his dismissal, Farbstein told the Post.
WMATA officials would not reveal the identity the man to the Post because of privacy concerns.
-MAUREEN McCARTY
