Holyoke's city treasurer is so hard to deal with that she has sent a clerk in her office to a therapist, to her union, and to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
This past June treasurer Sandra Smith summoned the clerk to her office and asked if she intimidated her. Then, according to complainant Bridget Allen, the treasurer said this, according to MassLive.com: "You can cry here about things that happen outside of work but you cannot cry because I'm being a bitch. Suck it up, buttercup, because this is how it is here. Deal with it."