Diversity advocates say we should be accepting of all types, but let one guy bring a bikini-wearing doughnut girl to work and all hell breaks loose.

About 5 a.m. last Friday, a retiring employee reporting for his last day at work brought a bikini-clad woman with him, said John Osgood, deputy manager of the Department of Public Works.

As other employees reported to work, "she was standing there asking them if they wanted a doughnut," he said. advertisement

After 20 minutes, the woman left. No female employees happened to be present, but between 10 and 15 workers saw the woman, Osgood said.

After a city investigation, a work-group supervisor in the solid waste services division was fired Thursday and two other work-group supervisors were disciplined. Their names have not been released. [...]

The Public Works employees "have worked hard over the past three years to develop a culture that . . . respects diversity," Councilwoman Pam Goronkin said.