One of the craziest things about Mad Men is that the cheating men are two to three acquaintances/associates away from from getting busted by their wives
Pete banged Don's secretary, Peggy; he later banged the au pair down the hall of his apartment.
Roger banged office manager, Joan; he later banged and married Don's replacement secretary, Jane.
Crane banged Pete's secretary at the Kennedy/Nixon debate office party.
Don banged his client, Rachel; later, he banged Bobbie, the wife/manager of the comedian who starred in a Sterling-Cooper sponsored show; and now, he's banging his daughter's former teacher.
And although Don had the dime dropped on him by Bobbie's husband, he usually gets away with it, despite his recklessness.
On Sunday's episode, someone turned down the chance for extramarital sex and ultimately, was canned for it.
It was Sal!
Sal, of all people. Seriously?
Sal was propositioned by Lucky Strikes Jr. (yep, dude was on the DL). Dude was brazen about it too. He totally groped Sal's chest; told Sal to lock the editing room door, since the technician would be gone for a while, so they could get down... to business. Sal handled the situation tactfully, emphasizing that he was a married man. Then Lucky Strikes Jr. calls up Crane and demanded that Sal be fired. Crane hedged and ultimately, Roger canned Sal.
The worst part about it was that Don did nothing to stop this. And he referred to Sal as 'you people'. 'You people'? Sal didn't do anything to encourage Lucky Strike Jr.'s advances and he tried to squelch any potential awkwardness or embarassment. Plus, Sal is probably the hardest working person in the office. Yes, Don works hard too, but he's also doing a lot of extramarital fcuking too. That job meant everything to Sal and for Don to be so cavalier about letting him go was just pissy. Of course, Don has been pricky lately, since Bertram locked him into a contract.
Sal has a fantastic case for sexual harassment and discrimation; unfortunately, this is in the 60s and Sal is still closeted. Mind you, men who file sexual harassment/discrimination complaints aren't exactly treated with respect today either.
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