Man Wants His Dream Vacation! | Part 1

Added: 2026-04-29

[00:00:00]- Mr. Romero, according to your complaint, you used to work for the defendant.

[00:00:04]- I used to work for her husband.

[00:00:06]- For her husband? - Right.

[00:00:07]- You the husband?

[00:00:08]- That's me. - Step up.

[00:00:12]And during the course of that employment, the defendant's husband, or the defendant, promised you a dream vacation as sort of a thank you for some work that you did. - Right.

[00:00:23]- And then you were terminated from your job, you never got your vacation.

[00:00:26]That's what you want.

[00:00:27]- That is correct.

[00:00:28]- Well, what kind of business were they in that you worked for them?

[00:00:33]- A distribution center.

[00:00:36]- A distribution center. - Like a warehouse type.

[00:00:37]- [Judge Judy] Okay.

[00:00:38]- I was working.

[00:00:40]- Go ahead, let him finish. - I was working for Larry, and Donna was our number one customer.

[00:00:45]I worked for them for over, little bit over three years.

[00:00:50]Never missed a day, I was there whenever they need me, I worked hard.

[00:00:54]- In the warehouse. - In the warehouse.

[00:00:56]I was running the warehouse by myself.

[00:00:58]He was at the main office a few miles away.

[00:01:01]- Okay, so tell me about this vacation.

[00:01:04]- Back in 1994, I guess because of her, she was always kind of busy or maybe her bad planning, I was forced to work day and night sometimes, maybe 18, 16 hours a day.

[00:01:20]- [Judge Judy] To get out orders?

[00:01:20]- To get out the orders.

[00:01:21]She would come to me last minute saying, "This needs to get out the next morning."

[00:01:27]Sometimes there was like a physical inventory that it needed to be taken.

[00:01:32]That would take about maybe 36 hours, at the most, 32 hours.

[00:01:36]- So tell me about the vacation.

[00:01:38]- Well, I did an excellent job not only taking inventories, but also getting her product out the door that back in 1994, she promised me a vacation, but she never kept it.

[00:01:50]Back in 1995, she came up to me, and she told me that they needed another physical inventory and I told her that it was gonna take at least 24 hours.

[00:02:02]And I guess she didn't mind because she told me, "Whatever it takes to get it done."

[00:02:07]She want it done, so I have to.

[00:02:11]That particular time, I think I worked 32 straight hours.

[00:02:15]She was so happy with the inventory that she told me about another group vacation.

[00:02:21]I didn't trust her because the first time, she didn't kept the promise.

[00:02:24]So I asked her to put it in writing, which she did.

[00:02:27]- [Judge Judy] Let me see.

[00:02:28]Is that that sign you mentioned in your complaint? - Yes.

[00:02:30]- Can I see it please?

[00:02:31]- Judge Judy, first of all, this is an out and out lie.

[00:02:34]I put that in writing for Luis because I wanted him to take advantage of the vacation.

[00:02:40]Because as he stated in 1994, he never would take any time off work to go away on the weekend.

[00:02:46]- Just a second, this says, "Luis Romero ang Greg receives one all expenses paid weekend, Mirage Treasure Island in Las Vegas.

[00:02:58]No gambling money included." - No gambling money.

[00:03:02]- "No Ranch, plus," what does it say?

[00:03:06]- Molten Airlines. - "Molten air".

[00:03:08]I never, what is a Molten Airlines?

[00:03:10]- My husband had- - Low cost.

[00:03:12]- Her has a private jet, Your Honor. - I don't have a private, I wish. - Well, what's Molten?

[00:03:16]Please, would you tell me what Molten Airlines is?

[00:03:18]- It was a play, it was a joke.

[00:03:21]We have a small private plane and we wanted to take Luis and Greg, his assistant, to Las Vegas for the weekend.

[00:03:27]- I understand that, I just wanted to find out this is not a commercial carrier, this is your plane that you were gonna drive, ride him on. - A small plane.

[00:03:36]- [Judge Judy] Okay and what does this mean, no ranch?

[00:03:37]What does that mean?

[00:03:39]- No chicken ranch.

[00:03:40]- What's chicken ranch?

[00:03:41]- [Larry] Mustang ranch.

[00:03:42]- [Luis] Mustang ranch, no prostitution money I guess, - What?

[00:03:46]I'm always interested in learning something, even at my age.

[00:03:48]No gambling money, I knew what that meant.

[00:03:51]But no ranch means no prostitution money?

[00:03:55]- They have legal prostitution in Nevada and they call them chicken ranches or Mustang ranch.

[00:04:01]- I learned something.

[00:04:03]Now and you signed this 11/9/'95.

[00:04:07]- Right, but there was also something that I noticed has been cut from the bottom besides Greg's last name 'cause there was an expiration date.

[00:04:14]- [Luis] There was never Greg's name on it, never.

[00:04:16]There was no expiration date.

[00:04:17]- [Judge Judy] Well, it says Louis Romero and Greg up here.

[00:04:19]- But the top of there it's cut out.

[00:04:21]But anyway, at the bottom there was an expiration date of 12/31/'95 because I wanted to make sure that they did take advantage of what I was offering because as he said in 1994, he wouldn't take any time off.

[00:04:34]He would never find the time for us to take him.

[00:04:37]- Your Honor, there was- - Okay, so you're gonna take him now?

[00:04:39]- If he wants to go in Molten Airlines.

[00:04:42](gavel bangs) (intense music)