Letter of Commitment was unwarranted and therefore a part of a pattern of discrimination.
Finally, the one comment by the supervisor which did not pertain to Adams in particular could not reasonably create a work environment so hostile that a person would feel compelled to quit. Therefore, this Court GRANTS Defendants' summary judgment motion with respect to Adams' claims.

4. Louis "Buster" Thomas

Louis Thomas, born 1947, was hired in 1987. In 2005, he was working as a Commercial Front Loader driver at the Cheyenne Transfer Station. Thomas injured his left shoulder and lower back while working on January 17, 2005. He filed a worker's compensation claim. Thomas had surgery on his left shoulder on February 16, 2005. Thomas worked in a modified duty position for a few months. During thattime, General Manager Joseph Knoblock asked Thomas to pick up paper. Thomas believed that picking up paper would break the light duty restrictions that his doctor had placed upon him and that Knoblock made this request as a means to get rid of older employees.
Thomas testified that Chris Hannah told him and others that all the old guys would be replaced with younger employees at the direction of higher management. The EEOC also points to a comment made by Knoblock two years earlier that the company needed to hire younger people with fresh and new ideas.
In late April 2005, Thomas took a Functional Capacity Evaluation. The evaluator concluded that Thomas could only perform sedentary work. The evaluator stated that she was unable to complete testing due to Thomas's