*poll* I got written up for sexual harrasment! Whohoo!

[Lucky]

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[moonshinemadness]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I was at work and my friend Courtney was having a bad day. I hugged her and they said we'd both be fired if it happened again. Apparently a mutual hug is sexual harrasment.

Thank you political correctness....

please tell me your joking.......

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: nativesunshine
I was sexually harrassed by some dude...and all he got a little slap on the wrist...and the "option" of resigning..or be fired. Of course, he took the "resigning" option.

Yea...they didn't do sh!t about it. he could be doing what he did to me to some other poor unsuspecting girl in some other work place. Bleh..

Cindy?!?!?!

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: moonshinemadness

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I was at work and my friend Courtney was having a bad day. I hugged her and they said we'd both be fired if it happened again. Apparently a mutual hug is sexual harrasment.

Thank you political correctness....

please tell me your joking.......

Nope.

 

[gtsukada]

i beliveve the best thing you can do is give a supportive slap on the ass

 

[her209]

two wrongs don't make a right

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

We, as a society, have a long way to go..

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: Lucky
at my workplace jokes 10x worse than that are said openly every single day. my boss greets me every morning with a dirty joke or two.

Ditto....some people need to lighten up.....including those who say:

If you are stupid enough to make a comment like that in today's work enviroment, you deserve to get written up.

 

[Scarpozzi]

You should dress up in a black robe, walk by her and tell her that Jesus forgives her for all of her transgressions. Then start chanting in some made up language. Trust me, IT WORKS.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Evadman
This sexual harrasment stuff in today's world is such crap. If anyone was not aware, women run the world, and this proves it.

Here is what happened. Someone in my row said that the IT department of the company I work for sucks. I made the comment that if you get a certain person on the phone (lets callt his person "Cindy") to just hang up because she has no clue. Someone else in the row asked me how she got her job, and I replied "It probably had to do with Cindy wearing kneepads".

One of the women in the row took exception to that, and told the HR guy, and I was wirtten up for it. This woman is not in any way related to IT or Cindy.

What I don't get is this same women made a comment VERY close to this about her very own manager "taking it up the wazoo" to keep his job. I should also say that this woman once became deathly afraid of the number 5, and freaked out whenever she saw it for a few days because the number 5 was "kinda pointy and round"

Then I get told that I am not allowed to retaliate in any way against the person who got me written up (like I would. I could care less, and doing something like that is not worth my time) and to "just act like it never happened". How the hell do you act like it never happened? Am I allowed to say that the dress she is wearing looks nice? (I am a very easy going person at work, and try to make everyone's day a little better)

I decided I am just not going to say anythign to this person, ever. If she asks me questions, I am just going to say that I do not want to talk to her because I don't want anything I say to come across wrong.

Cliff Notes: I got written up because I have a penis.

That's it? Geez, she better never come to the nightshift at the Walmart I work at. She'd probably pass out - such as the various desk job available there - except that they are usually under the desk jobs.:Q

 

[dmcowen674]

Sorry to hear that happened Evad but the Company had to write you up or they would face a big Lawsuit later in this nutty Environment that has been created.

It's either sue or be sued.

I should have brought a suit when I was "Yankee" harrased.

 

[slackerinabox]

What you said WAS inappropriate.... I mean, grow up... We live in ultra-PC times and you have to be mature and deal with that reality... I got fired from a job for replying to a post on my intra-office "off-topics" like forum about the movie X-Men... Someone posted "Don't waste your money on this movie! What a waste of money!" ... I replied "I actually thought that it was very good... There was a lot of exposition but the movie was rather entertaining"... No curses, no flames.. No anger.. But I was fired for harassment... My superviser,Mike, also got fired for telling an asian guy that he was tall for an asian guy (he was 6'4").. The asian guy smiled and thanked Mike but someone else in the office complained... You HAVE to watch what you say at your work... Your comment implied so much that you deserved to be fired.. Really, is it really appropriate to suggest that a co-worker only got her job because she gave someone a blow job? What if someone said that about you or your mother... You shouldn't be just dismissing this as her being over sensitive.. You were in the wrong... Now grow up...

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
What you said WAS inappropriate.... I mean, grow up... We live in ultra-PC times and you have to be mature and deal with that reality... I got fired from a job for replying to a post on my intra-office "off-topics" like forum about the movie X-Men... Someone posted "Don't waste your money on this movie! What a waste of money!" ... I replied "I actually thought that it was very good... There was a lot of exposition but the movie was rather entertaining"... No curses, no flames.. No anger.. But I was fired for harassment... My superviser,Mike, also got fired for telling an asian guy that he was tall for an asian guy (he was 6'4").. The asian guy smiled and thanked Mike but someone else in the office complained... You HAVE to watch what you say at your work... Your comment implied so much that you deserved to be fired.. Really, is it really appropriate to suggest that a co-worker only got her job because she gave someone a blow job? What if someone said that about you or your mother... You shouldn't be just dismissing this as her being over sensitive.. You were in the wrong... Now grow up...

One thing that is clear - even though the person you say things to may not be offended, another that is a cubicle over may be, so you've really got to be careful about what you say.

 

[Orsorum]

evadman - if you really wanted to be petty, I would file a counter-claim concerning the "up the wazoo comment".

Otherwise, if you really feel outraged, fight this tooth and nail.

 

[Schadenfroh]

btw, pics?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Evadman
This sexual harrasment stuff in today's world is such crap. If anyone was not aware, women run the world, and this proves it.

Here is what happened. Someone in my row said that the IT department of the company I work for sucks. I made the comment that if you get a certain person on the phone (lets callt his person "Cindy") to just hang up because she has no clue. Someone else in the row asked me how she got her job, and I replied "It probably had to do with Cindy wearing kneepads".

One of the women in the row took exception to that, and told the HR guy, and I was wirtten up for it. This woman is not in any way related to IT or Cindy.

What I don't get is this same women made a comment VERY close to this about her very own manager "taking it up the wazoo" to keep his job. I should also say that this woman once became deathly afraid of the number 5, and freaked out whenever she saw it for a few days because the number 5 was "kinda pointy and round"

Then I get told that I am not allowed to retaliate in any way against the person who got me written up (like I would. I could care less, and doing something like that is not worth my time) and to "just act like it never happened". How the hell do you act like it never happened? Am I allowed to say that the dress she is wearing looks nice? (I am a very easy going person at work, and try to make everyone's day a little better)

I decided I am just not going to say anythign to this person, ever. If she asks me questions, I am just going to say that I do not want to talk to her because I don't want anything I say to come across wrong.

Cliff Notes: I got written up because I have a penis.

a similar thing happened to me once and i took responsibility admited i had made a mistake in judgement and choose not to do anything like that again.

actually what i said wasn't even directed at anyone in the office, it was a fictional type thing but it could still be mistrued.

hey, that's life, face it, deal with it and go on.

you blame your co worker when it was YOU that initiated it. COULD she have taken it better? YES, did she HAVE to take it better? NO.

 

[StageLeft]

I decided I am just not going to say anythign to this person, ever. If she asks me questions, I am just going to say that I do not want to talk to her because I don't want anything I say to come across wrong.

Yeah that's the best course of action. It sucks because I've made comments before inadvertantly that I could have been written up for. When you're at work in a guy environment and there are 6 guys and there happens to be one girl in the room who's fairly easy going you start to think that maybe you can act as if she's a guy, and then you realize that you've said something that she may or may not take offense at. It sucks and I'm more cognizant of it now, but you've gotta watch yourself because even one harmless comment can get you written up!

 

[StageLeft]

What you said WAS inappropriate.... I mean, grow up... We live in ultra-PC times and you have to be mature and deal with that reality... I got fired from a job for replying to a post on my intra-office "off-topics" like forum about the movie X-Men... Someone posted "Don't waste your money on this movie! What a waste of money!" ... I replied "I actually thought that it was very good... There was a lot of exposition but the movie was rather entertaining"... No curses, no flames.. No anger.. But I was fired for harassment... My superviser,Mike, also got fired for telling an asian guy that he was tall for an asian guy (he was 6'4").. The asian guy smiled and thanked Mike but someone else in the office complained... You HAVE to watch what you say at your work... Your comment implied so much that you deserved to be fired.. Really, is it really appropriate to suggest that a co-worker only got her job because she gave someone a blow job? What if someone said that about you or your mother... You shouldn't be just dismissing this as her being over sensitive.. You were in the wrong... Now grow up...

That's an interesting post. On the one hand if your story is correct you were fired for...nothing. Nothing offensive at all, and then your boss was also fired for what most people would find perfectly harmless, and even most dickweeds wouldn't find particularly offensive. But, you seem to think that there was nothing wrong with it

We do live in ultra PC times. How gay

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

I decided I am just not going to say anythign to this person, ever. If she asks me questions, I am just going to say that I do not want to talk to her because I don't want anything I say to come across wrong.

Yeah that's the best course of action. It sucks because I've made comments before inadvertantly that I could have been written up for. When you're at work in a guy environment and there are 6 guys and there happens to be one girl in the room who's fairly easy going you start to think that maybe you can act as if she's a guy, and then you realize that you've said something that she may or may not take offense at. It sucks and I'm more cognizant of it now, but you've gotta watch yourself because even one harmless comment can get you written up!

That wasn't an innocent comment and he's lucky he didn't get fired. In fact saying that about a Supervisor no matter what sex they are in the workplace where co-workers can overhear it is rather foolish.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: UglyCassanova

Originally posted by: PipBoy

Originally posted by: brxndxn

If you are stupid enough to make a comment like that in today's work enviroment, you deserve to get written up.

That's sad that so many of you are so willing to rip off your penis and throw it out the window in support of a sad situation in the work place where any comment about anyone is offensive to anyone else.

Yes you're very dramatic, bravo. It is not appropriate to suggest that someone performed sexual favors to get their job.

It is a fuggin joke. It is not imo very mature or adult-like to get someone written up for saying such a joke.

It is a fuggin (tasteless, sexually demeaning) joke. It is not imo very mature or adult-like to say such a joke.

- M4H

Yeah I agree it's tasteless and sexually demeaning, but then those make the best jokes! If I know anything about you M4H I'm sure you've made such a joke before too! Seriously people, once you get comfortable in an environment you're liable to start joking around accordingly and it's pretty damn easy to slip up and say something you otherwise think you'd not be so stupid to say.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: UglyCassanova

Originally posted by: PipBoy

Originally posted by: brxndxn

If you are stupid enough to make a comment like that in today's work enviroment, you deserve to get written up.

That's sad that so many of you are so willing to rip off your penis and throw it out the window in support of a sad situation in the work place where any comment about anyone is offensive to anyone else.

Yes you're very dramatic, bravo. It is not appropriate to suggest that someone performed sexual favors to get their job.

It is a fuggin joke. It is not imo very mature or adult-like to get someone written up for saying such a joke.

It is a fuggin (tasteless, sexually demeaning) joke. It is not imo very mature or adult-like to say such a joke.

- M4H

Yeah I agree it's tasteless and sexually demeaning, but then those make the best jokes! If I know anything about you M4H I'm sure you've made such a joke before too! Seriously people, once you get comfortable in an environment you're liable to start joking around accordingly and it's pretty damn easy to slip up and say something you otherwise think you'd not be so stupid to say.

True that's why one should always measure their words when talking about a Supervisor in front of co-workers.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Skoorb vs Red Dawn

dayum and i have ring side seats too.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Skoorb vs Red Dawn

dayum and i have ring side seats too.

Actually I agree with his post.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Skoorb vs Red Dawn

dayum and i have ring side seats too.

Actually I agree with his post.

dayum, now i haveta go n get a life

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

What you said WAS inappropriate.... I mean, grow up... We live in ultra-PC times and you have to be mature and deal with that reality... I got fired from a job for replying to a post on my intra-office "off-topics" like forum about the movie X-Men... Someone posted "Don't waste your money on this movie! What a waste of money!" ... I replied "I actually thought that it was very good... There was a lot of exposition but the movie was rather entertaining"... No curses, no flames.. No anger.. But I was fired for harassment... My superviser,Mike, also got fired for telling an asian guy that he was tall for an asian guy (he was 6'4").. The asian guy smiled and thanked Mike but someone else in the office complained... You HAVE to watch what you say at your work... Your comment implied so much that you deserved to be fired.. Really, is it really appropriate to suggest that a co-worker only got her job because she gave someone a blow job? What if someone said that about you or your mother... You shouldn't be just dismissing this as her being over sensitive.. You were in the wrong... Now grow up...

That's an interesting post. On the one hand if your story is correct you were fired for...nothing. Nothing offensive at all, and then your boss was also fired for what most people would find perfectly harmless, and even most dickweeds wouldn't find particularly offensive. But, you seem to think that there was nothing wrong with it

We do live in ultra PC times. How gay

I feel that I got fired for a silly reason, but I shouldn't have been posting on an offtopics message board (even though the company runs it themselves)... In other words, I'm indifferent about the cause of my termination but I don't put BLAME on someone else. The original poster doesn't have the maturity to realize that he did something wrong.. Instead he points his finger at his co-worker and calls her overly sensitive..