Posted on 10/18/2017 3:45:40 AM PDT by C19fan
A female friend of mine went on a foreign business trip early in her career with two colleagues who were both male, married, and senior to her at the company. After dinner with a client, hours after she had retired to her room, around 1 a.m., one of her coworkers knocked on her hotel door and asked if she would come out for a drink. She declined. After another hour, around 2 a.m., the other coworker knocked on her door. When she opened it a crack, he tried to push his way into her room. She fought him off. All three still work together.
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57 things, and it is all about them, not the task at hand.
Too ridiculous to read.
Seems to me, it might be easier to only hire straight men.
I think the KEY thing the man-hater who wrote that is missing is... “intention”
Many of those things she listed are perfectly ok, IF you have no intention of trying to pick them up, have sex with them, ect.
THAT is what makes it creepy.
The second your INTENTION changes, how those actions are received changes.
Told our receptionist/dispatcher she didn’t need to attend a safety meeting the other day at which we were giving out coats to each employee, I’d bring hers to her after because no one would pay attention to me and what I had to say if she were there. 29 men and 1 other woman in meeting. I’m fairly certain after reading this that I harassed her.
The one I'll always remember was the guy who told me to smile just after I'd left the Chaplain's office. I'd just been notified that my father had died unexpectedly, and I was rather in shock, and this guy told me to smile. I told him about my father and he scampered away, mortified. I do hope that he, at least, never again ordered a complete stranger to smile at him.
Bullshit. If true, the woman is a dumb bitch.
BTW, Reason #58; the author can blow me.
I work with a lot of women, ladies and females. Most all are ESL peoples..
I’ve never had any complaints of inappropriate behavior because I’ve learned to keep my mouth shut and look the other way,, and that drives them crazy when you dont make eye contact..
The article is basically “don’t interact with women, period.”
God that must have been awful for you!
The “smile” guy probably did not give it a second thought.
I noticed that, too. Funny, as that line coming from a woman to a man, would violate all of the above rules for men talking to women.
Yeah
This and more
Yes, I know. Allow me some IT-Dilbert-style humor.
Same here, over 30 years ago. Work is where you have the most chances to meet people, and also get an idea of what kind of people they are. All this "sexual harassment" hyper-sensitivity is making men too hesitant to ask out female co-workers.
I’d hit it.
Sorry, metmom, but there is no way this applies:
“Don’t make any comment to women about their appearance or behavior that you wouldn’t make to a male co-worker.”
Men’s speech in the workplace is often purposefully socially and politically incorrect. Men regularly joke about things that are truly meaningful and seriously mock their own (sex’s) weaknesses in a manner that borders on cruelty. Clothes, hygiene, looks, athletic or sexual prowess—you name it—men will relentlessly dog one another in good humor. The brutality of the insults reflects the depth of the relationship. No way that works in mixed company.
“57 Things I Need You to Stop Doing to the Women You Work With”
So, no more covering them in 57 varieties of ketchup, right?
I smiled at the vision of “Agile/Scrum Project Management.” It sounds like what happens when you try to get 25 Cub Scouts to accomplish something.
Is this in all 57 States?
The Weinstein scandal (crisis!) is now being used to bludgeon all hetero males as we knew it would.
Biblical love negates the need for a 57 item list.
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