Stupid reasons you have been sent to HR
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GymGoddessGoals wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »hawkeye45_ wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »It was cold and I was accused on not wearing a bra. They had to apologize to me.
Who even accused you of that?
One of the women I work with. I think its weird because she is always making comments about my body but especially my boobs. It makes me extremely uncomfortable when she says stuff.
You need to "cash her outside!"
I sometimes don't button the second button on my dress shirt at work and my chest is a wee bit hairy, which has lead to multiple people (other men) making comments. As guys we tend to give each other *kitten* so I said something about not being able to help being a real man. Turned out the guy I said it to was dealing with low T levels and he went to HR.
Like I knew about his condition.
Since there was nothing in the dress code about the how many buttons had to be buttoned I just got a talking to. I did try turning it around by saying that people should be looking at my face not at my chest when they talk to me. That didn't really go over so well.
So know I just tell people "Hey my eye are up here!"
Or maybe people should just keep their rude comments to themselves period.
Wow, sorry if sharing my story offended you. That wasn't my intent.6 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »hawkeye45_ wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »It was cold and I was accused on not wearing a bra. They had to apologize to me.
Who even accused you of that?
One of the women I work with. I think its weird because she is always making comments about my body but especially my boobs. It makes me extremely uncomfortable when she says stuff.
You need to "cash her outside!"
I sometimes don't button the second button on my dress shirt at work and my chest is a wee bit hairy, which has lead to multiple people (other men) making comments. As guys we tend to give each other *kitten* so I said something about not being able to help being a real man. Turned out the guy I said it to was dealing with low T levels and he went to HR.
Like I knew about his condition.
Since there was nothing in the dress code about the how many buttons had to be buttoned I just got a talking to. I did try turning it around by saying that people should be looking at my face not at my chest when they talk to me. That didn't really go over so well.
So know I just tell people "Hey my eye are up here!"
Or maybe people should just keep their rude comments to themselves period.
Wow, sorry if sharing my story offended you. That wasn't my intent.
Oh no, I didn't mean you at all. I meant, you shouldn't have to say "hey my eyes are up here!" You shouldn't have to defend yourself against others who suffer insecurity.4 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »hawkeye45_ wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »It was cold and I was accused on not wearing a bra. They had to apologize to me.
Who even accused you of that?
One of the women I work with. I think its weird because she is always making comments about my body but especially my boobs. It makes me extremely uncomfortable when she says stuff.
You need to "cash her outside!"
I sometimes don't button the second button on my dress shirt at work and my chest is a wee bit hairy, which has lead to multiple people (other men) making comments. As guys we tend to give each other *kitten* so I said something about not being able to help being a real man. Turned out the guy I said it to was dealing with low T levels and he went to HR.
Like I knew about his condition.
Since there was nothing in the dress code about the how many buttons had to be buttoned I just got a talking to. I did try turning it around by saying that people should be looking at my face not at my chest when they talk to me. That didn't really go over so well.
So know I just tell people "Hey my eye are up here!"
Or maybe people should just keep their rude comments to themselves period.
Wow, sorry if sharing my story offended you. That wasn't my intent.
Oh no, I didn't mean you at all. I meant, you shouldn't have to say "hey my eyes are up here!" You shouldn't have to defend yourself against others who suffer insecurity.
Sorry I misread your meaning there. Reading has never been my forte.
That's very true, and you are absolutely correct.
Unfortunately growing up in the circle I grew up in and in the career fields I have worked, we guys tend to talk a lot of smack and we usually let it slide off our backs and forget about it. In fact if other guys don't talk smack to you you tend to think there's a problem.
Yeah, we guys have issues!4 -
^ can confirm. Tru.dat2
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brustmannzwei wrote: »^ can confirm. Tru.dat
RIGHT! If anyone can I know you can. Sailors can't see something without commenting on it! My kids ask me why I don't talk a lot about my navy days. Cause many of my stories are NOT PG!
Have a good navy day brother!2 -
brustmannzwei wrote: »^ can confirm. Tru.dat
RIGHT! If anyone can I know you can. Sailors can't see something without commenting on it! My kids ask me why I don't talk a lot about my navy days. Cause many of my stories are NOT PG!
Have a good navy day brother!
You too, bro.1 -
I was fired for "not answering an email in a timely manner" which was totally fabricated. The following week, my ex-supervisor's younger sister had my old job.
The job loss left me unemployed for 5 months, ruined my credit, and sent me into crippling depression. I'm still bitter AF over it, 4 years later.
. . the sun rises.
Hopefully shining brighter than ever too.1 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »hawkeye45_ wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »It was cold and I was accused on not wearing a bra. They had to apologize to me.
Who even accused you of that?
One of the women I work with. I think its weird because she is always making comments about my body but especially my boobs. It makes me extremely uncomfortable when she says stuff.
You need to "cash her outside!"
I sometimes don't button the second button on my dress shirt at work and my chest is a wee bit hairy, which has lead to multiple people (other men) making comments. As guys we tend to give each other *kitten* so I said something about not being able to help being a real man. Turned out the guy I said it to was dealing with low T levels and he went to HR.
Like I knew about his condition.
Since there was nothing in the dress code about the how many buttons had to be buttoned I just got a talking to. I did try turning it around by saying that people should be looking at my face not at my chest when they talk to me. That didn't really go over so well.
So know I just tell people "Hey my eye are up here!"
Or maybe people should just keep their rude comments to themselves period.
Wow, sorry if sharing my story offended you. That wasn't my intent.
Oh no, I didn't mean you at all. I meant, you shouldn't have to say "hey my eyes are up here!" You shouldn't have to defend yourself against others who suffer insecurity.
Sorry I misread your meaning there. Reading has never been my forte.
That's very true, and you are absolutely correct.
Unfortunately growing up in the circle I grew up in and in the career fields I have worked, we guys tend to talk a lot of smack and we usually let it slide off our backs and forget about it. In fact if other guys don't talk smack to you you tend to think there's a problem.
Yeah, we guys have issues!
Learn something new every day. I thought only women had issues relating to other people in those types of situations. 2 -
I laughed loud and heartily at a harassment presentation. Some jokes write themselves.3
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I was fired for "not answering an email in a timely manner" which was totally fabricated. The following week, my ex-supervisor's younger sister had my old job.
The job loss left me unemployed for 5 months, ruined my credit, and sent me into crippling depression. I'm still bitter AF over it, 4 years later.
Lets form a posse and get these MFrs!!3 -
30+ years and never have. Realize HR works for the employer and not the employee. They are their to protect the company. Just my opinion.6
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Not me, not really a really a stupid reason, and not really an HR story but sorta like an HR story. ..
But, on one of my boats a torpedo man First class snipped a small wire, went to captains mast, and lost two chevrons before the captain changed into his poopy suit after leaving port one time.
Sweet story condensed...
Special equipment installed, he wasn’t the Torpedo man Lead Petty Officer, didn’t like the way a wire, not cable, a wire was ran. Instead of rerouting it he said to himself, “Self, this is *kitten*. Imma do something about it.” Got himself a pair of *kitten*, cut it, re-routed it, and went about his business.
Within minutes the special dudes said WTF, their cable didn’t test right and they went to the CO.
He was summoned and stood outside the COs quarters, the CO got us out of port, turned command over to the Nav, and proceeded to court marshal him stripping him of two ranks.
I don’t remember how much that cost him in pay, probably 10s of thousands, but if he was due for a re-up I know it cost him 10s of thousands tax free.5 -
I've never been sent to HR but if I would have it probably would have been for sexual harassment.
Eta: I'm not really serious1 -
Never been sent to HR because up until fairly recently we didn't have our own HR, it was contracted out.
Our HR seems to be a bit of a mess. There's a lot of turnover there. One young guy was having flings with multiple women on staff, then he disappeared for a while, came back and had another affair. He was fired. The other ones just bail after a while.
I inherited a really nice peace lily when one of the women left. Bonus.4 -
Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »I've never been sent to HR but if I would have it probably would have been for sexual harassment.
Eta: I'm not really serious
You're not really serious, you're just regular serious?1 -
Never been sent to HR because up until fairly recently we didn't have our own HR, it was contracted out.
Our HR seems to be a bit of a mess. There's a lot of turnover there. One young guy was having flings with multiple women on staff, then he disappeared for a while, came back and had another affair. He was fired. The other ones just bail after a while.
I inherited a really nice peace lily when one of the women left. Bonus.
Do the Hot Fuzz references flow?0 -
hawkeye45_ wrote: »Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »I've never been sent to HR but if I would have it probably would have been for sexual harassment.
Eta: I'm not really serious
You're not really serious, you're just regular serious?
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hawkeye45_ wrote: »Never been sent to HR because up until fairly recently we didn't have our own HR, it was contracted out.
Our HR seems to be a bit of a mess. There's a lot of turnover there. One young guy was having flings with multiple women on staff, then he disappeared for a while, came back and had another affair. He was fired. The other ones just bail after a while.
I inherited a really nice peace lily when one of the women left. Bonus.
Do the Hot Fuzz references flow?
I loved that movie!
Back when the dept started up the woman in charge implemented a whole slew of draconian new policies (like 1950s era workplace) and was nicknamed Cruella DeVille. (Sadly, we didn't even have one dalmatian, let alone 101)1 -
Sent to me by a colleague this morning and then edited by me for MFPers this afternoon...
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My husband got sent to HR once because after spending 30 minutes trying to solve an issue for a client that clearly had no clue what was going on, finally said to the client "I'll bet your shoes have velcro, right?"
Client didn't complain, co-worker did.8 -
GymGoddessGoals wrote: »..... Welcome to small business America where nothing is done quite like its supposed to be done.
Yes... Absolutely. I've never worked for one that wasn't highly toxic/dysfunctional. What they get away with would last all of 30 seconds in a major place (at least the ones I've worked in).
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Ikeeptrying2 wrote: »GymGoddessGoals wrote: »..... Welcome to small business America where nothing is done quite like its supposed to be done.
Yes... Absolutely. I've never worked for one that wasn't highly toxic/dysfunctional. What they get away with would last all of 30 seconds in a major place (at least the ones I've worked in).
My experience has been the opposite or some what middle ground. Neither has been toxic but big companies (200k+ Employees) are concerned with two things; brand / reputation and financial solvency.
Working for a small business (~30 employees), has always been all around clutch... until bought by the competitor.
But, then again every industry is different. Maybe I’ve just picked one of the better ones.3 -
Not me but one of my siblings was called in over a red cough drop. She assists a doctor and he always places a red cough drop into his mouth between patients. This was before 'Rona. He leaned over the table to examine a woman and the cough drop fell smack dab into the middle of her forehead and stuck there. The lady went berserk, jumped off the table, flapping her arms....get it off, get it off of me. Sibling slid down the back wall laughing like a hyena and couldn't quit. She had to go outside. Doctor went outside and they both fell into hysterical laughing. Lady was very mad. HR to the rescue.11
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Diatonic12 wrote: »Not me but one of my siblings was called in over a red cough drop. She assists a doctor and he always places a red cough drop into his mouth between patients. This was before 'Rona. He leaned over the table to examine a woman and the cough drop fell smack dab into the middle of her forehead and stuck there. The lady went berserk, jumped off the table, flapping her arms....get it off, get it off of me. Sibling slid down the back wall laughing like a hyena and couldn't quit. She had to go outside. Doctor went outside and they both fell into hysterical laughing. Lady was very mad. HR to the rescue.
This made me smile. 🙂 at least it wasn’t dentures.
I’d say “some people” but To each her own.2 -
@brustmannzwei She still works there. That's a cautionary tale about the poor bloke who lost thousands.
I feel sad for him. 1 -
^ my bad. I’m full blown retarded today, yesterday, and for who knows however long. I thought it was a tale where HR saved the day.
I should have known better. ☹️1 -
Nooo, they did save the day. Smoothing everything over with the lady.3
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My sister’s best friend, nurse in pediatrics walks in , picks the chart and says “ good morning little one, how do you pronounce your name?”, on chart is SSST. Mother of kid, rolled her eyes and said “Forest of course” (four S T). Nurse starts laughing with tears, and mom complains. Than HR.7
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I was fired for "not answering an email in a timely manner" which was totally fabricated. The following week, my ex-supervisor's younger sister had my old job.
The job loss left me unemployed for 5 months, ruined my credit, and sent me into crippling depression. I'm still bitter AF over it, 4 years later.
Nepotism is real. I used to really believe that people who got fired were fired because they were worse workers than they let on.
I worked at this horrible place for 1.6 years and we seriously had a running joke where we wanted to place a sign up that said "xy days without incidents" aka people getting fired. It rarely went longer than a month.
My turn was up when they promoted a managers daughter-- who was 21 and known for doing a horrible job but kissing upper managements feet. She got her feelings hurt when she heard that the whole department didn't agree with her being promoted and one by one fired every. one. of us. HR said that it was because I wasn't completing one certain task-- they had given it to me 2 days before I was fired.
Whatever, one month later, I landed an amazing job with awesome bosses.5 -
breefoshee wrote: »I was fired for "not answering an email in a timely manner" which was totally fabricated. The following week, my ex-supervisor's younger sister had my old job.
The job loss left me unemployed for 5 months, ruined my credit, and sent me into crippling depression. I'm still bitter AF over it, 4 years later.
Nepotism is real. I used to really believe that people who got fired were fired because they were worse workers than they let on.
I worked at this horrible place for 1.6 years and we seriously had a running joke where we wanted to place a sign up that said "xy days without incidents" aka people getting fired. It rarely went longer than a month.
My turn was up when they promoted a managers daughter-- who was 21 and known for doing a horrible job but kissing upper managements feet. She got her feelings hurt when she heard that the whole department didn't agree with her being promoted and one by one fired every. one. of us. HR said that it was because I wasn't completing one certain task-- they had given it to me 2 days before I was fired.
Whatever, one month later, I landed an amazing job with awesome bosses.
The company you just described will survive in the short term, however that kind of culture usually results in a collapse. Sometimes the failure is swift, other times dragged out over several years..... but they do typically wash out after some period of time.
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