EXTREMELY EMBARRASSED AT WORK

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  • Vortex_ConQueso
    Vortex_ConQueso Posts: 97
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    OP, I completely sympathize! I work at a carwash and don't always have time for a shower. So once in a while I'll strip down and walk through the system naked while it's running a test cycle. It's a win-win situation! I get a good cleaning (I just have to remember not to use the hot wax option. A car wash is no place for a brazzilian) and the machines get a first-hand check out.

    Like you, I too was accused of getting the wrong satisfaction out of my job. I was testing the vacuums right after a bath and someone reported I was getting the Monica Lewinsky option, and I wasn't, I swear!!!

    Long story short, go straight to HR, and/or find another job. I'll stick to my shower at home, and you should squat anywhere but a bathroom stall.
  • kinkyslinky16
    kinkyslinky16 Posts: 1,469 Member
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    Ironically, my boyfriend is trying to get me to grok squat at work.

    At my desk.

    In my chair.

    While I'm with a client.

    Wow!! I thought my husband was the only one who wanted me to "squat" at work while in my chair at my desk.......... He's a naughty boy that gets what he wants..........

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    Can't stop laughing..
  • ShannonS921
    ShannonS921 Posts: 194
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    Why were you doing 70 squats?

    im doing 100 squats a day for a month.

    Does your arm get tired?

    :laugh: I just cracked up at this...and now my 10 year old wants to know what's so funny... :ohwell:
  • rpyle111
    rpyle111 Posts: 1,066 Member
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    The squat is certainly not the most appropriate exercise for this situation. Next time go for the snatch OP

    Might have been a clean and jerk in that stall ...

    Probably want to reverse that if you don't want to be found out.
  • Ultium
    Ultium Posts: 7
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    It's gotta suck to work with people who have x-ray vision.

    I think there's a lot more to the story than you're telling. If I heard strange noises from the bathroom, I would say something if they made me uncomfortable. If you know you make odd noises when you do squats, you should not do them where you're concealed- that saves you and prevents others from thinking you're doing something inappropriate.

    Everyone, this is why you should not to squat in the toilet. :)

    Tattletales like the above poster exist and they often embellish to justify the reason they are a rat.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
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    The squat is certainly not the most appropriate exercise for this situation. Next time go for the snatch OP

    Might have been a clean and jerk in that stall ...

    Probably want to reverse that if you don't want to be found out.

    :laugh:
  • kinkyslinky16
    kinkyslinky16 Posts: 1,469 Member
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    It's gotta suck to work with people who have x-ray vision.

    I think there's a lot more to the story than you're telling. If I heard strange noises from the bathroom, I would say something if they made me uncomfortable. If you know you make odd noises when you do squats, you should not do them where you're concealed- that saves you and prevents others from thinking you're doing something inappropriate.

    Everyone, this is why you should not to squat in the toilet. :)

    Tattletales like the above poster exist and they often embellish to justify the reason they are a rat.

    Exactly. I am teaching my son how NOT to be a tattle tale. It's people like this that make work miserable for everyone. :huh:
  • sassyjae21
    sassyjae21 Posts: 1,217 Member
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    This was a sad story.

    I don't even know what to say. Just. Wow.
  • KseRz
    KseRz Posts: 980 Member
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    This is what the world is coming to...

    http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/hell-no-you-cant-go-teamsters-dont-bathroom-rules-n158431

    Some notes:

    The Chicago company installed a new system that monitors bathroom breaks and penalizes employees who spend more than six minutes a day in the washroom outside their normal breaks.

    "The HR woman literally goes through every person's bathroom use and either hands out a reward or discipline," said Nick Kreitman, an attorney for Teamsters Local 743

    Sounds like I need to go back to school for HR so I can get a job monitoring adult pee breaks.


    ETA: 140715115329-bathroom-harassment-620xa.jpg
  • vanillacoffee
    vanillacoffee Posts: 1,024 Member
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    Oh my GOD, that's so awkward. I feel for you :( That is ridiculous. Ask for a meeting with your boss again and say that you feel like your integrity was compromised? (Show him your fitness log?) And say that it embarrasses you beyond measure to think that people think that of you. Make HIM feel bad!
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
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    Am I the only one who thought of the The Office when I read this?
  • WeepingAngel81
    WeepingAngel81 Posts: 2,232 Member
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    Don't squat next time. Instead work on your snatch.
  • jkowula
    jkowula Posts: 447
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    I think doing squats in a stall is much weirder than masturbating in there.

    IMO

    Classic! Thanks for making my day man!!!!
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    Yeah, your boss has no right to accuse you of masturbating with no evidence. That's sexual harassment, to a T. If your boss is the *owner* of the business or there's no HR, I would consider a lawsuit.

    Uh, her co-worker was the one who complained. Her boss was addressing the complaint which is what he should have done.
    my boss called me in his office and explained to me that a co worker had heard me masturbating in the bathroom and it really disturbed her. I was in total shock trying to explain to my boss that i was just trying to get some quick squats in because i never have to time to exercise (because im always paper pushing for him) . He then said that he doesnt believe me and i need to do my personal business at home and not on the job and this was a warning.

    By "personal business" he could mean anything including doing squats in the bathroom. I agree with another poster who said that she must have been caught in some fibs before for her boss to not believe her. If this was a real situation (which I am doubting it is) her boss would more than likely have raised the concern/disgust of the co-worker (in an embarrassed sort of way), asked what she was doing and then told her to "just be cognizant in the future or do them somewhere else".

    ETA: And a lawsuit for what, exactly?

    ^Agree and was thinking of most of what you wrote/pointed out.
  • MyiahRose
    MyiahRose Posts: 183 Member
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    If the OP can "run stairs" for her exercise, she can do her squats in the stairwell.

    And I would much rather have my coworkers SEE what I'm doing so they can't make their own assumptions and be known as Ex-Lax lady or the office masturbator.

    But again the question that the OP has not answered yet is how did her co-worker know it was her?

    Because after i finished up my squats i went to wash my hands and fix myself up and she came out the stall a few seconds later. It was only us in the restroom
  • MyiahRose
    MyiahRose Posts: 183 Member
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    I dont understand why everyone is being so mean about this. I guess I dont know what troll is either. i come on this site for motivation and inspiration to see how others are helping their health. I think the point was maybe trying to find a better way to find time to fit in a workout here and a little support as to how awful that was handled. After all the title DOES say EMBARRASSED at work so why make her feel worse? Anyway...sorry that happened to you and I hope for your sake it dies down soon enough. I would do what others said too and go to HR if there even is an HR department where you work. Not every place is that big. Good luck!

    :flowerforyou:
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    if this was before you were on the clock, then why didn't you do these at home?
  • MyiahRose
    MyiahRose Posts: 183 Member
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    OKAY EVERYONE, I obviously learned my lesson and shouldnt squat at work. I never had a problem with it until now and i will make time at home.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
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    this is my top 5 favourite thread
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    If the OP can "run stairs" for her exercise, she can do her squats in the stairwell.

    And I would much rather have my coworkers SEE what I'm doing so they can't make their own assumptions and be known as Ex-Lax lady or the office masturbator.

    But again the question that the OP has not answered yet is how did her co-worker know it was her?

    Because after i finished up my squats i went to wash my hands and fix myself up and she came out the stall a few seconds later. It was only us in the restroom

    Wait.. You went to wash your hands after you were "squatting"?

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