sexual harassment and pigshit
1:50 p.m. - 05.03.04
I'm convinced that I work with the most desperate lonely men in the midwest...
... and theyre not entirely shy about it either... actually i'd say they're almost proud...
... i've taken a matter of 'sexual harrassment' to management but asked that nothing be said until I put him on further notice...
Its nothing new to me that half the members of our maintenance staff are undersexed and sex driven at the same time.... everyone knows this - its a simple fact.
Yet I think for the first time ever -- two weeks ago Bean was made to feel like a miniscule piece of meat when a member of maintenance compared Bean to the floors they were doing -- and by "comparing" I mean to say she was directly told she was going to be "done" like the floors were being "done"....
.. and for those of you who still need it further broken down the floors are stripped and waxed when they are in the process of being "done"....
....
right.
I was literally left without words as the two stood there and simply laughed -- at the time it wasn't entirely a big deal and wasn't exactly surprising to hear this come from their mouths as I've already been told of other things theyve said amongst themselves but to say it direct and without reservation was simply enough to leave me speechless...
i managed to compose myself and express the utter disrespect i had for the comment before I left them to their business....
shortly after I told the story to the sidekick coworker who further encouraged me to tell management as that was far beyond a "joke" to be taken lightly....
with hesitation I mentioned it to him only if he promised to let me handle it and not step in unless it happened again...
.. funny how it wasn't until I actually had to tell an authority figure that it made me feel ... dirty.
afterwards i don't think i could look my manager in the eyes for the rest of our shift...
.... and i must say its the strangest feeling.... to understand why it is women dont speak up in these matters...
by all means this instance is nothing compared to an actual violation act against a woman but to feel beneath a man is something I've never truly experienced....
.. and i refuse to experience again...
theres too much hellfire in this little Bean to simply sit down and put up with pigshit....