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[queenoftheskies]

This new man that I was complaining about...

Calls me "Dear" and pats me on the arm.

Ask me how much I want to smack him!!!

End of rant. :)

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[(Anonymous)]

Or maybe it's an over-reaction to not getting a promotion into the job that the boss's "friend" got instead.

I bet human resources would just shrug their collective shoulders and say, "Are you really sure you won't to make an official complaint about this?"

"dear" is a long way from sexual harassment.

[saycestsay.livejournal.com]

Well, i work in an anal-retentive fortune 500 company, and 'dear' can get you fired. YMMV.

(Here, HR doesn't shrug. They aren't allowed to.)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Or maybe it's an over-reaction to not getting a promotion into the job that the boss's "friend" got instead.

Except that the particular job in question is not a promotion, and I still have plenty of work of my own. I'm not the least bit interested in working in manufacturing. I'm trained in accounting and the office is where I belong.

The man's friend is not a boss. But, was probably looking for someone to do things his was instead of the way his boss wanted them done.

"dear" is a long way from sexual harassment.

I think, technically, it is sexual harrassment, but I'm not crying sexual harrassment. This man just doesn't have manners and is very presumptious.

I just think that everyone should treat everyone else in their work place with some respect.

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

"dear" is a long way from sexual harassment.

Sorry, "Dear" is indeed sexual harassment if the woman takes it the wrong way.

You know, it can suck because women have gotten men fired just because they didn't like them. Really, at most places, all a woman has to do is say, "he calls me dear in a very patronizing way," even if the guy is totally not doing it to be rude.

It can be unfair. No one is saying it isn't.

But that, at least in Texas, is the law. MOST women won't do that to someone. Most are like J and very wary about crying wolf when they're not sure.

"Dear" and "hun" and "darling" are still sexual harassment.

(BTW, either sign into livejournal or sign your name. Anonymous comments, especially on posts like this, are darn cowardous. Don't say it if you're afraid to attach your name to it.)