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HARRASSMENT ON THE JOB
- Subject: HARRASSMENT ON THE JOB
- From: Anonymous <no_email@fake.address>
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 10:36:25 -0500 (EST)
I WORK FOR CITY HALL IN MY TOWNSHIP MY IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR IS CONSANTLY ACCUSING ME
OF SABOTAGING HER WORK BECAUSE SHE CAN'T SEEM TO PICK UP THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM AS
FAST AS I HAVE AND NOW SHE SAYING THAT I HAVE POOR WORK PERFORMANCE AND CONSTANTLY
WRITING NEGATIVE LETTERS TO OUR SUPERVISOR ABOUT ME EVEN THOUGH I CONSTANTLY RESPONSE
IN WRITTEN HE ALWAYS TAKES HER SIDE.THE VERY LAST INCIDENT SHE WALK IN TO THE OFFICE
AND I SAID ONE WORD TO HER AND SHE BEGAN YELLING AND SCREAMING WHICH IN TURN I BEGAN
SPEAKING LOUDLY BACK AT HER AND THERE WERE TWO WITNESSES THAT SAY THAT I WAS TELLING
THE TRUTH I WAS STILL SUSPENDED FOR THREE DAY AND PUT ON 30 DAY PROBATION AND WAS
NOTHING EVEN SAID TO HER. AND WHEN I COMPLAIN TO OUR BOSS IN FRONT OF HER HE'S ALWAYS IN
AGREEMENT WITH HER BUT WHEN I SPEAK TO HIM ALONE HE TELLS ME THAT SHE'S JUST THAT TYPE
PERSON WHO WON'T EVER GIVE THE CREDIT YOU REALLY DESERVE BUT HE KNOWS I'M DOING A GOOD JOB,
AN SHE PROBALY JEALOUS THAT A YOUNG ONE OF US (POINTING TO HIS SKIN, OUR SUPERVISOR AND I ARE
AFRICAN AMERICANS) HAS COME IN AND OUT SHINED HER. AN HE BASICALLY BRUSHES MY COMPLAINT
TO THE SIDE BY CONTINUING ON WITH COMMENTS LIKE YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND YOU
HAVE BIG BEAUTIFUL EYES AND YOU KNOW YOU LOOK GOOD THEN SMILING HE'LL SAY I BETTER WATCH
MY MOUTH WITH ALL OF THE HARRASSMENT STUFF GOING AROUND(HE'S
ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP ON A SEXUAL HARRASSMENT CHARGE FROM A FORMER EMPLOYEE) AND WHILE
CONTINUING TO SMILE HE'LL SAY PLUS I DON'T WANT JOE ( MY BOYFRIEND WHO IS A POLICE OFFICER
IN THE TOWNSHIP) TO SHOT ME. NOW THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS AND I REALLY DON'T
KNOW IF I'M BEING SEXUALLY HARRASSED AND THE REASON HE KEEPS AGREEING WITH MY SUPERVISOR IS
BECAUSE I HAVEN'T RESPONSED TO HIS ADVANCES. I JUST KNOW THAT THIS REALLY MAKES ME UPSET AND
IS HE ALLOWED TO DO THIS.
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