I'm tired of being harassed about my hair, my clothes, and the music that I listen to. I've been at PCP for nearly 2 years and you'd think that everyone would be used to it by now. I'm tired of the institutionalized sexism.
I went to my superviser and told him that I'm tired of people harassing me about my clothes and hair. He said that it wasn't his problem. I made it clear to him that it is getting out of control (one coworker frequently tells me that he'd beat his son for wearing clothes like me) and that it's making me feel unconfortable in the workplace and that it is my superviser's job to do something about that. So he did. I'm supposed to cut my hair and stop dying it. I'm not supposed to wear plaid pants anymore. I'm not supposed to listen to whatever music it is that I like, even on my headphones because it is my actions that offend them.
Who is in the wrong here? I'm not breaking the rules. There's nothing about piercings in the employee's handbook. There's nothing about plaid pants, mohawks, dying your hair, or punk rock in the employee's handbook. There is a considerable amount in the handbook on penalties for making the workplace inhospitable to another employee as well as harassment, and nepotism.
Fuck it. They can fire me before I change my appearance for them. And if they do, I'll sue. I'm not in the wrong here!
P.S. I've got enough evidence of OSHA violations to put them out of business for a long time.
-Jonnypuppy
I went to my superviser and told him that I'm tired of people harassing me about my clothes and hair. He said that it wasn't his problem. I made it clear to him that it is getting out of control (one coworker frequently tells me that he'd beat his son for wearing clothes like me) and that it's making me feel unconfortable in the workplace and that it is my superviser's job to do something about that. So he did. I'm supposed to cut my hair and stop dying it. I'm not supposed to wear plaid pants anymore. I'm not supposed to listen to whatever music it is that I like, even on my headphones because it is my actions that offend them.
Who is in the wrong here? I'm not breaking the rules. There's nothing about piercings in the employee's handbook. There's nothing about plaid pants, mohawks, dying your hair, or punk rock in the employee's handbook. There is a considerable amount in the handbook on penalties for making the workplace inhospitable to another employee as well as harassment, and nepotism.
Fuck it. They can fire me before I change my appearance for them. And if they do, I'll sue. I'm not in the wrong here!
P.S. I've got enough evidence of OSHA violations to put them out of business for a long time.
-Jonnypuppy
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i say take it above your direct supervisor, point out the parts in the handbook that support you and not the people harrasing you, then demand that your supervisor apologise to you and stop the harrasment immediately. you are in the right, and the law is on your side boy!