“but another woman walking by did take offense, claiming that he was harassing his coworker. “
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Just curious-—was this woman a co-worker or just passing by?
I can’t believe the poor guy lost his job.
I’m a woman from a generation that would feel bad if the guys at work didn’t give you compliments and flirt.
Lots of marriages came out of the workplace in those days.
Everything is upside down.
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Just passing by. She worked for the plant, not the construction company. The aftermath of that incident was men nearly refusing to talk to women.
The female coworker sided with the man, but the HR Zampolit condescendingly replied that this was for her own protection, since he was a predator based solely on the complaint of an “offended” third party with a chip on her shoulder the size of Manhattan.
I lost two of my best electricians that week. The rest of my construction team were nearly continuously looking over there shoulder after that, and this was a team not known for behavior normally associated with harassment. Note I used the term normally (which is a reflection of my bias as a white male heterosexual classist oppressor ad infinitum ad nauseum). Productivity also cratered.
We had a blast working when I first got out of college. We went to lunch with our men co workers, went to happy hours and they were cute and flirtatious. It was just fun and created a fun atmosphere in our office. Women just don’t know how to be women anymore —I’m talking about the feminazis
I had to take management sexual harassment training twenty years ago. I still remember how a friendly innocuous comment to a coworker could be overheard by somebody else and be classed as a “hostile work environment.” Utterly insane and going on for at least two decades now.
I’m a woman from a generation that would feel bad if the guys at work didn’t give you compliments and flirt.
Lots of marriages came out of the workplace in those days.
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So true! ...I was a Manager in a dept. of professionals at a major defense contractor. Lots of compliments and flirting went on there. Two Sctys. would sneak up behind me when I was walking down the aisle to my office and pinch my butt occasionally.
On last workday before Christmas, most people had left. The Director and Asst. Director were standing at other end of the area watching people leave work. I was standing at opposite end and talking with another Manager. ...My Scty. left her desk and walked right up to me and grabbed me around the neck and planted a fantastic kiss. I was shocked and just held my arms out (like in surrender), while avidly returning the deep kiss ...and looking at my boss.
Turns out, she and the guy I was talking with (both married) were having an affair and she was just teasing him. They both got divorces, married and are still married about 20 years later.