Zephyr823
Active Member
I work in operations as a hazmat auditor, air smalls & overgoods clerk. My supervisor is African American and I am white. I have to include this because it relates to my issue. Ive been with UPS for 19 years and never had an issue with doing what I am directed to do. Fair days work, fair days pay. I have a good reputation with the company. Do what I gotta do and go home. My supervisor has a reputation for oversupervising and harassment. She has been disciplined in the past. This past Friday near the end of my shift I had a small stack of hazmat papers to initial. They were in my hand as I headed to the office. My supervisor appears behind me and tells me to "leave those for Monday, just do them then." I turned and said its bargaining work and Im required to finish it. In the past she actually pulled them from my hand after following me into the office and put them in a desk drawer. I threw up my hands in frustration and simply walked out. I should not have let that slide. (Don't rock the boat) I did though and now regret it.
She follows me into the office and angrily states that "they are getting on my ass because of youses time!"-Exact quote. I turned and said that thats her job and not my problem. I said Im doing my work! What do you want me to do? She then says, that the big boss wants to know why it takes 20 minutes to fill them out! I said, Go get him and he can sit here and watch me! Im not playing tiddily winks! Im doing my work! My voice was raised but I wasn't speaking angrily but with a frustrated tone. I was frustrated because she has been "on" me constantly for days. Had a strong sense of being harassed and she has been threatening my job/time. Out of the blue she says to me very threateningly: "Oh you're just talking to me like that because of all this...(she sweeps her hand across her face)my black skin bothers you." I was so shocked and said, excuse me? She says it again, "You're talking to me like that because Im black!" I stood up and said, Don't ever accuse me of being racist. She then says, "I know how you people are!" I walked out and up to my other supervisor and told him what happened. He said we have to arrange a meeting to talk it out blah blah blah. She's barking at me about being insubordinate, etc. I never said I wasn't going to do what Im told. She was sitting down and I turned to respond to the things she was saying. All of a sudden she rolls back with her hands curled up against her chest acting like I was going to attack her or something. It was pretty scary. I just said oh my god! You are actually going to play that game? My last words to her: You are a horrible human being. I turned to my other supervisor and said she's psycho. She's actually psycho. I, at that point was about to burst into tears. I walked out and went back to my job. The other supervisor did come down to check on me and was very nice about it. So today Im hoping they have the meeting. I cannot wait to defend myself if thats even possible. They let her slide on everything. Im hoping to get some feedback or see if anyone here has anything like this happen to them. Thanks!
She follows me into the office and angrily states that "they are getting on my ass because of youses time!"-Exact quote. I turned and said that thats her job and not my problem. I said Im doing my work! What do you want me to do? She then says, that the big boss wants to know why it takes 20 minutes to fill them out! I said, Go get him and he can sit here and watch me! Im not playing tiddily winks! Im doing my work! My voice was raised but I wasn't speaking angrily but with a frustrated tone. I was frustrated because she has been "on" me constantly for days. Had a strong sense of being harassed and she has been threatening my job/time. Out of the blue she says to me very threateningly: "Oh you're just talking to me like that because of all this...(she sweeps her hand across her face)my black skin bothers you." I was so shocked and said, excuse me? She says it again, "You're talking to me like that because Im black!" I stood up and said, Don't ever accuse me of being racist. She then says, "I know how you people are!" I walked out and up to my other supervisor and told him what happened. He said we have to arrange a meeting to talk it out blah blah blah. She's barking at me about being insubordinate, etc. I never said I wasn't going to do what Im told. She was sitting down and I turned to respond to the things she was saying. All of a sudden she rolls back with her hands curled up against her chest acting like I was going to attack her or something. It was pretty scary. I just said oh my god! You are actually going to play that game? My last words to her: You are a horrible human being. I turned to my other supervisor and said she's psycho. She's actually psycho. I, at that point was about to burst into tears. I walked out and went back to my job. The other supervisor did come down to check on me and was very nice about it. So today Im hoping they have the meeting. I cannot wait to defend myself if thats even possible. They let her slide on everything. Im hoping to get some feedback or see if anyone here has anything like this happen to them. Thanks!
