Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
define "friend"
OMG, hugging? I hug everyone, if I creep them out, never seen it. If they dont like it they would nicely tell me? If the mood moves me, I hug, grab a shoulder, knock up against them. Good Lord, we are emotional human beings. A world without hugging? Give me a break. It disturbs me, to see life being clinicalized.
"friend" is someone who had no problem spilling out their emotions and saying what is going on with their life, family, etc...somebody when asked if they were cool if I prayed for them they said sure...
Didn't you just call me dense for saying the exact thing - that his "friend" was probably the complainant? We don't agree on the reason she chose to go to mgmt instead of telling him directly but we agree it would have to be her complaining.eshbucknut,
Unless there's more to this story, most likely the person you hugged would've had to write a written statement against you in order to elevate this to termination. Over the years, we've had many instances of witnesses reporting harassment, and typically the company will not proceed unless the person being harassed agrees to write a statement.
Didn't you just call me dense for saying the exact thing - that his "friend" was probably the complainant? We don't agree on the reason she chose to go to mgmt instead of telling him directly but we agree it would have to be her complaining.
I guess my only question that remains...if I am able to produce some facebook chatter, to prove that we did have a mutual friendship, or something to that extent, do I have a fighting chance? My family thinks I should lawyer up but isn't that why I pay $50 a month to the Union Hall? Are these types of terminations overturned? Everything was mutual, conversations at break, her telling me her financial and marital woes etc. I always just wanted to be a listener and an encourager, not once was a word (uncomfortable) used or else I would've backed the heck away from day 1
If this was just a "hey there" kind of hug and you were never asked to not do it before then this complaint is without merit and you should get your job back and could possible push for back pay.
If however you've been told not to and can't keep your hands to yourself ,well thats another matter.
and marital woes etc.
I haven't been sexual harassed in a long time.It's only sexual harassment when she feels something poking at her thigh.
It's only sexual harassment when she feels something poking at her thigh.
Perhaps it was a stupervisor that put it threw. If so, even if they are the poorest of the poor, they will always look out for and believe anything "they" say to each other.
It is every UPS employee's responsibility to ensure a harassment free workplace. A few months back we had to PCM the sexual harassment policy over an incident that occurred. A male hourly would tell sexually explicit stories to a female supervisor. She never spoke up and another hourly over heard his comments and decided to speak up. The hourly was fired, but eventually got his job back. He fought that she never told him what he was doing was wrong.
All of our supervisors had to get retrained on our sexual harassment policy. We watched videos, filled out a booklet, answered questions. HR basically told us if that hourly decided to sue, UPS wouldn't back the female supervisor. She would have been fully liable, because she did not follow the sexual harassment policy.
I've had a few occurrences where I've fell uncomfortable, and all happened with no witnesses. I told the person at the time that their actions were inappropriate, and I will not tolerate them. Also that if it happens again, I will go to HR and report it. These people have stayed away from me, I feel that I got my point across.
However, if I asked them to stop and they wouldn't, I would definitely report it.
I get that you should report any harassment. The problem is no one can have any fun anymore if we live by certain people's puritan values.