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malaise

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85. It is much harder when you really need the job and have kids to feed
Tue Aug 3, 2021, 08:27 PM
Aug 2021

and it was worst back then - which is not to say it has gone away

I called them on it every time. no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #1
Hit you? malaise Aug 2021 #4
Yeah, a hard whack on the upper arm without warning. no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #31
The first time I was 14. DURHAM D Aug 2021 #2
Good malaise Aug 2021 #47
Hugs to Dad! That's the way you do it! 2Gingersnaps Aug 2021 #91
I guess I have been very lucky Betty88 Aug 2021 #95
I got sexually harassed every day at work and school in the 80s and 90s liberal_mama Aug 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Aug 2021 #6
Damn that was tough malaise Aug 2021 #7
Words are inadequate. I hope that you are healing. Know that your DU family is here niyad Aug 2021 #11
... Aristus Aug 2021 #14
Thank you for speaking up here Bucky Aug 2021 #84
My sister was 13, we were in foster care, our remaining parent, our Dad had died less 2Gingersnaps Aug 2021 #88
You did try! Duppers Aug 2021 #102
I'm very, very sorry. lindysalsagal Aug 2021 #107
I also had a co-worker that came up behind me DURHAM D Aug 2021 #5
Good malaise Aug 2021 #9
Thank God there was a "right person!" 2Gingersnaps Aug 2021 #92
As a young man, I worked in an office with some ladies that thought grabbing my ass was funny. Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #8
We don't discuss that other sexual harassment malaise Aug 2021 #10
I think it might be because young men often like the attention and don't feel physically at risk. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #35
You're one of the good guys malaise Aug 2021 #48
One does ones best. Been with the wife for 34 years! GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #51
Thank you, we know you guys are out there and some of us deeply appreciate it. 2Gingersnaps Aug 2021 #93
It's nothing my church did that made me a freethinker. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #94
I Called Other Men On It ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #12
Somehow I knew you'd be that guy malaise Aug 2021 #24
Once I became a manager I've fired men over it. GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #101
I duck taped a recorder to my chest Mary in S. Carolina Aug 2021 #13
Wonderful malaise Aug 2021 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Aug 2021 #26
Awesome!!!! lindysalsagal Aug 2021 #109
hmm.... bdamomma Aug 2021 #128
In my state, recorders not allowed as evidence Mary in S. Carolina Aug 2021 #131
I worked at a large corporation Deuxcents Aug 2021 #15
I always looked the other way or laughed it off. Dream Girl Aug 2021 #16
Awful malaise Aug 2021 #76
Awful malaise Aug 2021 #77
Gave it back to them Politicalgolfer Aug 2021 #17
oh goodness,,,, not well,,,, KarenS Aug 2021 #18
You survived in a tough environment malaise Aug 2021 #38
You survived in a tough environment malaise Aug 2021 #39
Many years ago, a friend and I were having a drink after work. One of our coworkers niyad Aug 2021 #19
That usually works malaise Aug 2021 #33
Someone I worked for tried to grab me by the boobs HipChick Aug 2021 #20
Same here malaise Aug 2021 #34
I was never bdamomma Aug 2021 #129
Racheting Cable cutter... haele Aug 2021 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Aug 2021 #27
THIS malaise Aug 2021 #28
Sometimes I get pushback: LakeArenal Aug 2021 #22
Girl you covered the field but the penis pump malaise Aug 2021 #29
Exactly. LakeArenal Aug 2021 #50
I think the difference between then and now could be Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2021 #130
In my mid-20s, a high-level executive of the company I worked for at the time greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #23
Damn - that's creepy malaise Aug 2021 #30
This asshole got his revenge on me too. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #32
Good grief malaise Aug 2021 #36
That poor woman. She should have been pro union. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #40
The last laugh is often the sweetest malaise Aug 2021 #41
I was looking around before they fired me. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2021 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Aug 2021 #37
when I found my locker papered with Playboy centerfolds Skittles Aug 2021 #43
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Aug 2021 #49
AMATEURS Skittles Aug 2021 #59
You are brilliant!!! lindysalsagal Aug 2021 #113
you know what really bothered me? Skittles Aug 2021 #121
I dumped a beer in his lap LiberalBrooke Aug 2021 #44
Good malaise Aug 2021 #89
Good malaise Aug 2021 #90
A flasher opened his coat LiberalBrooke Aug 2021 #45
My response was.. luvs2sing Aug 2021 #61
"it looks like a penis, only smaller!" Skittles Aug 2021 #64
I used that line on the RR train musette_sf Aug 2021 #87
K&R spanone Aug 2021 #46
Told them I was straight. Let's face 9 times out 10 if there's a sexual harrassment it was ... marble falls Aug 2021 #52
I was never against consensual banter malaise Aug 2021 #55
I had no taste for locker room talk, not even in the locker room. Polite and light. marble falls Aug 2021 #60
Wow. lindysalsagal Aug 2021 #106
Men are craven for the most part. Even with each other. marble falls Aug 2021 #119
Mostly was successful by ignoring them treestar Aug 2021 #53
Right out of college I worked for Merrill Lynch kimbutgar Aug 2021 #54
I am color blind when you're a scumbag malaise Aug 2021 #57
I learned how to deal with men.. luvs2sing Aug 2021 #56
Wow - that was fascinating malaise Aug 2021 #62
My mom used to laugh at the man and say, "Not a chance in the world!" twin_ghost Aug 2021 #58
SHe must know my favorite aunt malaise Aug 2021 #63
That is what I did. Raftergirl Aug 2021 #65
As a new hospital RN (I was 28), I had a doctor put his hand on my knee TNNurse Aug 2021 #66
That is the best way to deal with them - up front malaise Aug 2021 #69
If I had been 21 not sure I could have. TNNurse Aug 2021 #78
Doesn't have to be retired. Blue_true Aug 2021 #67
A little help from a friend. TygrBright Aug 2021 #68
Whatever works malaise Aug 2021 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Aug 2021 #71
Live with it Bear Creek Aug 2021 #72
Brute Force! TFRD Aug 2021 #73
So here's a funny one hurple Aug 2021 #74
Some folks can be such scumbags malaise Aug 2021 #82
I have to admit... hurple Aug 2021 #96
LOL malaise Aug 2021 #97
As a single mom no child support Tree Lady Aug 2021 #75
Just another scumbag malaise Aug 2021 #83
I quit one summer job. femmedem Aug 2021 #79
It is much harder when you really need the job and have kids to feed malaise Aug 2021 #85
I put up with it from the late 60s until the corporation decided to sinkingfeeling Aug 2021 #80
50- 1 malaise Aug 2021 #86
I was fortunate to work for a global 100 company MLAA Aug 2021 #81
My crazy grandma was a shipyard welder during World War II. hunter Aug 2021 #98
They were clearly way ahead of their time malaise Aug 2021 #104
One of the few benefits of being ugly. KentuckyWoman Aug 2021 #99
If they touched me canetoad Aug 2021 #100
In 1970 I would quit Wicked Blue Aug 2021 #103
Glad the second scumbag was fired malaise Aug 2021 #110
The first one was a veterinarian Wicked Blue Aug 2021 #125
My ex-wife (17 years together) worked for a few months MineralMan Aug 2021 #105
At least you did get tot he point malaise Aug 2021 #111
At least you did get tot he point malaise Aug 2021 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill Aug 2021 #108
Your daddy was correct malaise Aug 2021 #114
Twice I had to deal with it... Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #115
If we had more folks at the top like you malaise Aug 2021 #118
A big ugly guy at work took something expensive of mine. I told him to give it back. He threatened t lindysalsagal Aug 2021 #116
I thought this thread might trigger some forgotten memories Nittersing Aug 2021 #117
You were lucky malaise Aug 2021 #122
Mostly I ignored it Meowmee Aug 2021 #120
I shut down, sometimes for days at at time, and eventually quit my job if it doesn't stop. meadowlander Aug 2021 #123
I grew up without a father and my mother was fairly tough BUT I still wasn't prepared... Phentex Aug 2021 #124
Few of us are prepared malaise Aug 2021 #127
I was 22 Silver Swan Aug 2021 #126
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