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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:10 PM Original message |
Poll question: Ladies/Gents... Have You Been Sexually Harrased @ Work? |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, but I have had male bosses who hate women n/t |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
96. I had a male boss say Katie Couric shouldn't be an anchor. Thinks it's better to hear |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
97. Funny, I've had female bosses who hate men n/t |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, but my ex-boss screamed at me and then hit me on the arm. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, though not recently. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Once The Hormones Shut Down |
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s-cubed (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Most people don't realize it, but one person can literally harass |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm not a woman but I've had a boss and supervisor who've treated me with extreme hostility. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, during the interview for the job |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. yup, forgot about that one. maybe more than one, but thinking one specifically |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. I needed the job bad and the pay and benefits were OK |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. once |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. friggen sexist question!! |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Sorry - I Edited to Include |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. i use to have to walk service calls into the vending dept. they had porn calendar of womens legs |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was the only female in a room full of guys. They were all military and |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. In the early '90s |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I missed your post |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. a few creepy guys, but lucky enough to have not been hit on |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. I had one I remember who was particularly sexist - assigned women to less desirable tasks etc... - |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. I had one ask me to give him a blow job |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. One of the worst incidents I remember... |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. yes |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, I have a few times. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. My brother was, too. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It wasn't just men, although that happened too. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Sounds like a really fun workplace. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It was a bank. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. I worked for a woman but one day they called in a plumber |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. many many times |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was extremely goodlooking when young and never was harassed on a job. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I was also extremely good-looking in my 20s and 30s. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. I got ripped off money wise but never sexually harassed. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
86. Being good looking may not be the issue |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
79. Do you think a woman is to blame for her own rape |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. no, i doesnt have to do with looks. it is about putting woman in their place and dominance. nt |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #79 |
91. Heck, NO. Does anybody? n/t |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Yes. Many do. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes. I was in my early 20's and he was probably 50. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sort of. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. Many times. |
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spiderpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Me too. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. yes, in the military |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Yes, also in the military. n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yes. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Then it's not harassment. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. What makes you think |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. What makes you think I meant it in a gender-specific way? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Because why |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. bah hahahaha |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. What? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. For the same reason you don't let anybody else drive your car. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You're just mean. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. That too. nt |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Henceforth |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
85. hmm, wonder if Merkel liked W rubbing her shoulders |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. I once had a boss come on to me while I was crying over the news of a friend's death. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
80. Yikes. |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes, but not by an employee - a customer - lots of comments filled with sexual innuendo. |
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erinlough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
83. That's the way I did it |
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Faithful One (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. Does this count? |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. yes...a guy tried to grab and man-handled |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. Never happened to me, but I sure witnessed a shit load of harassment |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. All the damned time. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. LOL! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Not THEM. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. In my mind and fantasies... |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. I used to transcribe medical records in the evening, in a multi MD office |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. Yep had two bosses who looked at single moms as |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yes a few times. The worst was when |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
57. I worked in a bar |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
60. I was working at the court house as a court reporter. |
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Gamow (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
62. I'm self employed |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
64. In some ways a hostile environment was almost worse than outright sexual come-ons |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. I hear ya - hostile work environments are never fun. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
65. Yeah, several times. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
66. No (nt) |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
67. I voted no, that shit does not happen where I work. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
68. Not at work |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
69. Really just a few who wouldn't take no for an answer, but one got really creepy |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Cougars released from captivity? Do you work at a zoo? nt |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Those weren't my words, just a warning when I was being interviewed |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #73 |
92. IF a prospective interviewer said that, she should be fired. nt |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
70. And now, the lighter side: I have, but not seriously |
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Cerebral Assassin (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
71. No I haven't |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
94. I have heard other men joke in that way. The reality is often different. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
74. No. I work in construction, it's 90% guys. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
75. These stories are horrific. I had thought Mr. Cain's "sex scandal" was not the most |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. i am glad you read so many stories and was up to being open about the issue |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I never questioned the seriousness of the issue. But political "sex scandals" vary in their |
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freeplessinseattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
87. Absolutely. Not having a "sense of humor" has nothing to do |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
78. You know what? |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
82. I didn't vote - b/c I didn't want to mix my vote up with the more serious harassment |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. "quickly tamped out by the social reaction" " quashed by the social reaction of my colleagues " |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
88. I worked for Godfather's Pizza shortly after I left college |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. who the fuck is anyone to touch you when you dont want them to? why would anyone feel it is ok? |
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rjj621 (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
99. Better watch that |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
95. Yes. nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
98. No, but I have experienced age discrimination |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
100. My first job out of college in 1968 |
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