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llmart

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42. They didn't recognize things like sexual harassment back in the 60's.
Mon May 20, 2024, 10:12 PM
May 2024

For most of my office career I worked in engineering departments with mostly men. I could fill a book with all the harassment I endured back then. It wasn't just that one guy either. I was propositioned by married men, told I only got the job because of how I looked in a sweater, had a boss who said he saw me on the weekend sun bathing in a pink bikini at my apartment. He didn't really see me but a neighbor who also worked there told him I had a pink bikini so he thought he'd make me believe he drove by my complex and saw me. A VP went to lunch with the President and came back drunk and tried to kiss me. I wore mini skirts and when I'd walk by their desk they'd pretend to drop their pencils on the floor so they could bend down to pick them up and well, you get my drift.

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OMG I know exactly how you feel. What is their motivation for doing that? Maraya1969 May 2024 #1
They think we OWE them a smiling, cheerful face. After all, they have niyad May 2024 #3
A strange man said it to me as I was walking down the street. WTF? OMGWTF May 2024 #11
Nah... I'm going to do that... hlthe2b May 2024 #2
That works!!! niyad May 2024 #4
I don't mind being haunted by you, niyad. Aristus May 2024 #5
I won't haunt you toooo much, as you have since figured it out, niyad May 2024 #6
I'm a work in progress. Aristus May 2024 #7
As we all should be! And, based on observation, I say you are doing quite well! niyad May 2024 #8
Wish more men were like you... llmart May 2024 #13
Did you something? I wasnt listening. Lochloosa May 2024 #26
. . . niyad May 2024 #33
"Calm down and smile more..." rubbersole May 2024 #9
I hear you. I was once told the very thing. peppertree May 2024 #10
And since it does not, you should never be made to feel obliged to do so. niyad May 2024 #43
True peppertree May 2024 #44
The word is also an acronym. . . DinahMoeHum May 2024 #12
Being In Total Control of Herself. niyad May 2024 #16
TooShay !! DinahMoeHum May 2024 #17
Also: niyad May 2024 #19
My favorite so far dai13sy May 2024 #14
Especially if they are bespoke leather! niyad May 2024 #20
I Am Reminded Of This Scene smb May 2024 #15
Thank you. I have not yet seen the movie. Guess I had better go find it! niyad May 2024 #18
I want to thank you again. I have come back to watch this clip a niyad May 2024 #46
Seems like a tremendous waste of the afterlife, though. malthaussen May 2024 #21
When one has all of eternity, one can do many things. niyad May 2024 #23
I was planning on reading "Remembrances of things Past." malthaussen May 2024 #25
Marsha Mason said that to me in the Hard Rock Hotel twenty some years ago. I didn't bother telling her that Floyd R. Turbo May 2024 #22
I am so sorry. I know from experience how awful that is. I had some niyad May 2024 #24
An even worse example from my past... llmart May 2024 #32
Oh my word. What a disgusting person he was. I would think that niyad May 2024 #34
They didn't recognize things like sexual harassment back in the 60's. llmart May 2024 #42
Sadly, I get it very well. It has never ceased to amaze me that there niyad May 2024 #45
Throughout my working life I always counseled my staff to think before they speak to anyone Floyd R. Turbo May 2024 #41
Im afraid my haunting card is pretty full..... getagrip_already May 2024 #27
Well, so far you have not given me reason. And, since I don't plan on going niyad May 2024 #35
I'm a man but have a resting bitch face Shermann May 2024 #28
Several of my friends have commented along the lines of, "Do you have niyad May 2024 #36
Missing my mask Dear_Prudence May 2024 #29
Do what the heart tells you. LiberalFighter May 2024 #31
Awww, thank you. Between my mask and my sunglasses, few people niyad May 2024 #37
I rather have a real smile. LiberalFighter May 2024 #30
Years ago, there was a poster that read, "Smile! Make them wonder niyad May 2024 #38
Keep them on edge. Do it when they don't expect it. LiberalFighter May 2024 #39
Keeping them on edge is the fun part! niyad May 2024 #40
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