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2016 Postmortem

Dem2

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8. There was a guy who used to work in our office who did this all the time

Reply to tonyt53 (Original post)

Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:20 PM

Oct 2016

He was known to be a whore and I always found the practice lead to an uncomfortable work environment (I'm a guy, FYI.) Nothing like this should be allowed in the work environment because it's almost always a form of flirting and hardly ever an 'innocent' thing.

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As my wife and I were watching some of both MSNBC and CNN last night, something hit me. [View all] tonyt53 Oct 2016 OP

20 sec mark JHB Oct 2016 #1

i had forgot about her reaction. lord have mercy n/t. okieinpain Oct 2016 #10

I think... Mike Nelson Oct 2016 #2

You know, I worked for 40+ years and NEVER had anyone do that to me. napi21 Oct 2016 #3

Remember Bush and the President of Germany? katmondoo Oct 2016 #4

They do it to show dominance, your discomfort is justified Maru Kitteh Oct 2016 #5

Yeah I had a manager that used to do that. MissB Oct 2016 #6

Your post is what keeps me coming back to DU. displacedtexan Oct 2016 #7

There was a guy who used to work in our office who did this all the time Dem2 Oct 2016 #8

I've had it done to me by a male manager TlalocW Oct 2016 #9

Guy was probably closeted. brush Oct 2016 #11

No, I don't think he was closeted. Just used physical intimidation on both sexes TlalocW Oct 2016 #14

I hate having anyone get physically close to me csziggy Oct 2016 #12

In our company's sexual harassment training this is specifically mentioned.... CajunBlazer Oct 2016 #13