to Puppy

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Okay...here's what you do. Call the boss, the lip woman, and anyone

else in charge into the conference room and tell them that the

woman's lipstick needs to stay on her lips if they wish to avoid a

sexual harrassmsent/discrimination suit. All you have to say is that

you feel uncomfortable with the growing sexual atmosphere in the

workplace and that it is time for it to stop. Then you walk out and

go back to work. You are perfectly normal to feel uncomfortable, and

that's why there are specific laws about this kind of thing. If they

do anything to because you speak out about it...you'll be able to sue

them and own the company. Stick up for yourself!

> I think I hate my job. I work in an office and it is harped upon

to

> look professional. I work as an assistant to an engineering

> department. I love the guys I work with, and hope they like me

> working for them. Here is the issue, and what would you do? One

of

> the girls in the accounting department has been leaving lip prints

on

> the " window " to one of the managers in my department. She is

snippy

> about that because I told her manager and asked that it be stopped

> (she is so witchy if you talk to her in person regarding such

things,

> so did not want the stress of talking to her in person). So she

> decides to leave lip prints on this guys whiteboard instead!

Again,

> I show her manager, and he says he will be talking to her about

it.

> Seems my manager thought there was nothing wrong with this, but

then

> sounds like he is flirting with her (sexual induendo's in email,

> etc). He cannot see the big deal about this. We have important

> customers and VIP's of vendors that come back in our department

> weekly. What are they to think?

>

> Do you think I am out of line and it is not big deal? I am trying

to

> look out for the company. Now, she is calling me a *itch behind my

> back, talking to the guys in my department and telling them what a

> whitch I am, and that I have a non-fun attitude.

>

> We are having a department dinner on Tuesday, but I sure do not

feel

> like going and sitting there with my manager and be all smiles. At

> least this guy is not my direct boss. My direct boss told me to

> handle it the best way I saw fit.

>

> Again, what would you do? Am I out of line? I don't need this

kind

> of stress!!!!! I have been with this company for over 5 years, but

> if they like this behavior, I need to work elsewhere. My buddy

from

> here is going to a new job after Labor Day and I told her if she

ever

> needs an assistant, please keep me in mind and I am out of here!

>

> Puppy