TGIF motherblogger

work this week has been full on, but good. thank god its over. i was rapt to have recieved my roster for the following week today; to realise that i have next friday off too. that will be three long weekends in a row. long weekends makes for a super happy kytn. :D jugs and hooters here i come!

tomorrow night im going out with two girls from work to get messy at a bar in surfers. we have done this twice before with magical results and i look forward to doing it again. the two girls and i are very similar in personality and have an awesome time when we go out; we feed off each others madness and spend the night in fits of laughter. i cant wait; its been just what the doctor ordered.

i dont know how to express this or where to begin but two guys at work have been wierding me out. one is a seedy old fuck who persists on saying wierd shit to me throughout the day that unnerves the hell out of me and the other is a dude three years my senior who flirts with me to keep his work time interesting. both situations are sticky as fuck and im trying to avoid them like the plague.

for example; with the older dude; im associates with his wife also; and he persists on telling me sexy jokes and making sexy comments. it got so bad two days ago while i was doing some filing; that when he slapped my ass i jumped and said "ken you seedy pirate; fuck off; im telling your wife". that seems to have gotten him to back off a little; but he keeps coming into my office to see where i am and will say "ive been looking out for you; and was wondering where you were" ill casually reply "youve found me"; but the whole thing is creeping me out.

the other dude keeps trying to make personal jokes with me and strange comments about my personal appearance. for example; during my tea break i sat at the outdoor staff table killing a coffee and cigarette and he came out, sat down and opened the paper; reading aloud an article about cocaine usage being on the rise and said "cocaine was once considered a drug that was solely used by the beautiful people of society" and turned to me and said "kytn, youre beautiful; do you love cocaine?" and was staring at me all wierd. this hasnt been a one off thing, and hes now asking more about my personal life each day and taking his break times at the same time as mine. this afternoon as i clocking out he was showing two interns some pics on his phone of his cock (for fuck knows what reason) and as i walked by he said "id show kytn, but i have more respect for her than that; too we havent had the chance to get that intimate; yet". i laughed and said "i heard its a small photo anyway" and kept walking.

this shit is wierd. i dont like it. im very professional at work; and even though i enjoy the social aspects of my job; i like to keep it professionally social; not "friends" social with 99% of people; males especially out of respect for the mr and myself.

do. not. want.

 

Oh no you poor thing! There is nothing more annoying than when you have some freak(s) trying to do a line with you and get close to you all day. At my last job there was a guy working there and because it's in the hairdressing industry, and because this guy kinda sounded gay i let him tell me all his dirty jokes and get kinda close to me as i though it was safe! Well little did i know until i was told that he apparently stared at my arse all the time, and i didn't really properly click until once i bent over to pick up something and he came up behind me and said "You really shouldn't bend over like that" Naturally i was like "Huh?" and he goes "Especially when i am behind you, your arse is hot" I was so shocked that he actually said that to me! And then I found out a day later that he is a married man with 3 kids. So much for being gay....

I would laugh it off as i am good at that, but the dirty jokes kept rolling on, and the comments about my arse averaged about 10 times a day in the end. Oh and he would hug me and kiss me on the cheek goodbye whenever he could at the end of the shift. Usually when i was caught unaware, he would kinda just pounce on me.

Good story babe, i am loving your blogs.

 

Actually i shouldn't laugh, because this situation can actually get pretty miserable. Hmmmm.... I reckon get Klint to pick you up from work one day and actually come in the office to get you! That'll hopefully make some sort of impact.

 

lol @ "I'm sure it's a small photo anyway"

You're a married lady! That shit is just inappropriate, especially at the office. Creepers at work FTL. I've never had to deal with it from colleagues (clients and vendors, on the other hand, have gotten a bit too close).

I'm sure their supervisors can get them to knock this off. In Aus, do you have to sit through "sensitivity training" or other boring sexual harassment seminars?

Best wishes your way for a more comfortable working environment. Sandi's suggestion for your husband to come get you from work and meet the gang of fools is an excellent one.

 

we have all sorts of anti harassment training and procedures in place, but too acknowledge that were all adults and unless it got to the point where i was feeling highly threatened not just uncomfortable; i would approach my superiors. if it keeps up and increases in discomfort, ill approach the men one on one and let them know that im not down for that sort of behavior, although know too that in doing that i could create further social barriers; which is why im letting it ride for now until it gets REALLY messy. there is nothing worse than being coined the office prude that people feel they have to tiptoe around, i dont want to be that person. hopefully enough laughter, brushing things off and expressing my love and commitment to my family and friends will be enough to show my lack of interest.

thanks for the support guys. and sandi thats an awesome idea. next time the mr leaves work before me, ill get him to drop in. :D cheers bebbe.

 

^Yeah whenever i have had issues like this (it's common in hairdressing with the sleazy barbers etc) Will would make an apperance, and considering he has a rather intimidating look about him (tallish, confident, out spoken) they have tended to back off. Good luck

 

Sexual harassment panda says that shit is creepy.