[altura]

Well, I gotta say ... phony sexual harassment suits are not as common as people here seem to think and they certainly weren’t common back then.

My husband was a supervisor in insurance for years and no one ever complained about him. My son was plant manager for a large plant and no one ever complained about him.

However, my daughter is a human resource manager and worked for a large company and she has seen some weird complaints from weird people.

So, I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. I’m just saying it doesn’t usually happen.

[Inspectorette]

A male co-worker once told me a horribly crude joke. I told him to “get out of my office”. He left, then a few minutes later, called me, asking, “Are you going to turn me in?” I said, “I won’t turn you in THIS time. If you EVER talk to me like that again, I’ll turn you in alright - first I’ll turn you in to YOUR wife, then I’ll turn you in to MY husband.” He never bothered me again.

[Chode]

just so's you know, i am somewhat familiar with SH- while working for a major Fortune-500 company i walked into a chart room one morning and said “Good morning Ladies” to the three women in there(not always the same three and this time one i never saw before), picked up what i needed and left

that afternoon i was called into the department head's office, he ask what went on in the chartroom?

i told him nothing, why? he said i was being called for sexual harassment for calling them ladies… it’s sexist!

i laughed and he laughed and i laughed and he said he wasn’t kidding

he didn’t know who did it but i had a good idea and so did he. turns out the new one of them was a Dyke to who I never uttered another word to from then on unless forced

i narrowly avoided having to goto Diversity Training

[caww]

I think it depends on the work environment and the people working there altura....and where within a company people work.

However, it is not unusual in the Hotel Rest. Industry for behavior to be more problematic...many young people and the hormones are kicking...also they're generally emotional and looking to be liked by their fellow associates...... Additionally the very nature of the business is to make people feel welcomed and comfortable...not all understand the boundaries when they are just coming into the workforce.

Insurance companies are far more conservative and clients expectations are another story altogether then that of the hospitality industry. Both with clients and those one works among.