‘I like how small your teeth are': Working Women of the Cheezcake Community Share the Weirdest Things They’ve Been Told While on the Job

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Mar 7, 2024 9:00 AM EST

It comes as a surprise to no one that it is not easy to be a woman in the workforce. Along with the normal challenges that everyone has to overcome at their workplace, women have a few extra points to prove. From the few jobs that I've had in my adult life, I have decided that one of the most important and helpful elements at a job, that really does make the challenges much easier, are the people around you.

Whether they are your coworkers, your boss, or even your customers and clients, if the people at your workplace are pleasant and supportive, you feel like you can do whatever your heart desires. But, unfortunately, you will often come across people who are the exact opposite, which can make the work experience less than ideal.

We asked the wonderful working women of the Cheezcake community what are the weirdest things someone has said to them in their workplace, and some of the answers really prove our point. So to feel part of the support group that was naturally created, make sure you scroll down to read the responses. Once you are done with those, click here to read the biggest first date green flags of Cheezcake community members.

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    CHEEZ burger WOMEN, WHAT IS THE WEIRDEST THING SOMEONE HAS SAID TO YOU IN YOUR WORKPLACE?
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    kathy02915 Give me your car keys. I need your car to get to a meeting.
    via kathy02915
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    kellkellarina "No, I want to talk to the PHARMACIST pharmacist, not you" = code for not the female pharmacist
    via kellkellarina
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    betttybluue I like how small your teeth are
    via betttybluue
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    bianca_benson_design 'Oh I didn't know you were pregnant!' I wasn't and still am not
    via bianca_benson_design
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    mandyloulozano "I just want to jump over my desk and grab you" - male SVP when he noticed that my perfume smelled like vanilla cookies.
    via mandyloulozano
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    crichardson611 Had a male boss tell me "I know you're usually the smartest person in the room but you need to act like you're not"
    via crichardson611
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    pj.delia.montauk A painter was working for us in our house and I was pregnant and the painter asked me if the baby was my husband's.
    via pj.delia.montauk
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    coffin_the_macab.clown weight I want you to stay pretty" "Don't lose too much
    via coffin_the_macab.clown
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    annwalshsnellings That if I didn't tone down my southern accent nobody would ever take me seriously →
    via annwalshsnellings
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    thedevilspitchfork blotchy birth mark on my neck.. "Who bit you?" I have a red
    via thedevilspitchfork
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    mini_miss_p "Do I need to switch that thing on to cook the pizza?" This from the new guy in a hotel kitchen while I worked on Reception and the "thing" he meant was the oven
    via mini_miss_p
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    kaytee98 "You women should have kept your mouths shut, you had it great 50 years ago."
    via kaytee98
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    jenniferedwardsbeauchesne At 18, I was told.by a coworker my dad's age that I had "nice childbearing hips".
    via jenniferedwardsbeauchesne
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    debbiemurrayxo Office was cold. Boss: "We could rub the secretaries together for heat"
    via debbiemurrayxo
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    couturecakesarefabulous You look exactly like my dead wife. Came back with a pic and I in fact looked just like her. He was 87. I was 19. She had been dead for 19 years
    via couturecakesarefabulous
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    katrinaashton From my then manager "I bet your husband likes to hold onto your hair when it's up like that, doesn't he?" - 2 years later, I took his job.
    via katrinaashton
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    neon_mars At 17 I had just had 24 hour of having visited the hospital and went to pick up my check... the male manager had the nerve to say in a room full of women that I looked terrible and that I needed to put makeup on.
    via neon_mars
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    _rhorholikesfun_ We got headshots at work and one male coworker (who happened to be my boss) told me he was going to save it as his background on his computer, in front of our whole team.
    via _rhorholikesfun_
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    dudette.director Me: You're like a father and mentor to me. Him: I don't want to be your father, I want to be your sugar daddy.
    via dudette.director
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    one.eyed.ernie My supervisor's partner had a landscaping company, when I asked if I could have his number, my supervisor said "I know how much you make, you can't afford him" in front of everyone in the office.
    via one.eyed.ernie
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    adventuring_w_angie One time a customer at my register told me he wanted to braid my hair
    via adventuring_w_angie
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    kirstieortiz3 You should smile more, in an inbound call center where I was in no way seen by customers
    via kirstieortiz3
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    pollyj215 My boss told me I would be happier being a stay at home mother. I was not married or had kids at the time. I guess he was trying to tell me I wasn't good at my job
    via pollyj215
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    sincerely.sage "I think I have enough experience with women to know that when they say no, they really mean yes." This just happened, like a year ago. So yes, there are still men who think that way.
    via sincerely.sage
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    tishcosc After we discussed actual work-related items for the day, my male supervisor said, "Oh, I had a dream about you the other night. I need to say thank you." He then walked off like he hadn't said anything inappropriate.
    via tishcosc

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