‘That was that’: Tall 6'5 coworker bullies female coworker for having a short 5'3 boyfriend, so she gets him ‘promoted’ to an underpaid night shift

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    "He's too focused on the increased workload and personal life stress to say anything about my short boyfriend now."
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    Coworker who repeatedly insulted my short boyfriend got a crappy work upgrade
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    My one coworker (not his actual name) Nick is a complete jerk. He has been working at my workplace since October, and as the only woman there he was one of only a couple guys to be weird with me. Repeatedly asking about my relationship, I told him I have a relationship with my boyfriend James who does the same career we do.
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    He would ask me a lot of weird questions over the months about what race James was, what does he look like, asking to see pictures, I refused. I told him James is very successful, professionally respected, and I love him. Still the curiosity was there every shift together. We had a work Christmas party in late December, James was there
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    as my date. He is a 5'3.5 26m guy, I'm 5'11. My other coworkers were totally normal and it was a good time, Nick looked surprised and just had a cordial hello and "how did you meet?""We met at our last job." That was that.
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    Over the next few weeks, Nick (who is a 6'5 guy) made several comments about "How can he handle you" "You didn't want a real man" "You seem really dominant" "So you like white boys" "Well we know you like little men" "How does that work with s*cks" that me off.
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    This stuck with me as I have an extreme distaste for anyone who insults my man. Especially being friendly to his face then saying this ish on the backend to his lady. 2 supervisors quit between the end of December and January,
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    and we were called into my head boss's office to give our opinions on the appointments. One of the supervisory roles was focused on heavy paperwork and was the overnight role. Nick was openly talking about how he wanted the other position which involved more freedom and daytime hrs. I knew he would get it based on work
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    experience and age (8 yrs in the career, 32m) I only have 3 yrs as a 25f wasn't going to apply. My boss asked me what I thought and I cited multiple examples of Nick covering people's rear ends with paperwork and weaponized his competence. I also really embellished how my other coworker who was the other
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    consideration didn't do well at night, and seemed like he may fall asleep essily. I brought up examples of mistakes made by my other coworker and made Nick sound like the only one capable of handing dozens of detailed reports and documents.
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    My boss highly values my opinions and I have been personally consulted about many regular decisions. At the end of our conversation my boss told me he made his decision.
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    Nick was assigned to the overnight supervisory role a couple days later. The pay is barely an increase given he is forbidden from OT, and the workload is way more than the base responsibilities. It has been a month of this role. He has since had many verbal arguments with his wife on the phone and is miserable. No idea I said anything. He seems too focused on the increased work and personal life stress to say anything about James.
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    5 theXsquid 59 min. ago ● I hope James knows what a lucky guy he is. 27 Reply Share MerryMir99 OP · 14 min. ago I want to marry him one day
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    • maroongrad · 24 min. ago Hey OP, totally agree with this. Go chat with any other women he's worked with/around and see if he bothered them too. As soon as he starts to fail at his new position, go to HR as a group and tell HR. That ought to get him out the door.
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    saintschatz 35 min. ago Haha failing upwards 6 Reply Share Helpful_Librarian_87 33 min. ago Well played. You blooming genius 6 Reply Share
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    StacyB125 33 min. ago Fantastic! I just cannot understand how some men obsess over these things. He's a married man with an unhealthy obsession with who a coworker dates. Your guy's height or race or anything else has absolutely no bearing on your coworker's life at all. It's so weird and gross.

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