MindPilot sick of politics at work. No, really. I think they're serious.

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MindPilot (11,232 posts)

Is there such a thing as "political harassment" in the workplace?
One person keeps sending me these right-wing emails. I've asked her to stop, I've even had a interview with HR about it. But nothing changes. This morning I got this one:

YOUR FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD

I love Christmas lights!

They remind me of the people who voted for Obama.

They all hang together, half of them don't work,
and the ones that do, aren't all that bright!

OK, I'm stealing that.


I know I should just blow it of as the ignorant ramblings of a conservative, and not let it bother me, but it is damn near every day and sometimes several of them in one day. This shit is so stupid it just sends me into a rage when I see them.

"Gee, I was just polishing my Yes We Can poster and telling my officemate about how the RW is sabotaging the ACA rollout and getting ready to photocopy my Occupy Wall Street flyers when this RW email came across. I'm being HARASSED, I tells ya!"


Um, pot, let me introduce you to kettle.

Won't even bother with the replies. Typical hypocrisy.

[jukin]

B Calm (19,457 posts)
21. Just before I retired, I went to my HR and

showed her some political text messages I was getting from my boss and some of the were pretty racist about Obama. She asked what I wanted her to do. I said talk to him and tell him to stop it or I'll have his job! She agreed and he stopped immediately and he also had to apologize to me!! I laughed my ass off and the next week I retired.

ZERO Bongs

We got some real badasses over there.

[FiddyBeowulf]

MindPilot needs to get even. I know, maybe change the channel on the TV in the break room to MSNBC and hide the TV remote. That would show her.

[Maxiest]

Yeah, because I beat MindShit has never said a word in the workplace about politics...

[BannedFromDU]

Yeah, because I beat MindShit has never said a word in the workplace about politics...

     I have to say, in many years of working in organizations large and small, I would say that I've heard fewer than 10 political debates or discussions, and that's being generous. In fact, I never heard of political discussions in the workplace until I saw them nonstop on DU.

[Maxiest]

     I have to say, in many years of working in organizations large and small, I would say that I've heard fewer than 10 political debates or discussions, and that's being generous. In fact, I never heard of political discussions in the workplace until I saw them nonstop on DU.

I have said the same thing.  But I have to say I have mostly worked around a bunch of conservatives.  A good friends an co-worker of mine from a past job would talk for hours about politics but we have nearly identical beliefs.  My boss at the time was a gay liberal and because we knew each others views we rarely spoke of them and when we did it wasn't really that big of a deal, we were great friends and co-employees.

I also don't hear political disagreements in gas stations and grocery store lines like the DUmmies claim on a daily basis.

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I also don't hear political disagreements in gas stations and grocery store lines like the DUmmies claim on a daily basis.

If gas pumps also dispensed Cheetos, or if grocery stores sold gallons of gas, half of the bouncies would disappear.

[Dori]

Politics never got into my places of work, grocery lines, gas stations etc.  Where I heard politics was living at home.  My dad was a news junkie.  A Democrat one at that, but not a liberal one.