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Not quite as damaging, but I was accused of harassment from some blue-haired weirdo on a video call with nearly a hundred people at work. Like you, this was a p
by Simon_O_Rourke 4y ago
Not quite as damaging, but I was accused of harassment from some blue-haired weirdo on a video call with nearly a hundred people at work. Like you, this was a person I had zero interaction with prior to the call.
I considered getting a lawyer involved because I feared this could blow up, but was talked out of it by my boss, who asked me to apologize and "let's leave it at that".
- fidgewidge 4y agoSo you apologized to someone you had no interactions with for harassing them, even though the claim was false?
- Simon_O_Rourke 4y agoNo, I didn't communicate with them ever again - but my boss wanted me to apologize to "help clear the air". My boss was worried about their position, and went with the best option to help their own career if things blew up.
- sgt 4y agoDidn't the 100 people on the call see that it wasn't harassment? What could possibly have happened to make the weirdo think you were harassing him?
- tablespoon 4y ago> Didn't the 100 people on the call see that it wasn't harassment? What could possibly have happened to make the weirdo think you were harassing him? Some might have, but deciding to jump in to defend the accused would result in a decent chance of the defender getting targeted themselves, in some fashion.
- Simon_O_Rourke 4y agoSimple - kudos from a VP on a project my team had been working on.
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- pb7 4y agoNot really. It added important context.
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- super256 4y agoI hope someone will make a study about a possible correlation of hair styles and borderline personality disorder. Coincidentally, the only girl who ever sexually harassed me also had blue hair and BPD. Happened in a psych ward, so escalating that issue was fortunately very easy and handled professionally.
- pb7 4y agoSomeone with blue hair is more likely to seek attention.
- jb1991 4y agoBut calling them out as a "weirdo" is not a good look, to be honest. Such a statement carries context as well.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoSounds to me like someone has had a lot of different hair colors. Anecdotes aren't data but when it comes to weird people, and non-natural hair colors, I've seen a lot of overlap. Practically 1-to-1, save for a few of the e-girl, OF demographic doing it to make money via cosplay and the like.
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- rswskg 4y agoThat's so depressing. I avoid blue hairs like the plague, to hear they will go after you anyway, yet another reason not to participate at work.