Comments on: Why I’m fighting back against sexual harassment at McDonald’s

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By: sikra

sikra — Mon, 27 May 2019 10:36:22 +0000

Allah Akbar!!! Stay at home get married to a Man take care of you as you offspring His sons and daugthers. Women are to stay at home not to walk half naked on streets or on work. Allah Akbar.

By: Tom Sacold

Tom Sacold — Fri, 24 May 2019 07:23:35 +0000

My first job after leaving school and before going to University was as a Mortgage Clerk at the head office of a Building Society. Every morning I had to collect the Mortgage Ledger from the vault and that required a journey passing through the typing pool (yep, late 1970s before wordprocessing). The ladies of the typing pool would subject me to the most lewd and degrading comments straight out of a Carry-On film script. On more than one occasion one of ladies stood at the narrowest gap between desks and I had to brush past her as she lent forward, you get the picture. Howls of laughter from all the ladies as they tried to make be blush. As an innocent 17 year old I thought it was great. I could sue for sexual harassment these days.

The telephonists, also all women, used to play a trick on any new girl on the first morning. They’d say there’s been and urgent important call and make the girl use the office tannoy to announce “Would John Thomas please see Mike Hunt now!”. Resulting in laughter throughout the office. (Say it quickly)

Ah. Memories. The good old 1970’s.

By: John Stoddard

John Stoddard — Thu, 23 May 2019 16:42:14 +0000

I agree with Christine that sexual harassment in the workplace is prevalent and that employers are very bad at dealing with it. I am a man who was verbally sexually harassed by a woman at work in an HMRC local office in the West Midlands in 2015. I felt unable to report it until October 2017. HMRC is still refusing to investigate the harasser or to apologise for what this lady, who is their employee, did or to compensate me for the mental illness (PTSD) that I have suffered for four years since the incidents of sexual harassment, occurred, even though in November 2017, HMRC changed their policy and allowed grievances about sexual harassment to be submitted without any time limit. In March 2018, I was sacked without any notice period or financial compensation for continuing to pursue my grievance about the sexual harassment. As a result, I have asked my MP to make a complaint to the Government Minister in charge of HMRC about their actions and their attitude, from the local managers up to the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary. It may take a long time to get justice but I am not giving up.