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Things coworkers have said which disgusts you?

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Inmy50s · 04/10/2023 20:16

About 15 years ago, I worked in a place where people openly admitted to each other that they have lied to their insurance companies about what job they do, their car/driving history etc. to get cheaper insurance.

One time, when I worked in a job, not very well paid, a couple of women told a new starter that when applying for benefits, to ask the bosses for the lower paid days/shifts, for several weeks to make your income appear lower than it actually is, to get more benefit than they should.

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Mumofteenandtween · 04/10/2023 20:17

I love pineapple on pizza.

(Missing the point!)

Colourfulponderings · 04/10/2023 20:19

‘I’ll add some verbose to the slides.’ 🤯

TheNestedIf · 04/10/2023 20:33

"I don't know why they're going after Rolf. It happened ages ago."

Bpickle1 · 04/10/2023 20:35

Calling colleagues "coworkers" 🙄

Hanlonsamazer · 04/10/2023 20:37

Welcome to MN @Inmy50s

You and I have a very, very different definition of disgusting.

ShirleyPhallus · 04/10/2023 20:41

Imagine being “disgusted” by a small lie an ex colleague made 15 years ago 🤯

tobyzieglerrrr · 04/10/2023 20:42

I used to work for the police, so all manner of racism and misogyny disgusted me on a regular basis.

Do you need specifics? Why? Are you writing an article or something?

SauvignonBlanche · 04/10/2023 20:43

What a strange OP 🙄

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Inmy50s · 04/10/2023 20:44

No. Not righting an article.

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ManchesterLu · 04/10/2023 20:55

Inmy50s · 04/10/2023 20:44

No. Not righting an article.

'Righting'?

Well at least we know you're not a journalist.

readbooksdrinktea · 04/10/2023 20:56

Why is this on your mind 15 years later?

Hanlonsamazer · 04/10/2023 20:57

@Inmy50s have you ever looked up how much in benefits goes unclaimed? Have you ever been on benefits? Are you a net contributor?

The answer to any of those questions might disgust me. My finance officer telling me that Ian Gooch put his finger up his bum and chased him with poo when they were 8, did not disgust me. It actually made me laugh become he did the actions and everything.

CaramelMac · 04/10/2023 20:57

Something so disgustingly racist I couldn’t possibly repeat it, she left everyone in the vicinity open mouthed and walked away as if what she’d said was perfectly reasonable.

YukoandHiro · 04/10/2023 20:59

@ManchesterLu 😂😂😂😂

Thisisnotmyname2022 · 04/10/2023 20:59

Maybe righting is trying to throw us off the scent…

YukoandHiro · 04/10/2023 21:00

I had one workplace where almost every single married person was having an affair and they used to swap affair "tips" about places that would rent rooms by the hour and how to get away with weekends away etc.
Appalling.

Octobermeterreadtime · 04/10/2023 21:03

One obnoxious man asked me if I spit or swallowed when he found out how many dc I had and implied I was a slag.... I threw the question right back at him as he was a closet gay....
*Reliably informed by a colleague.... Never spoke to him again.
Another job a colleague called me a specky bitch. Despite him also wearing glasses.

Hanlonsamazer · 04/10/2023 21:07

Octobermeterreadtime · 04/10/2023 21:03

One obnoxious man asked me if I spit or swallowed when he found out how many dc I had and implied I was a slag.... I threw the question right back at him as he was a closet gay....
*Reliably informed by a colleague.... Never spoke to him again.
Another job a colleague called me a specky bitch. Despite him also wearing glasses.

Well joke’s on him (or his biology teacher) for that question if you’ve got lots of kids!

tobyzieglerrrr · 04/10/2023 21:15

Octobermeterreadtime · 04/10/2023 21:03

One obnoxious man asked me if I spit or swallowed when he found out how many dc I had and implied I was a slag.... I threw the question right back at him as he was a closet gay....
*Reliably informed by a colleague.... Never spoke to him again.
Another job a colleague called me a specky bitch. Despite him also wearing glasses.

"a closet gay" Wtf is wrong with you?

Its5656 · 04/10/2023 21:22

Lots of racist comments.
Today I heard someone slut shaming a rape victim. It was a really relaxing lunch break. Will probably report tomorrow but I'm not convinced it's worth it. Last time I reported racism I was told I need to understand that not everybody has grown up in a diverse area (London.. now live and work 90miles out of London) so it isn't there fault.

toadasoda · 04/10/2023 21:29

I have to agree with OP here, I find fraudulent behaviour absolutely disgusting, especially if its insurance or tax related because its stealing out of everyone's pockets!!

My worst quote:
"thats the problem with women, they start to talk and they never know when to shut the fuck up".

This was said within ear shot of me, at a formal dinner where 2 male colleagues and I were sitting in a row. The middle one , sitting beside me always ignored me at work and I thought was quite rude, I thought the other was ok but didn't really know him . After chatting to each other for an hour and blanking me, the middle one tried to include me by asking me a generic question, like 'any holiday plans' etc, and I answered, appropriately I thought, but within a few minutes the other guy chatted to him, and he did that awkward thing of trying to turn between 2 people. Next thing I heard the other guy say the above quote. The middle man at least had the decency to look mortified and always was a bit nicer after that, he knew I heard. I honestly was so humiliated and never really engaged with the other guy again, thankfully I left the company shortly after.

OnAir · 04/10/2023 21:30

Not sure how much to pay you as you are female... this was a male dominated workplace which I was equally qualified for and experienced in. Stupidly I still took the job was actually really damaging to my mental health still ask myself why I didn't walk at the interview stage.

OnAir · 04/10/2023 21:35

Sorry this was employer not co worker my mistake.

roseopose · 04/10/2023 21:39

I used to work with troubled teens and one guy at work claimed to have told an unaccompanied minor who was complaining about their accommodation to go back to where they came from if they didn't like what they had here. That's probably the worst thing but there have been others.

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Inmy50s · 04/10/2023 21:40

Ooh! I also remember going back to work, after lengthly sick leave, having been severely bullied over a disability and leaving at short notice.

A lady at work, as soon as I returned, demanded an apology for me leaving without telling her.....I told management I was going off sick and why before I went home.

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