For shouting at her?

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I was deep in discussion today with 3 of my bosses. I was standing in a doorway. Another staff member came up behind me and stuck her fingers in my ears.
I whipped round shouting "Jesus DON'T do that to me! You didn't know if I was going to turn round a punch you!".
I'm not close to this person but actually had no clue who it was- just an instinctive reaction. I mean who the hell actually DOES something like that in a work environment? We are actually a registered profession too which makes it even more bizarre behaviour.
I'm still cross about it now!

I am the least simmering rage person you could imagine but when my friends 16 year old did something similar to me I did turn round and punch him, and kick him before I new it was him. It is called fight or flight.
I was waiting outside a pet shop for them, if we were at home I wouldn't have reacted in quite the same way as I would have felt "safer". His mum told him he deserved it and should have listened to her when she told him not to.

Okay, this person's conduct is completely unacceptable! It is a workplace - her conduct is unprofessional at best and certainly inappropriate in a work environment. I wouldn't accept anyone doing that to me - ever - let alone at work!

You say this woman has form for doing this and the reactions from people clearly indicated that her behaviour is not welcome. You and your colleagues have made it clear that none of you want her doing this, yet she continues to do it. She's not taking it seriously.

If I were you, I would get together with my fellow colleagues whom she has done this to and make a formal complaint to HR. Ask them to make it absolutely clear to her that she has to stop this conduct. If your colleagues won't come together with you on it, make a complaint yourself - you have witnesses so it's not a problem.

Cruciatus I have sensory issues from my dyspraxia, if someone did this to me I wouldn't even bother turning around, a solid elbow strike and probably a good hard kick would happen, then I'd turn around ready to fight if I had to.

What that woman did is assault and fighting back is instinctual.

I would hate this I can't stand wearing ear plugs or headphones and when I was nursing I really struggled taking someone's blood pressure manually with a sphyg because I had to put it in my ears I would definitely report it very odd thing to do.

I would have elbowed them to protect myself. That is assault. Who the hell thinks it is normal behaviour to stick their fingers (wet or dry) in someone else's ear?

YANBU Good grief as if you'd just stick your fingers in someone's ears??
People at work know not to sneak up on me and/or talk near my ear unless offered to them. This is because I bust my colleagues lip for said reason... He thought it was fair too XD

Cruciatus, don't deliberately misquote me. I actually said "you don't know if I was going to turn round and punch you". Entirely different.
A boy at school used to pull my skirt up all the time. One day I did actually turn round and punch him. He never did it again though.

Just to confirm, wet willies are a wet digit stuck in the ear. In our family it's all about the ritual cause I don't think anyone ever gets a digit near an ear- it's the threat of it.

If someone snuck up behind me and did that they would get at the very least elbowed sharpish and then a bollicking.

Who the hell thinks that's acceptable. I have soriasis in my ears and they often hurt or itch like crazy. If someone rammed their fingers in I would hit the roof and they would take whatever I threw at them in the fight or flight/ shock/pain moment.

Can't believe some people are saying if you are assaulted you shouldn't retaliate. If you think its it's ok to assault me then its ok for me to thump you back.

I think that would cause a big reaction out of most people -fingers in ears is a very fight/flight protective thing.

I would actually complain to HR that you were adjusted. She's a nut job and needs to be given a formal warning.