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Grown men drawing phallic symbols in the workplace

101 replies

MeDented · 29/10/2018 21:16

AIBU to be sick fed up of being faced with these childish drawings, they draw them in each other's notebooks, on notes left on desk etc. Just why?!!

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LagerthaTheShieldMaiden · 29/10/2018 21:17

What a bunch of pricks.

hidinginthenightgarden · 29/10/2018 21:17

I know of a headteacher that drew one in a mentoring workbook he complete. Headteacher!

Bunbunbunny · 29/10/2018 21:35

Are we in the same office?

BabySharkAteMyHamster · 29/10/2018 21:39

Meh.

In my list of things to get upset about that wouldnt register.

Rebecca36 · 29/10/2018 21:49

How about you draw women's genitalia - in entirety - alongside. I bet they wouldn't know what it was!

EloisaJane · 29/10/2018 21:54

Same in my office. Every birthday or leaving card has at least one dick in it, usually a squirty one.

PersonaNonGarter · 29/10/2018 21:55

Lol.

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MeDented · 29/10/2018 22:08

Haha I don't know if that makes me feel worse or better! Why on earth do they think it is acceptable?

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ferntwist · 29/10/2018 22:12

This is gross. Feeling lucky I’ve never come across this in the workplace. Can I ask what industries you’re all in where this is normal?

gokusgirl · 29/10/2018 22:14

Was just going to ask about the industry you’re all in!? I’ve never seen this!

Hoopaloop · 29/10/2018 22:17

DH draws dicks in the mash potato on top of cottage pie before baking it Hmm

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MeDented · 29/10/2018 22:19

Professional, business to business services, most of them (worst offenders) are highly educated.

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Tigger365 · 29/10/2018 22:22

Get involved! Make it bigger, hairier balls, more spunk!

Upset some of the apprentices that thought they were clever Wink

Finfintytint · 29/10/2018 22:24

It’s a boy thing.
I worked in a male dominated environment and it was the done thing.
Juvenile attention seeking.

EloisaJane · 29/10/2018 22:25

Media, ad sales department. I have never known anything different. I specifically requested no dick for my last birthday as I wanted to take the card home.
I opened it and it was bigger than ever, spunk all over the messages.

gokusgirl · 29/10/2018 22:26

Wow. Perhaps I’m missing out as in a teacher and what I see, the kids see 😂😂

TheDarkPassenger · 29/10/2018 22:28

Doesn’t particularly bother me tbh

ferntwist · 30/10/2018 12:18

I would find this embarrassing and intimidating. Sounds like you work with a gang of six-year-olds.

Eliza9917 · 30/10/2018 15:05

Fuck knows where you all work, I've worked in construction for nearly 20 years and never seen this.

19lottie82 · 30/10/2018 15:07

I've worked in construction for nearly 20
years and never seen this.

I’m in utter shock at this statement.

OfaFrenchmind2 · 30/10/2018 15:11

I never had that at work, but having to specifically request a Birthday card without dicks is hilarious! That would not bother me, I would giggle, but then I can be pretty immature sometimes.

GrandTheftWalrus · 30/10/2018 15:13

I'm a 33 year old female and I draw dicks on stuff.

ButchyRestingFace · 30/10/2018 15:13

I would draw a ruler beside every single one of them, with a mark at "1 inch". 📏📏📏

CoachBombay · 30/10/2018 15:16

I know what you mean OP. I don't even register them anymore. I'm not offended by them.

I did once draw a massive vulva, clitoris and pubes on a whiteboard next to a giant penis that had been drawn. So I'm no inocent haha 😂

AngelsSins · 30/10/2018 15:22

Men are absolutely OBSESSED with dick, they always have been. God knows what they find so fascinating about it.