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To wonder what the weirdest thing a colleague has ever said to you?

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RainbowBriteUk · 28/08/2021 17:42

My ex-CEO who hated me said she thought I had beautifully stunning eyes but not in a lesbian way. Disrespectful shit in all ways she was.

Same ex-CEO said lots of other batty shit!

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Papergirl1968 · 28/08/2021 23:12

We had a lot of work experience kids too, some of whom were only 14-ish. Some of the conversations were very explicit. I remember asking the men to tone it down a bit when the workies were around because it was inappropriate.

SeoultoSeoul · 28/08/2021 23:14

"Personally I think king herod had the right idea" said my evil (female) boss at my baby shower.

Piemam · 28/08/2021 23:15

That they were all wondering if my unborn baby's father was my manager and how we managed to reproduce plus great detail of everyone's guesses... bunch of cunts

Crikeyalmighty · 28/08/2021 23:20

I am actually truly horrified (as an ex HR person) with some of these posts — what a bunch of bloody weird arseholes out there in the working world — makes me glad we work for ourselves

SimonJT · 28/08/2021 23:32

My line manager suggested I give my son back as adoption leave would be inconvenient, he then compared my son to a dog at a rescue centre.

I knew he was a twat, I didn’t realise he was that much of a twat.

Member589500 · 28/08/2021 23:37

Not to me but overheard when I was hidden behind cupboards: ‘Don’t you want to just stick your face in between [my name’s] tits and go [sloppy dog sort of noise]’.
It was quite a few of the men in the office chatting and was quite disappointing to hear how they obviously talk about women behind their backs.

Larryyourwaiter · 28/08/2021 23:49

Not me a friend. Pregnant with horrendous morning sickness, meant frequently puking at work. Sadly baby had many issues and she had to have an abortion and then extended time off work as she was devastated. When she came back her boss only said ‘does that mean you’ve stopped puking then’. (She has 3 healthy children now and doesn’t work for him).

Workyticket · 28/08/2021 23:53

"I hate you so much that I pray for your soul in church"

Said by a bullying cunt who dragged me through HR with lie after lie. Me repeating that line in one of the HR interviews he put me through made the HR manager goggle

LochinverSwimmingPool · 28/08/2021 23:54

Okay, this is a weird one.

I am a retired midwife. We were sitting in the labour ward, idling away our time, when one of the doctors came along and told us about a patient in A & E who had died, of severe blood loss, following a road accident, despite having had 30 units of blood transfused.

We all said how tragic it was, apart from my weird-as-fuck colleague, who said:

"What a waste of all that blood."

Mbl1234 · 29/08/2021 00:02

So many:

  1. Good morning! Said to my colleague he replied “You call this a good morning”
  2. Where are you going on holiday? Barbados. “Oh I got skin cancer in Barbados”
  3. Great, it’s Friday! “Friday is one day closer to Monday”
  4. After my colleague broke a bottle of juice - all over the kitchen, told me: “I am calling my PA, cleaning this is beneath me”
  5. In Paris for work, having a drink after a day full of meetings, my old colleague puts his arm around me and tells me he loves brunettes…
  6. Travelling for work in another country, my male colleague (who I thought was a friend), asked me to come to my hotel room at 3 am. All of us were out until then and the two of us were walking back…
  7. Knocking at my hotel room at 4 am asking to come inside to drink with me. Another time, another country, another colleague
  8. “I bet you scream when you have sex”
The list can go on and on.
Wineat5isfine · 29/08/2021 00:06

Some horror stories here!! So sorry for all of you.

Many years ago, I worked in a very male dominated industry - and despite being a manager within this small business, I was treated like crap.

Boss would come in hungover every bloody morning and ask me to make him coffee and toast. He would call me over to his desk to watch a promo video - and it was either a video of a beheading or porn. He thought it was hilarious.

He introduced me at meetings as “thingy” who does the admin.

It was very hard work and quite damaging to me, mentally.

MedusasBadHairDay · 29/08/2021 00:12

We were all congratulating a team member in getting engaged, another team member (who has only recently started) loudly announced, "Be careful, he's Nigerian so probably just after a visa".

Sure you'll be surprised to know she didn't last long in the company.

GiveUsACoffee · 29/08/2021 00:13

My boss, who was a twat, and just a puppet in his role, called me into his office, and suggested that I was in the wrong religion, and should consider converting to his. Plonker

Lolarosemama · 29/08/2021 00:22

Talking to me about anxiety disorder my boss told me it wasn’t what my husband signed up for 🙃 no concern for me whatsoever, but concern for my husband. Another colleague said they thought anxiety was a bit of a fashion label these days. To my face. Knowing I have it. Safe to say I’m working there no longer!

CoRhona · 29/08/2021 01:41

Not to me but lovely man I worked with, whose dad who had very recently and unexpectedly died.

Utterly stupid HR person said to him they knew just how he felt as their hamster had just passed away Confused

Everyone was ShockHmm

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