Being bullied?

[PegLegJim]

In my last 1 2 1 meeting at work I told my boss I had had a hearing test and needed hearing aids, he said its just my age and the sold them to me for no reason. He didn't know it was an NHS test.
Am I right to feel he is bullying me and doesn't care about any issues im having.

This is definitely discrimination, how is your relationship with your boss usually?

It's not bullying but he did make a discriminatory comment about your age. It sounds like he is ignorant more than anything, given that he sees nothing wrong with making assumptions about the status of your hearing.

In terms of the basics, he needs to be cognisant of anything you are experiencing that could impact on your work and support you to make any adjustments that you may need - if he was a nice boss maybe he would 'care', but his literal obligations are to support you in your role in light of these developments. Is he supporting you? If not you can take it higher up.

Ffs it’s not discrimination 🙄. Nor is it bullying.

bullying is persistent unwanted behaviour, not a one off comment that you didn’t take kindly to. Unless there are patterns of him mocking you then this isn’t bullying.

making a comment about hearing loss according to age is also not discrimination on its own.

tell your boss that you didn’t take too kindly to his comment and it upset you if you really must. Or, just move on. He probably hasn’t thought about it again since.