It seems like almost daily, another man is accused of sexual harassment, etc. I can't
even keep track of it. It's like a lid has been pulled off a boiling pot and all the men
accused are spilling out. What would have happened if all that stuff hadn't come out
about Harvey Weinstein?
How long would have all those men been kept in the "boiling pot?" I think
the individuals coming forward are very brave and it makes me sad that they felt their
voices were not heard for so long or that they kept it inside for years and sometimes
decades. I told my dad
recently about my "#MeToo" moment. I thought I had told him before, but
evidently I hadn't. Anyways, in the late 1980's into the early 1990's I worked for a very
small company as a receptionist. I was told by the owner of the company I had to always
wear panty hose and a skirt/dress. I did it because I liked the job and the people I
worked with. After I had been there a few years, the owner hired an older gentleman. He
was easily three times my age. On more than one occasion, he made comments about my
figure and how I looked in my clothes. It made me more than a little uncomfortable and I
talked to the owner of the company privately. His response, "if you take him to
court, I would be on his side." I can still remember his words this many years
later. When I finished telling my dad the whole story he said something along the lines
of, "I can't say that I'm surprised, that's the way it was back then." Excuse
me?? It's never okay for that type of thing to be going on in the workplace. My
experience sounds tame compared to the stories I've seen and heard in the news. After I
moved on from that job, I took a night class at the local college. I had a professor that
would come and stand behind me just a little bit too close. This happened so many times
that I eventually dropped the class. I had passed the point of being able to get a
refund, but I had to get out of the class for my own mental well being. I had actually
forgot about that professor until all of these stories starting coming out in the news.
Many of the accused men claim they are "sorry." Are they really sincere or are
they "sorry" they got caught???? Time will tell.
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
I go with the sorry I got caught theory. My experience was a client coming behind me and putting his hands on my shoulders. I informed him to NEVER touch me again and reported the happening to my boss, who assured me it would never happen again. Good or that miserable human would find himself with a slap mark on his face or a wound farther down his body. Sorry you had your incidents. Love, Auntie
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