I was fired for "sexual harrasment" last december.

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the full story really doesn't matter...this guy has no reason to lie to us and his interpretation means that his interpretation of stimuli is different from the regular world.


also...it's virginia......that means that there is obviously a lot more sensitivity to the redneck masculine world and so maybe his innocent passes were viewed as something different just by the location.

The real reason you were fired is that your employer figures it's easier to side with accusers and fire people without investigation than to be seen as being unresponsive to issues that can create personnel problems and litigation. So long as those who are wrongly dismissed do nothing in response, employers will persist in such thinking. Only when the wrongfully dismissed refuse to be cowed and proceed to raise hell of their own will employers begin to practice more circumspection.

The difference between harassment and flirting is how attractive the person doing it is.

Dating and work times need to be kept seperate.

Depending on the state it can be really hard to fight being fired. In many states you can be fired for no reason what so ever. Employed at will. I was talking with a lawyer on this and I was surprised but I trust the source.

Also being fired for inappropriate reasons can take years to go through the courts.

However, you can sue the person who made the accusation since their defamation of character caused you significant harm (to your career, lost wages etc). You'd need to talk to a lawyer to see just how far you'd get with it but if this firing causes you a lot of grief. You do have alternatives.

During an orientation a former employer gave me sound advice: Never say anything to a female co worker that you wouldn't say to your mother

So I can still say go and f*** yourself to a female co-worker? (/Remnant runs like a coward)

You should have not of been fired.. I have problems with people thinking i'm a perve or something because my hands always get into people's way when i walk by. There isn't always a lot of room there (at work) and there's always like twelve people in your way when you are trying to walk by, get bread, feel the icebeens, etc.. I think if anyone thinks at that place if i am trying to cop a feel, i think they favor self-flattery a bit too much..

They do that because of who you are, not what you do.

The definition of sexual harassment is

The two keys that I see here are that the action must be unwelcome and it must adversely effect the work environment. It's also a federal law (part of the civil rights act of 1964), not a state thing... which means its consistent across the board (unlike age of consent, etc. etc. etc.). I'm not a lawyer or anything, but if she was so offended by your seemingly harmless actions that it negatively effected her work performance, wouldn't she have asked you to stop? She didn't even refuse your attempts ("No thank you, I already have a boyfriend."), she just put you off. I think you may have a case here.

Yeah. I'm pretty disgusted that you got fired for this. It's injustice plain and simple.

talk to a lawyer, and ask them. its probally not from what i hear. but next time keep it off the clock! then they cant fire you (and that includes breaks and lunches not to do it on)

Don't feel bad about it. If what you have said is the whole story then it seems like a few people over reacted.

Lots of long term relationships start in the work environment...so what if you misread signals...if what you say is true, I think the girl was just being a wimp. She should have spoken to you directly about it if she felt uncomfortable.

Did you stare at her alot between the times you talked with her?

I agree.

Unless you grabbed her ass or breasts or complimented her on how hot she was or explained how you would like to get "down and dirty" with her, you should not have been fired.

We live in a really paranoid society these days, where everyone sues and fires for everything. If you so much as look at a woman the wrong way, its sexual harassment...i'm suing...i'm suing...eeeeww!! !!

Even the Sexual Harassment Panda (from Southpark) would agree your boss went way too far.

Who lives in the east 'neath the willow tree
Sexual Harassment Panda!
Who explains sexual harassment to you and me
Sexual Harassment Panda!
Don't say that, don't touch there
Don't be nasty says the silly bear
He's come to tell you what's right and wrong
Sexual Harassment Panda!



Sexual Harassment Panda reckons you're innocent!