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38. Making fun of customers/patients/clients happens in every workplace.

Tue Jun 14, 2022, 06:04 PM

Jun 2022

The issue is whether its creating a hostile work environment for coworkers or if the joking is being done in front of the customers/patients/clients.

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I absolutely lost it yesterday in the hospital waiting room. [View all] KS Toronado Jun 2022 OP

Good for you! FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #1

They are a minority, but they are WAY over-represented in legislatures... Beartracks Jun 2022 #3

And especially the US Senate, which is inherently undemocratic and gives the OMGWTF Jun 2022 #6

Not to mention the nonvoters who may not agree with them halfulglas Jun 2022 #25

Good on ya! nt Atticus Jun 2022 #2

Good for you! I don't believe in suffering in silence. LoisB Jun 2022 #4

You did good !! Karadeniz Jun 2022 #5

What did his weight have to do with it? WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #7

Best way to describe him KS Toronado Jun 2022 #16

"Walked real slow". Can't imagine how fast I'd walk if I was 400 pounds. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #20

I didn't find it the least amusing KS Toronado Jun 2022 #40

Was it? Seemed like you did just fine in this post without mentioning his weight. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #46

Nice try, why does appearance matter? Dems are heavy too. Nt USALiberal Jun 2022 #75

Thank you. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #33

Are you posting some of them? KS Toronado Jun 2022 #42

Par for the course, unfortunately. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #47

You realize you aren't fooling anyone, right? BradAllison Jun 2022 #94

Since I'm not trying to, that's a good thing, I guess! WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #96

fellow kansan living here in red state hell demtenjeep Jun 2022 #8

HaysMed KS Toronado Jun 2022 #21

Good to know where they have staffers who mock other patients. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #24

Glad you don't live here KS Toronado Jun 2022 #43

Sounds like no one wants to live there. Treefrog Jun 2022 #92

Kansas is a great place to live and I love living here. KS Toronado Jun 2022 #97

With that attitude MFM008 Jun 2022 #73

Sorry to hear that the biopsy wnylib Jun 2022 #36

Will do friend! KS Toronado Jun 2022 #44

. wnylib Jun 2022 #61

Oh gosh-I am sorry demtenjeep Jun 2022 #49

I hope you get excellent treatment, and become cancer free electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #78

The few Rebl2 Jun 2022 #9

If they say they're not watching, just tell them they had a video of Trump calling his supporters dem4decades Jun 2022 #10

LOL, that's a good one I'll remember. KS Toronado Jun 2022 #45

I just can't anymore. tavernier Jun 2022 #11

A lot of them are home-schoolers FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #13

Sad to say, that place in Indiana is not unique. ShazzieB Jun 2022 #15

yes, my daughter corrected me, not in Indiana tavernier Jun 2022 #19

Makes me wonder how his colleagues will accept him tavernier Jun 2022 #22

Yes, that's it! ShazzieB Jun 2022 #79

400 pounds? BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #12

The only reference to his weight was as a tag to reference him Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #17

"Then we joked about the 400 pound guy." BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #18

As said above, it depends on what the joking was about. FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #26

A hospital employee joking about a patient is beyond wrong, BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #31

Making fun of customers/patients/clients happens in every workplace. ecstatic Jun 2022 #38

The poster said the staffer said it to him. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #41

I agree that it was unprofessional to ecstatic Jun 2022 #48

Well, I agree with you about that. I couldn't care less what someone thinks of my looks. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #52

face to face, yes stopdiggin Jun 2022 #88

Must be demanding being a saint... Magoo48 Jun 2022 #54

Wow, sounds like you're really trying to insult me for being fortunate enough to never run across BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #105

Get real. It happens every few minutes in a large hospital. You know very little about nurses & docs Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #68

I don't know about that poster, but there are two doctors in my family. Treefrog Jun 2022 #91

I was thinking more doc to nurse rather than nurse to random patient or family member Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #98

The coping humor used in the medical profession Torchlight Jun 2022 #101

Now that we've read #35, FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #70

Thank you for your excellent "critical thinking skills" KS Toronado Jun 2022 #81

Thanks! Yeah, unfortunately there's more than one. FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #83

OK maybe "joked" was the wrong word to use KS Toronado Jun 2022 #35

Oh wow, now the 400 pound guy threatened to beat you up? BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #37

NOT NOW...THEN yesterday morning KS Toronado Jun 2022 #55

Well, dude, you gave us your "first hand" knowledge and put it out here. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #57

Did you read? Answer your own question Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #66

Please check post #16: Harley Davidson tshirt, tattoos, "unkept (sic) beard. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #23

Well, it surely was the most outstanding obvious feature. And look up unkept Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #71

"There were no jokes about the weight." BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #32

Sure, the staffer said KS Toronado Jun 2022 #58

Unprofessional. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #59

No. Ball in your court Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #72

Stupid tag then! USALiberal Jun 2022 #76

Sigh.... BradAllison Jun 2022 #95

Well then he needs to GET help. Probably for more than being 400lbs. So what. oldsoftie Jun 2022 #99

Good for you malaise Jun 2022 #14

Way to go KS Toronado!!! iluvtennis Jun 2022 #27

A great reminder why America is such an awful place BannonsLiver Jun 2022 #28

Sure was for me KS Toronado Jun 2022 #60

Good for you! llmart Jun 2022 #29

I played nice for about 5 minutes KS Toronado Jun 2022 #63

Good! I'm so f'n tired of biting my tongue. I think Libs are way too polite and this flying_wahini Jun 2022 #30

eggscllent. AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #34

Funny, I rarely visit any more and in moments found a cool story! Treefrog Jun 2022 #39

Well I applauded Sympthsical Jun 2022 #65

I know, right! Treefrog Jun 2022 #74

Hey, for all you know, that may have been the first rebuttal he's ever heard! calimary Jun 2022 #50

I question if he gets a lot of rebuttals KS Toronado Jun 2022 #64

You could have offered him hand cream.... Alwaysna Jun 2022 #51

He was a knuckle draggier alright. KS Toronado Jun 2022 #84

Investigate keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #53

what was your BP after that? samnsara Jun 2022 #56

You mean Blood Pressure? KS Toronado Jun 2022 #67

Oh, THAT would have set me off, too! ShazzieB Jun 2022 #80

Hopefully it would be similar to this . . . FoxNewsSucks Jun 2022 #82

lololol Celerity Jun 2022 #87

Great riposte! Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #62

40 years ago when I was a part time bouncer defusing situations KS Toronado Jun 2022 #102

Your last line made me think. They DO know that it Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2022 #69

Guess what Laura? KS Toronado Jun 2022 #86

I'm a bit surprised the others in the room sarisataka Jun 2022 #77

The single gentleman gave me a nice smile of appreciation. KS Toronado Jun 2022 #85

Lemme guess! Fritz Walter Jun 2022 #89

Wow, I'd completely forgotten about that KS Toronado Jun 2022 #90

Just reading this while I play with a bouncy ball. N/t LiberatedUSA Jun 2022 #93

Boy, a lot of people need to watch a Comedy Central roast or three. oldsoftie Jun 2022 #100

Sad isn't it? KS Toronado Jun 2022 #103

Yup, they're GOP testifying. So take that Maga Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #104