FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
[work stuff] so I could use some advice on a situation at work
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
because there's like a genuinely terrifying dude at work
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
like full scale Trump is the chosen of God and talking about it to his friend here right next to my desk
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
like Hilary was the antichrist set to bring us to WWIII full scale
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
and the thing is, I like my desk.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
I like where it is for the most part.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
but I am going to have an anxiety attack about having to listen to his shit
ᵏᵘʳᵒ
Tell your immediate supervisor that discussing politics at work isn't good etiquette.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
or I'll Say Something
Becky
yes, that
Becky
Immediate supervisor or HR and let them do message delivery
ᵏᵘʳᵒ
^
Becky
and couch it as 'politics at work bad'
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
thing is that because of Dumass Former Friend, scary dude knows I'm a liberal type
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
and I'm the only self-proclaimed one in our little block
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
and I'm right next to them
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
like, it's going to be From Me regardless
Becky
also tell that to HR
Becky
and they can apply 'don't talk politics' across the board via memo or something
Becky
and include 'liberal types'
Becky
(This is how michael handled it anyway, but I don't know your company)
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
we're in a slightly awkward place because we're a Catholic organization so some things are wonky
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
like, you can mention religion so there's that
Becky
yeah te place my husband had to deal with it was called King Phramacuticals. as in King Jesus.
Becky
there were morning prayer meetings
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
but like they put LGBTQ training for patients and stuff, they're pretty liberal as far as treating folks goes
Becky
still doesn't mean it'd work but it'd be my pef over anything direct not so much to hide me but paper trail
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
but there are individuals in HR who... not so much
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
the other option is move my desk
ColdGracie
I think you should tell him or HR that you are uncomfortable. That you'd like him to respect that or ask if you can sit somewhere else.
ColdGracie
I dont see any problem with that.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
yeah, I'm just kind of trying to wobble between just asking for a different seat or making it about the politics
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
I might bring it up with my supervisor in our 10 10 today just kind of 'I don't know what to do'
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
she's very understanding.
Ptriciadactyl
I would say go ahead and talk to her if you've had good experiences with her!
Ptriciadactyl
She can help you decide how to address the issue as someone who actually is there and sees the workplace.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
nodnodnod
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
honestly I thought he was done with the crazy talk; he hadn't done it for a while
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
so I had settled back down
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
but then I'm eating lunch to 'our enemies thought they could rig the election and put Hilary into power to drive this world to WWIII but God has a plan and that's why Trump managed to win...' and I just kind of wanted to hide under my desk
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
all in this soft drawl because he's just so 'NICE' and it creeps me right the fuck out
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
this is the same fucker who started to talk about illegal immigrants and called Trump a 'family man' way back when and I just... I'm so disturbed
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
and now I get to do a training with him ]
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
...woopee
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
back in an hour
ᵏᵘʳᵒ
gross. good luck!
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
yeah, that's the other suck part
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
can't entirely avoid
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
he's going to be my equal as soon as I'm tier II
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
and a coworker even when I get the position I really want
ALEX NO
Wow.
ColdGracie
aww that sucks..
ALEX NO
Defending seconding talking to your supervisor.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
Thanks
Ygrane
Yeah, I would chat with her and ask to be relocated, if possible, but see if she has any other ideas. Staying safe is important here. If he feels threatened, he might blow up on everyone.
MOVED
he shouldn't discuss politics at work, period.
MOVED
and hey, if you're a catholic org, all the more reason for this dude to shut his mouth, because catholics have pretty visibly opposed him, held vigils against his policies, and the pope has spoken out against practices happening in the us wrt treatment of humans and climate change, etc
MOVED
HR should take your complaints seriously
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
Thanks. I'll be having a talk with her tomorrow.
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
so spoke to boss today
FʀɪᴇɴᴅIɴYᴇʟʟᴏᴡ
she's going to gently mention that if he could do that in the private of ihs own time she'd appreciate it
ColdGracie
that's good
Ygrane
Good! 
Jay
oh good!