Worst of all? This was the text:

Assuming he was alive when that was possible to get away with, I can safely say two things: 1) He’s old enough that he probably shouldn’t be doing surgery, and 2) were he to try that with any of the nurses -I- know, he’d likely have his scalpels passed blade-first on “accident.”

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Wow. Ladies, I’ve read GNT’s posts as well as the rest over the course of the day. I honestly want to apologize to you all. I’m a guy and I don’t <think> I’ve done bullshit like you’ve described, but I’m sure that I’ve been guilty of at least some of some dumb thoughtlessness even if unintentionally . I’m 45 now and…

When I got pregnant, I expected HR would be the proper place to go to untangle all the implications of maternity leave for my insurance coverage and find out what other expectant moms generally do, etc. It was like they’d never heard of a pregnant employee before. They basically told me I should have alerted them to…

I don’t blame you. Reading this gave me a rage stroke.

I was seriously JUST bitching about this at work today. I work for a little locally-owned bakery. The owner is a woman, and her husband is the head baker. Sometimes I get along with him alright, but most of the time he acts like a misogynistic asshole and thinks “Having a discussion” actually means “Yelling my opinion…

Next time that happens, you should berate them for swearing in front of you because you are a delicate fucking flower, and they better not fucking forget it!

Reading other people's stories reminded me of another one. So, I have a house that I have owned longer than I've known my husband. His name has never been listed on this house in any way, shape, or form. I've always had the house insured through State Farm.

Yeah, I just wish I hadn’t felt the need to make myself so responsible, and just let him get what was coming. I remember crying and asking why my parents weren’t supporting me and my dad said something about me being emotional and my mom said something along the lines of “it’s just what men do, we’ve all been through…

YES. HR exists to support the company, NOT YOU.

Always remember: HR is NOT your friend. They are there to protect the company from you and the guilty party rarely pays. I've known of ONE instance where a man was fired for sexually harassing a subordinate. And if she hadn't been a top seller and had documentation of incidences (and witnesses), she probably would…

I got fired in the last year for asking to be paid as much as a new guy they hired to do the same job as me (while also giving him the title I’d been promised and telling me that they couldn’t have 2 people with the same title - but that I could have a title at the same “level” but not that title).

OMG asking for clarification is the best strategy! I always forget to do that and just start yelling at people.

A female colleague and I once spent a year being harassed by another woman in the office. She was an addict and actively tried to get me fired, while sexually harassing my colleague. (Having audible phone sex in her office, explaining to the colleague about her 'lifestyle' and how she could get money out of her…

I am a youngish unmarried, childless woman. I work with a lot of married, childful men. Almost every single one of them works very late because they don’t want to deal with their kids or their wife. I used to think they were just busy, but they waste a ton of time during the day. So, if I want to leave when I finish…

I worked for a family firm. My family’s firm, that my grandfather started. My mom was eventually made president, and she once told me that she was once denied a promotion (from her own father) because he needed to promote a man because he had children. My mom had children, too, but...no penis?

I was hired as an assistant and worked my way up to become a consultant. When the CEO of the company told me he was promoting me to consultant, he also told me that he was concerned that when I went out to work with clients that my weight would reflect poorly on myself and on the company. He said I should take the…

Being asked to “spot clean” the coffee spill in male colleague/superior’s office in the interim before maintenance got there. Just to get ahead of it and make sure it doesn’t stain. But he got there 30 mins before I did and the spill happened sometime between then. If you’re so worried about staining and spot treating…