That’s not the official policy. He was making the rhetorical point that, “If you wouldn’t want to say it to me face to face in my office, you shouldn’t say it in the breakroom at work. Think about what you say in a professional environment.”

We’re rapidly expanding and, what was once a team of about 15 people (all locals of the same city) is now a company of more than 300, which aggressively recruits employees from all over the world. We can’t expect to keep talented people of various backgrounds around when you’ve got some idiot doing impressions of…

It’s a great place to work, as evidenced by our employee retention. And I’ve worked at other companies with similar policies AND without. I mean, I can live without going into the break room and hearing a coworker talk about why he “doesn’t date black chicks.” And without hearing another coworker do his best…

Except ... safe spaces kinda do exist in the “real” world — in the form of the anti-harassment policies in the workplace. Mine, for example, trains us once a year on how we’re not allowed to discuss race, sex, politics, etc. and gives us tons of examples of “things you probably wouldn’t think twice about saying, but…

I got them in Japan, land of sun-protective accessories.

I wear special UV-protective long gloves when I drive in Texas and a sunhat whenever I go outside. Body-covering protective swimsuits are relevant to my interests.

Yep. Go to a beach in Asia, and you’ll see women in full-body swimwear (and headwear) to avoid getting too much sun on their skin.

I got hired for a $28k receptionist job at a property management company in bumfuck Missouri carrying a designer purse I’d gotten at a garage sale and driving a car that was newer than the company president’s. Because that’s what I had.

YES! And having designer stuff can also mean someone’s a frugal vintage/Goodwill shopper. I posted upthread about sitting on a job interview and one of my male coworkers recognized the candidate’s purse as “one of those expensive bags my wife likes har har har.” And I pointed out that particular style was about 5…

The city I grew up in (of 50k people), for example, doesn’t even have a bus system.

Yeah, my parents got two Roombas to help keep up with their dogs and the constant stream of fosters they have. Sadly, the time spent cleaning pet hair out of the Roomba did not equal the time saved by having the Roomba. They went back to an easy-to-empty canister vacuum.

It’s a natural panic reaction. When you’re drowning and panicking, you push down on whatever is around you to keep yourself above water. That’s why lifeguards have special training to deal with people who are drowning.

I have found that mimicking Xena’s battle cry masks the crunch nicely.

I ran down to our leasing office with wet hair and stammered that someone needed to get up there with ROACH NAPALM STAT and KILL EVERYTHING I DON’T EVEN CARE.

and he was high

We Texans know your pain and stand with New York.

I joke that discovering Bollywood movies in college ruined me for white boys. Forever.

If I were a US Customs agent, I’d detain his fine ass, too.

My friend used to say, “Noted,” in her signature deadpan to any and all annoying advice. I think it strikes the perfect balance between being clearly dismissive and not obviously rude.