Phew, relieved for you at long last! Let's hope it has a safe outcome for everyone!
Sollywos x
Excellent news, @escargot - I'm glad someone finally took you seriously. With any luck this will have proper results in the workplace. Glad you're safe.
Hooray for receptive managers!!!!Today I was filling in some forms with a manager from another depot and I told him about the situation. He was horrified; says it's gone on for too long, and gave me helpful advice, which I'll be taking.
Sweet .. .. just don't be tempted to go after him now. I know what you're like.
What a plonker, and i am glad something is finally getting done and hopefully you will be safe *hugs*Thank you! Yup, I do feel this bloke took me seriously. My own manager does too but he can't seem to do anything.
As I've mentioned, a week or two ago I was complaining to another manager about it all and he smiled kindly and said 'He's NOT going to kill you, Scargy!'
That went down like a bucket of sick. I put him right.
.. "kick him in the neeeeeeeeeeeerts"Thank you, everyone!
I'm on earlies for the next few weeks so should have time to sort it. My boss will be fed up as he'll have to rearrange other people's shifts to cover my lates but that's tough.
It's appalling that this idiot causes so much trouble. Time someone sorted him out by the sound of it. Often these characters turn out to be quite pathetic individuals.Thank you, everyone!
I'm on earlies for the next few weeks so should have time to sort it. My boss will be fed up as he'll have to rearrange other people's shifts to cover my lates but that's tough.
It's appalling that this idiot causes so much trouble. Time someone sorted him out by the sound of it. Often these characters turn out to be quite pathetic individuals.
It's rather a no-win, in many ways, and it's honestly hard to think of an approach that would, again for want of a better phrase, strike a good balance. Careful, discreet enquiries, perhaps? A less dismissive attitude would certainly be a start.
Yes of course they do. And that's a good thing in the main.Thing is, social workers et al have to carefully follow rules and regs; the abusers don't.
Has he given you any more crap since you reported him ?Letter delivered to boss, cats among pigeons. No response so far but when I clocked off today there was a little huddle of managers chirping urgency among themselves in the office.
The best outcome for me would be for him to stay in post with me working earlies so our paths didn't cross. If he gets the sack he'll blame me and might decided to sort me out.
However, if he stays he'd still be here, menacing others. No saying what would happen if his state of mind deteriorates.
I'm the only person kicking off though, even after he's threatened people and told them his imaginary girlfriend story.
Has he given you any more crap since you reported him ?
Reckon he's already got the Def Con 1 hint but I don't blame you for keeping one eye on the weirdo ..Nope, but I'd already started making sure Techy was between him & me by then.
Maybe they can transfer him, cause something has to be done, I hope it gets sorted out, i really do, cause he is a menace and sooner or later he is going to flip out.Letter delivered to boss, cats among pigeons. No response so far but when I clocked off today there was a little huddle of managers chirping urgency among themselves in the office.
The best outcome for me would be for him to stay in post with me working earlies so our paths didn't cross. If he gets the sack he'll blame me and might decided to sort me out.
However, if he stays he'd still be here, menacing others. No saying what would happen if his state of mind deteriorates.
I'm the only person kicking off though, even after he's threatened people and told them his imaginary girlfriend story.
Nail on head there. They won't transfer him though. He works for a different company so my managers have no say in it.Maybe they can transfer him, cause something has to be done, I hope it gets sorted out, i really do, cause he is a menace and sooner or later he is going to flip out.
Yes, exactly! Haven't yet heard back so expecting to know in my return today.So long as you are happy with it, that is all that matters
No - we did careful and discreet for a number of years. Got us nowhere and more to the point - kids and dogs still in the way of harm.With regard to @Ghost In The Machine's awful situation - one I sorely hope is soon resolved - I think I can supply a reason for the council's reticence to act, if not an excuse for their dismissiveness. Outside of movies, one witness isn't enough to convict someone in court, because people can be mistaken, or worse, lying. The more witnesses there are, and thus the more corroboration, the better, but solid, quantifiable evidence is best of all. That gives the firmest ground to work from.
In the case of the council, child abuse is an incredibly serious matter, and they wouldn't want to accuse an innocent person of it, let alone harrass, for want of a better word, them over it; not for altruistic reasons, I fear, but simply liability and reputation. It'd make them look bad, and there could be other, more tangible repercussions. Unfortunately, this means real cases are overlooked or ignored, sometimes for years, and when they do finally come out, the council look even worse, and the repercussions are far more serious, and not just for them.
It's rather a no-win, in many ways, and it's honestly hard to think of an approach that would, again for want of a better phrase, strike a good balance. Careful, discreet enquiries, perhaps? A less dismissive attitude would certainly be a start.
Probably not the best thing to be telling Skargy at the moment mate but you're only being honest to be fair to you .. anything like that? .. kick him in the bollocks. Worry about the police or not later.Fingers crossed for you Scargy. My daughter was assaulted by a fellow worker (in front of her boyfriend) and he'd been verbally creepy to other young female employees. He was reported by all of them but kept on because 'he's the only one who knows the job'.
There was a mass walk out shortly after, daughter, boyfriend and three other women he'd been unpleasant to. He's still there, apparently.
Oh that's disgraceful. Isn't anyone in a union?Fingers crossed for you Scargy. My daughter was assaulted by a fellow worker (in front of her boyfriend) and he'd been verbally creepy to other young female employees. He was reported by all of them but kept on because 'he's the only one who knows the job'.
There was a mass walk out shortly after, daughter, boyfriend and three other women he'd been unpleasant to. He's still there, apparently.
Fingers crossed, dear Snail, they're not planning to refuse. I suspect that would be hard for them to do, as well, because Possible Repercussions. It's my observation, those in power only seem to act if they think there are consequences for them if they don't. And they're probably beginning to feel that the situation is one they can't ignore.Hmmmm, I've done my shift and am now home with no word about the issue from my boss.
This could be good if they're frantically reorganising everyone's shifts to accommodate me or bad if they're planning to refuse but nobody dares tell me.
I cannot tell you how many times I've experienced this in a workplace, everyone knowing something/someone is wrong and/or unsafe and no one prepared to speak but me. I just don't know how they can do it. I can't help but open my gob! And then I become the "problem" because it's easier to target the person making the complaint than it is to tackle the workplace psychopath.I'm the only person kicking off though, even after he's threatened people and told them his imaginary girlfriend story.