Date: May 5th, 2026 7:01 PM Author: dark deer antler
I walk in today and see this huge cardboard cutout of a cheerleader & say to my buddy "whoa who is this hot piece of ass adult woman? I'd let her shake my pom-poms". And i grabbed my crotch area.
Well it turns out it's one of the partner's 17 year old daughter and he was in earshot. I guess she tore her ACL or something at cheer nationals so we were all supposed to sign it as a get well thing. They asked me to go ahead and head home for the day and said they'd talk about what to do next. We usually have a really loose atmosphere and like to bust each other's balls but this might have gone too far.
Date: May 6th, 2026 2:40 AM Author: dark deer antler
A guy in the know down at the office texted me tonight: HR looked through the company policy binder and said I can't be fired because
1) she is a civilian, not an employee, so it's not harassment
And
2) I implied she was of age. If I knew she wasn't an adult woman and said what I did, I'd likely be canned. There was no age written on the cardboard thing and she really looks like a 90s Baywatch lifeguard woman. Even other older chicks there said she looks like a real woman with huge cans. Sounds like I'm in the clear.
Date: May 6th, 2026 6:30 AM Author: olive wonderful chapel brethren
I'll bite...
You're not in the clear because her dad now has it in for you. The other female employees will act sympathetic because they hate dad for flaunting hot daughter. However they hate you more for recognizing hot daughter and acting like a normal man.
HR will prevent you from being fired now. But you did commit a speech / thought crime. You'll be performance reviewed out by year end. Call recruiters asap
Date: May 6th, 2026 7:21 AM Author: Beady-eyed self-centered ladyboy
By law, harassment needs to be REPEATED and UNWELCOME. This was neither. You are entirely in the clear and ur butthurt colleagues should try looking at the LAW for once.
Date: May 6th, 2026 8:22 AM Author: Fucking Fuckface
It also doesn't matter if the subject of a joke is uncomfortable as long as someone who witnesses or overheard it is. There's gray line around repetition and egregiousness as well
Your HR team anecdote actually makes this more believable than if you reported them to have any real knowledge or understanding of key HR principles