Have you ever faced any sort of discrimination (i. e. racism, sexism, ageism, etc) at any of your jobs?

[jazzy34]

Thankfully, I have not.

[Anonymous]

In two jobs...

One, I worked in retail as a cashier. One day, we got this memo out of nowhere that said, starting next week, all female employees will need to start wearing high heels, make-up, and skirts. The absolute insanity of this request which was clearly sexist. Everybody on staff wore khakis, a uniform shirt, and white tennis shoes. Then all of a sudden just the women need to dress up differently? We were on our feet 12 hours a day straight, no chairs, one break, and they were denying us our second breaks (another issue). Add to that, we frequently had to use these huge stair ladders which had literal holes in them, so you put a heel in that instead of a flat shoe and you're falling through, not to mention wearing a skirt would mean anyone below could look up it. And no one could see our shoes anyway, unless we were forced to get something down for a customer, because we were in a friggin' booth. Long story long, I complained straight to corporate. Corporate said, they never sent out any memo. Turns out my boss was a creepo who made this policy up on his own. The next day after it reached corporate, he said, to disregard the former memo. I quit not long after.

My other job back then turned out to be super racist:

My boss, a black woman with a college degree, got wind of the paychecks of the other store managers in our district. Turns out they were severely underpaying her. Not only had she worked in the store branch longer then all the rest, but she was better educated than all the rest, and was only one of 2 store managers in the entire district to be running a million dollar store. She took them straight to court, found out about a whole bunch of other underhanded stuff, next thing I know, she quit once she got her much deserved settlement AND we all got a raise bc they were paying us far less as well. You'd think that would be the end of it, but turns out this was a national problem with this company, one where they consistently refused to hire extremely qualified black/brown, instead opting to hire white only for top positions like CEO in the company which resulted in more lawsuits. After my original boss quit, they sent us a white boss from some rural area. She did not want to be there, and constantly felt like "she was being attacked." She too quit when she said something racist to 'the wrong' customer who let her know in front of the entire store, corporate, etc. I left soon after this.

Every job I've worked at since these many years ago, has been aces and beyond respectful about culture, race, gender, etc and has had policies that actually actively dealt with situations like this should they arise.

[UrLoveMocha]

Yes all of them lol… the discrimination ones are funny because people assume my ethnicity and they’re thrown off when they learn that I’m bilingual and understand everything they’re saying.

[Anonymous]

I worked at a bar for a while that was owned by this big fat lesbian and at first she and the other girls were really mean. Probably because all the guys there were very... Gay community friendly.. Meaning it was clear that I wasn't from the same world as they're used to.

And it got so ridiculous because I genuinely think they were trying to make me quit lol but I really needed the job to last a few more weeks so I always pretended to be too stupid to notice they were being mean. Till one day we all just started laughing about it.

And the lesbian and I got along because she was rough around the edges and we're both total fatasses so we would cook up food in the kitchen whenever it was just me and her opening the bar and one day she makes a fat joke directed at me. Which was the first banter we practically ever had. She was one of the most fun people I worked for.

But it taught me people are fucking animals. Anybody different from them is going to be precieved as a threat. Doesn't matter if your black, white, liberal, natzi, rich, poor or anything else.

And like most animals, you kinda let them pick up your scent and get to know you, recognize you're not a threat, then you have a window to get to know them as actual reasonable human beings.

But that requires you to be as smart as a dog or a cat or maybe a monkey. Many peoples brains are still stuck in wild bull or a buck in the wild.

[lightbulb27]

Yes. There are many forms of it. I've faced crazy psychos too of various races and types and genders. Humans

I'm with Christ, so I got powers to deal with them.

how big a list do you want? This is not a fair world, and the discrimination laws cause sometimes more problems than they are worth. If someone doesn't want me around, I don't want to be there. Cheating me is something else, and I had that.

But the vast majority have been good. But I can relate to the sensitivity especially AA people have feeling discriminated against.. it's like a little bit of poison to be discriminated against. It's clearly a trigger for them, I think often used and used as a power card. It's hurtful to be devalued like that, but there's a flip side.

Best thing is to heal those wounds and focus on success. A better question, have people treated you with respect and valued you as a human being. yes... most did!

If only our social media showed the so many good interactions and success and proper behavior. But you'll have to dig and probably never see it.

Learn to read humans... it's helpful. Learn to read cats and dogs too.

[jazzy34]

As much or as little as you’d like. Or nothing at all. Up to you, my friend. 😊

[msc545]

Yes, sexism. When I worked in a prison, in a unit that was staffed only by women, even though it was a men's prison. In order for me to do the work that I was hired to do in their crisis unit, I needed to have access to their computer system. And that access, and the credentials for that access, were in the hands of a woman who ran the unit. For literally 30 days after I got there, she refused to give me the credentials that I needed to use the system, saying that she couldn't remember what they were and making up various excuses. On the 30th day, I finally confronted her and said, "Look, either you give me the credentials or I'm leaving." And she said, "Well, we don't want you here, so why don't you go ahead and leave?" And I in fact did that. Sadly, I just decided not to file a complaint, and I should have. A woman certainly would have. I knew that being a man, anything that I complained about relating to sexism would have been ignored, even by men (white knights) running the system, it would have been ignored. However, a woman filing a complaint would have immediately gotten satisfaction. I understood that now, and I understood it even better.

[Kaneki05]

Never work/ed so no. But at high school there was one case, the discrimination was for being white. I'm not racist, anybody who knows me can very easily say I ain't and never once had I been in school but they still found me racist even though I explained it was a misunderstanding.
Some kid was being annoying and kept coming over to our table so I told him 'Go back to where you came from.' all the sudden this was racist because he wasn't white when I meant that as go back to your table.
by the way this kid came from primary school and not once had I ever said anything about his race.
They still thought it best to give me isolation and stern talking to about being careful with what I say... apparently context and intent don't matter, and if races were different in this case it wouldn't even have been a thought and it obvious wasn't a thought on my mind as that wasn't my point when I said that.

[Kaneki05]

Would also say the fact girls get away with more could say was discrimination to me as a guy in school. You can do the exact same thing yet get more into trouble.

[Staximus]

I've experienced racism at a job. I was the only white guy in a kitchen full of Mexicans. Eventually most of the crew accepted me because the lead cooks did, because I worked hard and wanted to do shit right. The new manager did not, though. It was common knowledge that he didn't want anybody but Mexicans in the kitchen, even though he was born and raised here. He cut my prep cook, bus boy, and bar back shifts and stuck me in the dish station to try and make me quit. I didn't, which pissed him off and he just cut my hours down to 2 shifts a week. I just found somewhere else to work.

[fantasticass]

Yes. My training officer said to me " I don't know why you women are here, this is a man's job, no place for women here!!, how the hell do I train a woman ". He was extremely pissed off. He never got fired. He hates women

[Anonymous]

Some other guys with kids I used to work with were getting fed up with the manager because she would only give mothers the day off for holidays because she felt it was more important for kids to have their mother home.

I don't think I've personally experienced any form of discrimination.

[Spencer10]

I have faced a sorta sexism in my job but its nothing that I cannot handle.

[sawno]

Personally I haven't, but I do know systemic discrimination against my race and my sex exists. But i think I haven't worked for employers large enough to where that actually matters.

[DrPepper12]

Lol. Plenty!!

"only reason a car full o crackers is here is to score some trees" White male NYPD cop

That's only the best one...

He was right but KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!

[KostasKouvalis]

Not really, but there was a lot of nepotism and there was a Mexican girl who within 2 months got promoted and within 6 was working in the office, while normally you need to work at least 6 months before getting promoted

[DextroShade]

I have been discriminated in hiring because I am a White man; in college I was denied scholarships for the same resson. Also, corporate diversity trainings I have been subjected to are explicitly anti-White and misandrist.

[grega239]

Yes.

The exact quote was: thats a mans job...

Now i dont care about what was said. I just wanna kniw why women work jobs that require more strength than they have?

Go be a cashier or something

[NathanDavis]

not at work, no...

just on the street, by dumbass people

[CherryLove007]

No thankfully, however I have worked independently most of my career with no bosses.

[Phoenix98]

Little bit for being descended from gypsies.

[Jackblue]

I have been fired for speaking out when I believe people of other races wouldn't.

[noohair]

Yes... I could not be promoted because I was a white man...

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have, but it's normal in my crappy country.

[Turkishgirl25]

I experienced this situation because of my political views.

[Snowman84]

No, I don’t think so.

[CubaPirate]

Nope thankfully not

[Hagar88]

Yes I have.

[queenofcardio]

Have not.

[TonyMetal___86]

Nope 🙂

[aceleon]

ageism.

[dudeinohio]

Nope

[TheMyth2022]

Yes.