okay, so there’s this really fucking annoying guy that i work with and he always bothers me about the most retarded stuff. he literally brings his laptop and on breaks he asks me if i want to watch him play minecraft or osu like a fucking 12 year old and when i do my own thing he starts whining, “you aren’t looking!!11!” he has no friends and as soon as he sees me he heads straight for me and starts yabbering about his favorite gay anime ships, like gay as in literally gay and talking about “seme” and “uke” and all that shit and when i ignore him he doesn’t take the hint but instead keeps asking if i’m mad at him or something until i respond and no matter what i say he just ignores it whether its negative or not
on the other hand, there’s been some amusing events where he got butthurt because he said something stupid and got shit for it
example: >be me >at work, one of the first few days >boss is explaining to us stuff pertaining to how to store the food >beside me, dipshit raises his hand >boss says he can talk after looking at him weirdly >”um, well i think that it’s good to store food like this because then it won’t go bad and i dunno why peop-“ >boss does the hugest fucking eye roll >”yes, (we’ll call him larry) larry, very nice” >continues on with explaining >everyone else in the room listening laughs because larry is known for his retarded input and he just got dismissed by the boss >maximumbutthurt.jpg >boss leaves >larry turns himself to everyone else >”oh, is this funny??” >”why are you all so mean to me” >”is it just make fun of larry day??!” >he turns to one of the guys who is generally good-natured who was laughing >”is that generally funny or are you guys making fun of me??” >”tell me or are you guys making fun of me” >good natured guy answers generally funny >”oh okay” and he sits back down >tfw what a dumbass
idk what else to say, tell him to fuck off and you're not interested
Juan Peterson
I think that anything you say to him will go over his head, maybe talking to HR or boss might be the best solution, although you should try to explain to him why he's annoying in the off chance that he actually gets it and backs off.
Benjamin Campbell
Tell him to fuck off and that he's sexually harassing you with all his yaoi bullshit. That shit SCARES THE FUCK out of tards. That or it will make him ultimate butthurt. Either way, the lulz will be magical.
Andrew Martinez
OP here
tried that, he just ignores it
also yeah, he’s *literally* autistic and it’s pretty bad
i’ll try both of those things, i’ll try the latter first and if that doesn’t work i’ll go to my boss
that might work, even if it doesn’t it would be amusing, i’m sure so i’ll keep that in mind
it is kind of fucking creepy anyway, he’s always talking about yaoi and whos the bottom and anime fetish crap like tentacle porn and it makes me uncomfortable like idgaf if anyone likes it if they keep it to themselves but i don’t want every goddamn detail like he always talks about, it’s gross, especially because from what i can tell he’s into some weird shit, like almost all of the characters he talks about look like 13 yo boys and it’s creepy
Lucas Jones
>it is kind of fucking creepy anyway, he’s always talking about yaoi and whos the bottom and anime fetish crap like tentacle porn and it makes me uncomfortable like idgaf if anyone likes it if they keep it to themselves but i don’t want every goddamn detail like he always talks about, it’s gross, especially because from what i can tell he’s into some weird shit, like almost all of the characters he talks about look like 13 yo boys and it’s creepy Sounds like sexual harassment to me. Talking about sexual stuff, presumably stuff that gives him sexual gratification, with some girl at work? I mean, it seems pretty unlikely he's talking about it to the boys. Sounds like a hostile work environment to me. Can you say jackpot?
Mason Clark
what kind of job hires autistics like this
do you work at mcdonalds or something?
Oliver Sullivan
Sounds like either foodservice or a supermarket from OP's greentext.
Kayden Parker
you’re right, he doesn’t talk about it to the guys
the more i think about it, the creepier it is, everything there seems pretty accurate... i’ll try the other stuff people have suggested, but this seems like a solution that could definitely work, so i’ll talk to my boss whenever i see him next, shouldn’t be too long
it’s because when you put it like that, it really is creepy and shady, i mean if it goes on who knows if he’ll escalate and get anymore creepy or not
anyway, next time he bothers me i’ll try telling him the “you’re sexually harassing me” solution and maybe hopefully he’ll fuck off
Nolan Perry
Not OP but when I worked at a grocery store many years ago we had actual tards bagging groceries and stuff like that
Adam Lewis
we work at a walgreens, it’s part time for me but he works there full time so idk if he bothers other female employees but i could try asking, might help my case
Jayden Reyes
This. Supermarkets are one of the biggest employers of the moderately retarded in this country. Especially as baggers.
Dominic Cook
>might help my case It depends on what route you're going. If you want the guy to just stop and the boss to fix it, then yeah, might be worth asking around. If you wanna hit a payday just go to a lawyer. Free consultation, probably no fee unless they win.
Joshua Moore
I recommend the Jow Forums board for this situation
Tyler Ward
i’ll keep that in mind, i mean a lawyer’s a good idea too so i’ll think about it
honestly if he keeps this up i might actually be using this board
Lincoln Stewart
>i’ll keep that in mind, i mean a lawyer’s a good idea too so i’ll think about it Good luck OP. It might be worth just talking to someone to see if there's a particularly safe way to document this so it can't get swept under the rug.
Brody Morris
anyway, i have about 30 minutes left on my shift and i have nothing else on thursdays, so i’ll be back once i get home and i’ll tell you guys anything that happens
Caleb Collins
you’re right, i’ll look around because it would suck if it got swept under the rug like that
thanks for the advice, i really think that’s the safest/best thing to do now
Parker Nguyen
Ah poor guy. He has autism. It isn't his fault.
You aren't shitty for being annoyed with him and uncomfortable and wanting to get away from him. That's normal.
But you have to deal with him at work. He has to live his whole life like that and he did nothing to cause himself to be this way.
They literally don't have the right brain structure to understand social conduct.
Be annoyed but don't you and your co-workers be shitty about it. His life is hard enough.
Chase Cook
A lawyer isn't going to do shit. No court is going to hold him accountable for his social skills if he's autistic.
They will however hold you and Walgreens itself heavily liable for workplace discrimination and bullying if he makes any mention of you all laughing at him or making fun of him.
Not even talking from a moral stand point, from a how it works stand point.
Getting a lawyer involved is a very very bad idea.
Also pretty sure they won't take that up anyway.
William Martin
Obviously you should by a Moby huge and take him out back and rape him
Jacob Perez
Tell him to leave you alone, it's as simple as that I work a used games store and have a lot of acoustic people talk to and "befriend" me. It's like dealing with a child, really; you don't want them doing a thing so you admonish them and it stops 9 times out of 10.
Normal dudes can't even take a hint from most women and instead of acting like the non-retarded person in the pair you're likely going to get the both of you fired.
Grayson Rogers
i understand that he can’t help it and so i do feel kind of bad because of that, but am i supposed to sit there when he’s being creepy and making me uncomfortable? i guess you’re probably right about the lawyer thing though
i dunno, this is part of why i asked in the first place- maybe i’ll just go to my boss and see what he does about it. if all else fails, i guess i can quit and go work somewhere else, but that would suck in a way too
also , i should clarify, i don’t make fun of him to his face or even to my co-workers, i might laugh at some of the jokes, but i try not to, i was actually pretty nice to him until he started being creepy and telling me all this crap about anime porn even though i told him it made me uncomfortable and to stop, and that’s when i started being more hostile towards him. that’s how i would be with anyone doing that, so should i be treating him differently because he’s autistic? i guess he might bot understand though, so it makes it a difficult situation
that’s the thing though, i’ve already told him to stop multiple times and he hasn’t
Jason Brown
Like I said in another post.
You aren't shitty for being annoyed. That's normal. You aren't supposed to sit there and be a wonderful saint about it, it isn't that easy.
Maybe there is a good solution you and I aren't coming to, but I'll say sometimes that's how it is. You have an unsolevable problem that's annoying as balls and that's that.
Kevin Lewis
"How do I solve the problems brought about by being a passive aggressive cunt when I want to continue being a passive aggressive cunt?"
Probably by being assertive, cunt.
Luis Moore
She's said multiple times in the thread she's told him to go away. Hrs autistic. He isn't getting it.
Charles Martin
how was it caused by being passive aggressive when i wasn’t being passive agressive, at least until he started being creepy? besides, i’ve been pretty direct with him, not passive aggressive
this
Kayden Lee
>No court is going to hold him accountable for his social skills if he's autistic. Literal kek, they will hold the workplace liable for his misconduct. Autism doesn’t absolve you of legal responsibility for your actions. It’s just that you might be held to a slightly lower standard. No matter how dumb this kid is, if he’s smart enough to read manga and talk to other people about porn, he’s smart enough to know it’s inapprorpiate to hit on people in the workplace.
And even if he wasn’t responsible, Walgreens would be responsible for exposing OP to that uncontrollable menace. The ADA does not require companies to employ people who create a hostile work environment.
Jordan Ortiz
OP don’t believe that fag. A lawyer absolutely can help, first of all because there’s ALWAYS a risk your company will retaliate against you for filing a complaint. Your lawyer will tell you how to say speak and to whom to speak.
Seriously, that guy is just a salty bitch who got yelled at for hitting on girls at work in the past. He doesn’t know anything about how the law works.
Kevin Flores
>Not even talking from a moral stand point, from a how it works stand point. You have no idea how "it works", in theory or in practice. You have some hackneyed idea that it's okay for a mentally disabled person (if indeed this guy has a diagnosed mental disability) to sexually harass a coworker simply because he's mentally disabled, and that the workplace doing ANYTHING to correct that would be discriminating against the guy... on account of his disability?
First and foremost, this has nothing to do with the guy's disability, and you know it. It has to do with the guy's sexual impulses, which are in no way impacted or increased by his disability. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it were normal for autists like this fellow to have decreased libidos. So your argument is dead on that ground. Secondly, again, you make the specious argument that ADA cancels out workplace sexual harassment, which is insane. ADA itself has limits. For instance, ADA does not require a taxicab company to let a blind man drive, or make accommodations so a blind man can be a taxi driver. Nor does ADA require a software engineering company to employ someone with mental retardation as a software engineer who isn't capable of doing the work because of his disability. Similarly, a company isn't required to permit people with a disability that makes them sexually aggressive, as you seem to think is the case here, to work around people he is likely to victimize or harass. IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
>Getting a lawyer involved is a very very bad idea. Oh yeah, why genius? Because the lawyer isn't going to see your shitty hypothetical when OP relays her story? "Ooh there might be an ADA problem there!" Let's assume there is an ADA problem. You know what happens? The lawyer already fucking knows about it. Employment lawyers who do sexual harassment know enough ADA law to know stupid shit like this.
The lawyer would, during consultation, say "Sorry, it won't work."
See a lawyer OP.
Luis Martin
They're not going to charge an actual autistic with anything possibly relating to broken social skills and sn extreme inability to read a situation and know what's innappropriate.
I dint know if you realise this but autism isn't s meme for just not being good at people like people on 4chsn suggest.
The part of his brain relating to learning social skills rules and proper conduct doesn't work.
Henry Lee
His conduct is stemming from a total and complete misunderstanding of what's appropriate and where the lines are. He cannot compute he is making her uncomfortable or doing the wrong thing.
Next up you'll be telling me people with tourettes syndrome can get charged with verbal assault if they accidentally yell nigger in people's faces.
It's an extremely touchy subject when it comes to mental disability.
Michael Hughes
You realize that sexual harassment isn't a criminal charge? It's a civil matter and it involves suing the COMPANY for creating a hostile work environment by failing to protect the victim from the harassment of other employees. IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT HE IS AUTISTIC. He could be Brian fucking Peppers and OP would be able to sue the company for sexual harassment.
This is why you need to shut the fuck up and stay in your lane.
Hunter Gonzalez
>His conduct is stemming from a total and complete misunderstanding of what's appropriate and where the lines are. He cannot compute he is making her uncomfortable or doing the wrong thing.
It is the company's responsibility to protect the employees from his unacceptable, harassing, and sexually hostile behavior.
Dylan Perez
Ok. I've been viewijg in context of directing at him. Not the company.
I get you now. You are right, hadn't thoughy of that.
You could do without the caps and rsge by the way. Can't be good for you.
Camden Smith
>doesn't know how to read past the word femanon
I bet you're a grocery bagger.
Samuel Edwards
couldn’t type much earlier, had to drive home and stopped a few places since i needed gas
but yeah, i’m sticking with the lawyer idea, thanks guys
i told him to stop and that he was making me uncomfortable again earlier, he didn’t listen- no surprise there, he actually pulled out his phone and was trying to show me some porn manga he had pulled up on it, but thank god that was towards the end of the day and i left to go home soon after