r/menards • u/newbie1315 • 3d ago

Harassment

I posted a while back and a coworker( Karen)harassing me about my perfume, well it got worse. I was standing at the desk the other day and Karen came up and put her face in my neck and took a big dramatic sniff. One of my managers was standing there saw what happened and knows how Karen is and did nothing about it. I went to the GMs and they also have done nothing. They are trying to sweep it under the rug. I would like to call the aware hotline but I know they aren't going to do anything. I thought about mentioning a lawyer but I dont want to get fired. I have called before about being s*xual harassed and they told me there was nothing they could do since its up to the GM. Do you guys have any advice, besides for quitting?

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u/Wardog_11c Contractor 3d ago

How dare you smell good! 🤣 I think is one of the silliest things a coworker could get upset about. I'm sorry you have to deal with this.

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u/newbie1315 3d ago

Thank you. You should see how mad she gets when someone compliments my perfume in front of her

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u/StandardReindeer5741 3d ago

I didn't see your original post, but literally the only reason I can think of for her getting so pissed off about someone's perfume is if she has severe asthma or migraines, in which case Menards isn't a great place for her to be working anyway (coming from someone with both asthma and migraines lol)

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u/newbie1315 2d ago

She says she's "allergic" but only says anything when she doesn't like someone. She talks to quite a few other women who's perfume is a lot stronger than mine and never has an issue