A REALLY Intrusive Question at Work Today

[Colin]

I wear kilts to work a lot. Its no big deal. For some reason today it was again.

A young male therapist started in with, "I should have a mirror taped to my shoe so I could check what you have under your kilt." I responded by spreading my legs to make it easier for him to stick his unmirrored shoe under my kilt.

Then I asked him why he didn't do the same thing to the skirted lesbian therapist or the skirted lady manager? He babbled...then the skirted lesbian came by and I told her I had an ethical question.

If a person came up to her and said they should tape a mirror to their shoe to be able to look up her skirt would it matter what sex that person was in determining her decision to report them for sexual harrassment? ;)

Now the guy's face is flushed...but instead of answering my question she pauses and says, "Is it easier for you to go to the bathroom in a kilt?"

Then she says its easier for her to go to the bathroom in a skirt and that she wondered if it held for guys in a kilt.

Never did get an answer to the first question....

I just told her yes, it was easier kilted, especially when hiking.

But dang...its the first time anyone ever asked me if it was easier to go to the bathroom kilted.....!! :o

Ron

If it was me and I didn't like my job, I would have been tempted to just piss on her shoes in answer to her question

[Graham]

Ron, that was an excellent response to the male idiot, but it seems the female twit wasn't ready to face real issues.

[cavscout]

Well, we know she isn't a rocket scientist.

How difficult could it be to figure out that it's easier to just lift the front and fire at will rather than have to dig the little general out of your shorts and dangle him out between the Jaws of Death zipper.

[Geoduck]

I'm just trying to get my mind around the fact that this guy is a therapist. Shouldn't he have some tact? or at least the good sense God gave an elephant? I'm glad that I'm not having to come to that guy with my problems.

[GMan]

Ron,

Your diplomacy is wonderful! Now I do wonder about your co-workers lack of tact.

[Kirkwood]

I just want to know why a man would want to look up a kilt. Must have some gender issues of his own.

[Dreadbelly]

Freud would be in here shouting about "penis envy."

Hmm.

Tell me about this fellow's mother...

[Pittsburgh Kilts]

First, I think it's GREAT that you were able to point out to the guy how inappropriate his comment was! Asking the lady what she would have said to that really drives the point home (her flippant response aside). Beautiful!

The best thing about peeing in the kilt is when you're out drinking/tailgating/etc. and need to take a whiz in the parking lot. With just a little "manipulation", you can pretty much do it unobserved. Not that I ever do that, of course. I'm just sayin'. :mrgreen:

[Riverkilt]

And those yellow spots on your boots Jeff....????

You guys are helping me realize how much gallows humor there is in the therapy business....we deal with some heavy ****, often at a deep emotional level. Such teasing isn't unusual, we've worked together for years....what is so out of character is that both his and her comments cross the line for sexual harrassment.

Realized today, that under my state's licensure laws for therapists I have a statuatory duty to report all unprofessional conduct of peers (think military academy level honesty). The unprofessional conduct statutes clearly include sexual harrassment of coworkers.

If it wasn't such an incredibly busy day was gonna try to get to them and meeky say, "I'm so sorry, but I have to report you to the board for sexual harrassment. I don't really wanna do it, but if I don't I'll lose MY license to practice for failing to report...sorry...."

Think the adventure may have had some affect on me. Today was casual day...when I was getting ready to go to work I planned to wear a kilt...got hung up in deciding "which one" to wear....finally, just hopped into jeans and went in bifurcated today.

Ron