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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:50 AM Original message |
Anti fat hatred I witnessed at work on Friday |
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BlondieK143 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Unfortunately, that's one of the nicer things I've heard. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Speaking of ugly...this same person did have |
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BlondieK143 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Thats explains some of it. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Ugly comes through from the inside out |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. payback's a b |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 01:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
54. yep... |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Boorish behavior that doesn't respect other people's |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Depends on which side of the fence you are on... |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. So you're capable of reading people's minds ? |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:12 AM Original message |
I said I HEARD hate...that's how I took the comment. |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. You didn't 'hear' hate unless you actually heard words |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Since you do not know me you do not have ANY idea of what |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. You are entitled to live in your own semantic world if you so choose |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. No, absolutely not |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
43. And there always will be when you see |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Worker A needs to document this and report it to HR. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I would think so. Worker B is an admin to an |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Worker A should come to my house. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. No, it's worker B who is the big ole B***h... |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Oh, shit! WORKER B should come along for her ass kicking, not A!! |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Can I send her to Skittles after you are done |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Hell, yes. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. Was the problem the comment, or the "phrasing." |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Perhaps there is a way Worker B could have phrased her |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Worker B was certainly out of line. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. I don't think there's an inoffensive way to phrase it |
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BlondieK143 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In my opinion - |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Could be discrimination based on disability. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. I had somebody in a grocery line |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. GREAT response. Wow! the nerve of some people |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Not an entirely equivalent relationship |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Smokers were attacked by the media and government |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. People like Worker B would keep their mouth shut if |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm really thankful for threads like this |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Thanks Robb....Our culture of thinness |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
28. Not hateful but very insensitive |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
31. Man... |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I presume you'd start with Randy Newman ... |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. LOL |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. Gosh, that's rich |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. it's disrespectful for sure.................. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
34. Worker B was rude. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yep. Ignorant. Regardless: congrats on the 7 lbs! |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
39. WTF? What part of "none of your bidness" don't she understand? |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
40. What. A. BITCH. |
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Mrs_Beastman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. Congrats on losing 7 pounds,btw |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. I once heard a doctor tell a group of medical stufents |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. I am in a support group for people with eating disorders |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Nikia, you're taking care of yourself |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Thanks for your support |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. moved post to the correct place. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. I am reminded of Churchill.... |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. excellent! |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-05 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
49. It is disgusting to me |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-05 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
53. Fat bashing is one of the still acceptable forms of discrimination |
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