Well.
I was holding off on posting until I could get the camera back from Mike and post pictures from the Faire and so on...but something more important (that feels like the wrong word) has come up.
So, this afternoon when I got off of work (after a very exhausting morning with Dale and Francine) I checked my email and found an email detailing that one of my coworkers at "work" had reported our bossman to the university's sexual harassment office and that would I please call the lady from Chapter IX to talk about it. I finally got through to her after class, and she detailed that there had been a credible report of inappropriate groping and so on (I won't go into details) and that the university is no longer supporting the boss' business as an acceptable internship location for students. (Also because of his misuse of students' time as interns, but that seems to be the less important thing here.) From what I gathered, it's each intern's choice to quit or not but she highly recommended it and said that the university will help any students getting credit from the internship to find another program to complete in order to get that credit. As a volunteer, I just said fuck it. Although our boss was a bit strange and made some...weird comments in my time there, I never felt threatened sexually, especially since I was hardly the prettiest girl there. However, there's no goddamn way I'm giving someone like that my free labor or continuing on there. So, I guess I no longer have a "job." Maybe I should look into getting another shift with Dale now that I have some free time...
God. Thinking about it just makes me feel sick, though. I have best wishes to all the other girls whether they decide to stay on or not, and especially to the girl who reported him in the first place. The whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I know it's not really my business either way, but jesus christ.
So, this afternoon when I got off of work (after a very exhausting morning with Dale and Francine) I checked my email and found an email detailing that one of my coworkers at "work" had reported our bossman to the university's sexual harassment office and that would I please call the lady from Chapter IX to talk about it. I finally got through to her after class, and she detailed that there had been a credible report of inappropriate groping and so on (I won't go into details) and that the university is no longer supporting the boss' business as an acceptable internship location for students. (Also because of his misuse of students' time as interns, but that seems to be the less important thing here.) From what I gathered, it's each intern's choice to quit or not but she highly recommended it and said that the university will help any students getting credit from the internship to find another program to complete in order to get that credit. As a volunteer, I just said fuck it. Although our boss was a bit strange and made some...weird comments in my time there, I never felt threatened sexually, especially since I was hardly the prettiest girl there. However, there's no goddamn way I'm giving someone like that my free labor or continuing on there. So, I guess I no longer have a "job." Maybe I should look into getting another shift with Dale now that I have some free time...
God. Thinking about it just makes me feel sick, though. I have best wishes to all the other girls whether they decide to stay on or not, and especially to the girl who reported him in the first place. The whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I know it's not really my business either way, but jesus christ.