I saw something like this happen right in front of me.
I was at a sales conference. My company pulled all of our suppliers in to show off their wares and give us training. It was 3 days long and exhausting. One of the teams was "scientific furniture" which is basically cupboards on wheels that you can configure to set up labs any way you want.
There were two people in a team, can't remember their names as it was well over 20 years ago but a woman and a man, both 40s I would guess. At one point during the presentation and training, the guy who had worked with this woman for probably 18 months decided to make some joke about her hair colour and "fellas don't worry, I can guarantee you, the curtains match the drapes". The air was sucked out of the room and there were some nervous chuckles but holy shit it was bad.
He was fired that day for gross misconduct and sent packing. The woman (a redhead) was fucking mortified and humiliated. I'm shocked the company acted so quickly to deal with it.
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u/SuperHyperFunTime 1d ago
I saw something like this happen right in front of me.
I was at a sales conference. My company pulled all of our suppliers in to show off their wares and give us training. It was 3 days long and exhausting. One of the teams was "scientific furniture" which is basically cupboards on wheels that you can configure to set up labs any way you want.
There were two people in a team, can't remember their names as it was well over 20 years ago but a woman and a man, both 40s I would guess. At one point during the presentation and training, the guy who had worked with this woman for probably 18 months decided to make some joke about her hair colour and "fellas don't worry, I can guarantee you, the curtains match the drapes". The air was sucked out of the room and there were some nervous chuckles but holy shit it was bad.
He was fired that day for gross misconduct and sent packing. The woman (a redhead) was fucking mortified and humiliated. I'm shocked the company acted so quickly to deal with it.