Interesting incident at work

I was working a bit late yesterday when there was an interesting incident with a warehouse worker.

The office is attached to our warehouse so warehouse employees coming and going all the time is nothing unusual. I was walking back from the copier to my desk when a 20ish guy from the warehouse decided it was a good idea to reach out when walking by me and pinchme in the boob. HARD. That was a very bad idea as I went ballistic. Slapped him in the face, then picked up a stapler and threw it, hitting him in the face when he came at me. All the while I'm yelling at the top of my lungs with much use of the F word. Basically, I flipped my lid.

The others in the office were in the nearby conference room for a meeting and came running out when they heard me yelling. The entire incident was on camera and I've got a heck of a bruise on my boob from being pinched.

Guy is Hispanic and at least pretends to not understand English. I asked him if he was legal. No response to that, but a mention of Trump got him very nervous looking and shaking. Idiot deserved it. He claimed I had attacked him, but the video proved him a liar.

He was a temp and supposedly one of the good ones. He was walked out immediately. Warehouse manager was yelling at him in Spanish. I had no chance to call police as he was walked out asap. I did call the cops later, and when HR provided the address they had for him from the temp agency, it wasn't correct. He'd never lived there, at least that's what the people there told the cops.

I didn't know the guy from Adam.

It was actually pretty funny watching me go bonkers on the guy on the video. :)

Good on you for defending your boundaries! Might be worth continuing to pressure the warehouse management to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen again.

Oh, believe me, there have been and will continue to be.

Good for you! I am amazed this guy tried it. Okay not much amazes me but really that is crazy. Sounds like your workplace immediately responded and took care of it. I agree with following up with the police, make sure he can't act this way anywhere else!

What he did is classified in Pennsylvania as Indecent Assault carrying a penalty of up to a $5000 fine and up to two years in prison. Even if you don't belong to a Union, the Labor Relations Board might assist you. If you do intend to follow up at all with the police department or your employer.....you ought to first get your hands on a copy of that video of the incident or short of that get some assurance from your employer in writing that it is being preserved or from the police department that they have a copy in evidence.

In addition, find out what the policy of the police department is for purging evidence in closed cases. And depending on your tolerance pressure the dectective/investigative police officer, district attorney and employer to pursue it. There has to be a paper trail on the subject and the two parties you are relying on to be forthright have it in their best interest to make documentation disappear. An attorney with a private investigator would be expensive but would up the stakes in your favor.

Wow! While I am sorry this happened to you, I am happynthat you fought that MF back! Way to go!

And, get the axxhole deported, he isnt fit for civilized society.

I say good on you for standing up for yourself and not accepting this harassment! Way to go! Rob

Hard to believe that would happen these days....and yet believable.

Guy is lucky I'm not allowed to carry at work, as he probably would have crapped his pants at the sight of me drawing my pistol! :D

Handing you a compliment - you have gained so much confidence and assertiveness over the years. Really good to see all the steps you have accomplished in your work setting as well as personal.

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Originally Posted by Tradd

Guy is lucky I'm not allowed to carry at work, as he probably would have crapped his pants at the sight of me drawing my pistol! :D

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Sooooo much paperwork! I'm glad you didn't have to go there.

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Originally Posted by bae

Sooooo much paperwork! I'm glad you didn't have to go there.

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I didn't say I would have shot him, just showing it might have done the necessary!

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Originally Posted by razz

Handing you a compliment - you have gained so much confidence and assertiveness over the years. Really good to see all the steps you have accomplished in your work setting as well as personal.

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Thank you!

Yeah, if I can shoot and scuba dive, then I can give the beat down on an illegal immigrant who dared pinch me in the boob! :D

They should be able to find him by seeing where he cashed his paycheck? Follow the money.

That is just incredible!! At work!! Glad you are OK.

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Originally Posted by Tradd

Yeah, if I can shoot and scuba dive, then I can give the beat down on an illegal immigrant who dared pinch me in the boob! :D

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Was he actually an "undocumented immigrant", or is this simply a suspicion of yours?

Is the warehouse employing undocumented workers? How does that even happen, for the small handful of for-pay jobs I have around here I had to provide documentation of a right to work in the country. You'd think a warehouse would be good on paperwork...?

We've had issues with a number of the temps being illegals when they're supposed to be legal. Just a guess, given his reaction when I mentioned "Trump."

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Originally Posted by Tradd

We've had issues with a number of the temps being illegals when they're supposed to be legal. Just a guess, given his reaction when I mentioned "Trump."

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Well, in my county, probably half the citizens would faint if they heard the name too :-)

Count me as another supporter of your actions, Tradd. That's absolutely assault and you did the right things. I hope they locate him and there is some kind of punishment.

The warehouse is part of my company. I'll say that a number of the warehouse staff do not give me good vibes. A couple of the young guys were giving me weird looks when when I took the Fedex overnight pouches out to the dock this afternoon. I just gave them my my stink eye in return. I think I've disabused the notion that the short, round, gray-haired chick with a limp is someone easily messed with. I'll beat your arse if you try something with me.

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Originally Posted by iris lilies

Wow! While I am sorry this happened to you, I am happynthat you fought that MF back! Way to go!

And, get the axxhole deported, he isnt fit for civilized society.

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Well, our President got elected after publicly bragging about this sort of behavior. We even have it on tape! Can we deport HIM?

And what about the women who came forth to accuse him of assault? Where was the $5K fine and 2 years in prison for that?

Seems to me there are two sets of rules here....

But I agree with you on this - an asshole like that is unfit for civilized society. Let alone rule it. It's a shame so many people don't see it that way.

And I find it interesting and a bit comical in a dark humor kind of way that the name Trump is now being used to threaten someone displaying the same type of behavior he himself is famous for. Talk about ironic.

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Originally Posted by Geila

Well, our President got elected after publicly bragging about this sort of behavior. We even have it on tape! Can we deport HIM?

And what about the women who came forth to accuse him of assault? Where was the $5K fine and 2 years in prison for that?

Seems to me there are two sets of rules here....

But I agree with you on this - an asshole like that is unfit for civilized society. Let alone rule it. It's a shame so many people don't see it that way.

And I find it interesting and a bit comical in a dark humor kind of way that the name Trump is now being used to threaten someone displaying the same type of behavior he himself is famous for. Talk about ironic.

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Of COURSE there are two sets of rules. Citizens of the US are afforded rights than those here illegally are not, or it should be that way.

We dont know if Tradd's assailant is here illegally, but if he is, he got a pretty big chance from us, too bad he fxxcked it up, give him the boot. We have rnough criminal types here who are citizens.

What a creep...good for you for kicking his a**! I hope he'll think twice before he tries to manhandle another person like that...EVER. And yes, it would have been awesome to see him on video kerplutching his pants if you had pulled your concealed weapon on him! AWESOME!

Good for you! :)

Wow........unbelievable! I'm glad you kicked his butt, and it was on the camera. I'm glad you're okay......although I'm sure it really was a distressing happening. But you fought back!! Good for you!!

He picked the WRONGGG girl to mess with!

This incident is a good example of how a person not in a high risk environment can still be sexually assaulted.

I must have missed this thread the first time. What a ass-hat!

I hope you filed paperwork against this creep. Something to keep him from being hired back. Start carrying pepper spray or a taser..........

Just wow! Unbelievable. So proud of you, Tradd! I would've given him a beat-down, too! I hope they are able to find and prosecute him.

You are a Bad Ass! way to go - so sorry you had to put up with this. My guess is that he's done this before without any pushback and wasn't expecting it from you!!! Way to go.

Cops never found the guy. Let’s just say the warehouse workers who were here when this happened make a point to be nice to me, LOL. The warehouse folks can be quite the rude bunch. I just give them my very nasty stare of death. That transcends all language barriers. LOL.