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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:37 AM Original message |
Bullying isn’t just in school. It’s rampant in the workplace too. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. NO office is going to offer up the truth about someone's reason for leaving |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. We don't have any bullies where I work. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. consider yourself EXTREMELY lucky |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Decades ago I started working for a large organization in a field office of six |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. And it trickles all the way down the line.... |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Hardly anyone ever tells a company the real reason they're leaving. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. I have one where I work I think |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. That reminds me |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's not about bullying |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. It was part of the equation |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Agreed -- plenty of people are bullied -- but they don't go on a killing spree |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. He was bullied by the voices in his head. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I know this is hard to understand but bullying IS PART of the |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You're right, of course. |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Environmental factors do have a role ... |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. The high turnover could be a lot things other than bullying, though. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. DAMN right...I've experienced it multiple times over the years... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Tell me about it. Five years ago I quit my job after my boss hit me. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Me too nh, I got smacked in the chest |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Jesus! |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. We even have bullies on DU. They are everywhere. |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. All internet posters should be armed. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well I've got 2 of um. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You got that right, "there are just some people in this world that can't function unless they are |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's why all workers should be armed. No more bullying in the work place... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Hey, we can't ALL work in the post office! |
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Xmark (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
17. Bullying |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. You're so right, and welcome to DU! |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
18. The worst ones are the ones in positions of power. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I got one thing worse for ya.... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. There are bullies everywhere except in your personal shack in the woods |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Where you can sit and make your package bombs in peace. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. I don't wish ill on anyone, buuuut, sometimes karma finds it's mark |
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Diane R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. GWB fits that description perfectly. He's a classic bully, enabled by his family's power. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Bullying is the overarching motif for the rise of "conservatism" (fascism) |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Can't agree more!! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. Fine list you've put together! Describes some DUers to a "T" |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. K&R!!!! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. I was hit in the head by a district judge. |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. There is, apparently, a whole ton of bullying going on behind the scenes at my job. |
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agincourt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. Sounds so much like a boss I had once |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. Managers, it does not pay to bully your employees! |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I had a bully boss once. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Thanks so very much for posting this! |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-21-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. thank you so much for this post .... |
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