OT: The Lost Children

Sep 09, 2005 65 Replies

Not that it happened during a job interview, but rather at group function. My direct boss out and out asked me if I was pregnant, three times. My only response to him was "I'm not obligated to answer that question." Seems as neutral an answer as anything.

Second boss in my career to do that. The first one stammered a bit when I pointed out that either A) a discriminatory question based on gender and I could take it to HR or B) I could witness him ask the same question to my male counter parts. He opted for B), and never did live it down (as they would weekly report in to him that they were still NOT pregnant).

Tara

What do you mean, you're not married? Why not? Don't have any children? Why not?

(Of course, I just found out from the chief dispatcher that his most effective weapon for drivers who don't want to do something is to say that "Darla could do it.")

Yep. Because I haven't figured out what "genecide" is. The killing of chromosomes, perhaps?

Is that something like the ever-popular phrase in our office, what do you mean you can't figure it out, Blondie, "it's so easy an attorney could do it!"

No. Darla's the only woman driver, surrounded by Latino males. It's a direct attack on their manhood.

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