ktmichelle
New Member
Okay. Here's my issue. I've been employed with Wendys for about a year & a half now & there's this manager, lets say his name is "John." Me & John have a very up/down relationship. He's 30 with wife, kids. One minute he's going PSYCHO on me, yelling at me to do shit, the next he's telling me, "I go buy beers me & you gonna have fun tonight" (hes mexican.) Btw, I'm 18. Anyways, so yeah, or he'll be like "you no go home tonight, i take you somewhere, then you go home at 3" (i usually close with him on sundays & we close at 1)
ANYWAYS. So, 2 weeks ago, I was in the back putting boxes back up on the shelves & he as counting inventory. well, he came up to me & was grabbing my hand & was like "so whatre we gonna do tonight.. maybe me & you have fun.." & was like "cm here gimme hug" so i gave him a hug, & he started groping me, then kissing me on my neck & i kinda backed off & was like whoaa john.. & walked off, started doing dishes, then came back to put more stuff on the shelf & he started doing it again..
My problem with this, unfortunately is there was no witnesses.. The sandwich maker/grill person/lobby cleaner were all in the front & it was just me & john. So I finally got some guts to go up to my boss (the main boss of the store.) & told her what happened. She was in shock & she said she'd talk to him & tell him if he ever touched me again, I was to call the police or call the 1 800 number in the break room.
Anyways, so he came into work saturday & as SOON as he came in, he counted my drawer & sent me home an hour early. & then I found out that he was telling the employees I was lying & made it all up, so now absolutely NO ONE believes me & it sucks because i KNOW it happened. Plus my boss went around & told everyone not to touch each other so now when I work a few of my employees are like DONT TOUCH ME DONT TOUCH ME when I walk by them, being extremely immature, mocking me... My question is what should I do? I'm going to go talk to my boss tomorrow about it & them mocking me & talking about it, NONSTOP & see what she says.
I kinda wanna take this to court, OR corporate, but theres no witnesses/no proof. It sucks & I dont know what to do.. This has never happened to me before, I've never been sexually harassed at work & even when I told my boss about what happened, she told me "i've been working with john for 11 years & I know if i ask him if it happened, he's gonna deny it, but I know it happened." & she even told me if I had called that 1800 number I could've probably got him fired ON THE SPOT (according to her.) but he basically got a *warning*. I'm tired of being mocked & talked about by my co workers & I know I could quit - but I don't want him to feel like he won. Plus, this is a really stable job for me, I get basically 40 hours every week. But now when I work with "John", he's a jerk to me, even RIGHT AFTER my boss had told me she was gonna tell him he couldnt be like that towards me...
Ugh, what do I do?
ANYWAYS. So, 2 weeks ago, I was in the back putting boxes back up on the shelves & he as counting inventory. well, he came up to me & was grabbing my hand & was like "so whatre we gonna do tonight.. maybe me & you have fun.." & was like "cm here gimme hug" so i gave him a hug, & he started groping me, then kissing me on my neck & i kinda backed off & was like whoaa john.. & walked off, started doing dishes, then came back to put more stuff on the shelf & he started doing it again..
My problem with this, unfortunately is there was no witnesses.. The sandwich maker/grill person/lobby cleaner were all in the front & it was just me & john. So I finally got some guts to go up to my boss (the main boss of the store.) & told her what happened. She was in shock & she said she'd talk to him & tell him if he ever touched me again, I was to call the police or call the 1 800 number in the break room.
Anyways, so he came into work saturday & as SOON as he came in, he counted my drawer & sent me home an hour early. & then I found out that he was telling the employees I was lying & made it all up, so now absolutely NO ONE believes me & it sucks because i KNOW it happened. Plus my boss went around & told everyone not to touch each other so now when I work a few of my employees are like DONT TOUCH ME DONT TOUCH ME when I walk by them, being extremely immature, mocking me... My question is what should I do? I'm going to go talk to my boss tomorrow about it & them mocking me & talking about it, NONSTOP & see what she says.
I kinda wanna take this to court, OR corporate, but theres no witnesses/no proof. It sucks & I dont know what to do.. This has never happened to me before, I've never been sexually harassed at work & even when I told my boss about what happened, she told me "i've been working with john for 11 years & I know if i ask him if it happened, he's gonna deny it, but I know it happened." & she even told me if I had called that 1800 number I could've probably got him fired ON THE SPOT (according to her.) but he basically got a *warning*. I'm tired of being mocked & talked about by my co workers & I know I could quit - but I don't want him to feel like he won. Plus, this is a really stable job for me, I get basically 40 hours every week. But now when I work with "John", he's a jerk to me, even RIGHT AFTER my boss had told me she was gonna tell him he couldnt be like that towards me...
Ugh, what do I do?
