Today we had to have diversity training at work. I don’t really know why because the stuff they covered wasn’t even really relevant to the issues we are having at work. The problem at work is that people make inappropriate comments, but not your typical inappropriate comments. I have been told that if I lost some wait the boys would like me more. Another comment I hate hearing, is technically a compliment but it really bothers me. One woman who worked there would always ask me if I was exercising or on a diet because I’d lost some weight. I know I put on some pounds, and it makes me very very uncomfortable when people talk about it. I’m not even the only one who has had people comment on their weight, and they didn’t appreciate it either. Someone also said to me once, “Oh, you’re wearing makeup today!”...um yeah I wear makeup everyday thanks.
The things that they did talk about at this seminar were the basics; there was a lot of talk about respecting other people and their right to have choices. Most we talked about women’s rights and religious rights. Maybe I don’t know about it, but I have never heard about an issue with this kind of stuff in my office, most of it is personal questions that you really should be asking a co-worker. The kind of stuff that makes people uncomfortable. Actually I was asked once about religion and I didn’t really answer and the other person went on a tirade about how he couldn’t understand how people could live without Jesus in their lives and such. Same guy asked another co-worker if he had ever had sex too, but unfortunately he wasn’t even at this seminar.
I think rather than having a seminar on how to treat each other we need to have a big hash out where everyone just lays all their issues on the table. I think if we all just communicated more and were more honest with each other we wouldn’t have the tension we have right now.
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