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[–]Rag3 40 insightful - 2 fun40 insightful - 1 fun41 insightful - 2 fun -  (14 children)

“I took screenshots and sent them to my boss".

Wait what?

[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care[S] 38 insightful - 17 fun38 insightful - 16 fun39 insightful - 17 fun -  (0 children)

“I took screenshots and sent them to my boss".

"Boss, the woman I catfished told me to fuck off, can you fire her plisss?"

"How is that my problem?"

"Reeeeeeeeeeeeee"

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 32 insightful - 2 fun32 insightful - 1 fun33 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They dox people. It’s an intimidation tactic.

[–]JulienMayfair 30 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 0 fun31 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Narcissistic Personality Disorder 101: Triangulate. If someone attacks your fragile self-image, set out to destroy that person by any means possible.

Also, do you think most actual cis men would have taken screenshots and sent them to the boss? No way.

[–]shveya 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

You're right, she's acting like a petty mean girl.

[–]JulienMayfair 20 insightful - 4 fun20 insightful - 3 fun21 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Most men would not want to tell their boss (or anyone) that they got rejected because of male pride. But I guess she wouldn't understand that . . .

[–]Neo_Shadow_LurkerPronouns: I/Don't/Care[S] 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If an actual man did this he would be recognized as a sex pest and a pathetic laughing stock.

[–]Destresse🇨🇵 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Is there no law that protects workers in anglo countries? Can you really get someone fired for this, or is she dreaming?

[–]julesburm1891 21 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Given that it’s America, #MeToo still has relevance, and the boss is probably also straight, I’d wager it’s Miss Catfish that’s getting fired

[–]SerpensInferna 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can speak for the U.S. since I work in HR here. It's not likely she'll get fired for this unless there's some other mitigating circumstances we're not being made aware of in this post. It can also depend on where they work and that place's culture - an office job in a halfway decent company will almost certainly not fire her. I also doubt a retail job, warehouse position, or any other blue collar job I can come up with off the top of my head would fire her for being 'transphobic' either. Essentially what happened here is a bad ending to a workplace romance*, and unless she works in a crazy liberal city for a 'progressive' company her chances of termination are very small.

The fact that she thinks she'll be able to get her co-worker fired is what's truly crazy to me.

*This is how HR will look at it; on a personal level I find it beyond loathsome.

[–]Nani 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Much of the US anyway has "at will" employment laws, so you can get fired for any reason.

[–][deleted] 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It really depends on the situation. If this were a public chat then it's possible due to at will hiring. However since the trans person was recording a private conversation I don't think anything will happen and if it does, it will be against the trans person for recording a private conversation.

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Or why not for rape

[–]JulienMayfair 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

was recording a private conversation

Which reminds me that the legality of doing so is highly dependent on state law. In some U.S. states, secretly recording a supposedly private communication is illegal.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hopefully the ex doesn’t get fired. But that depends on the company and the region, as well as the country. For example, if they were in central Florida working for a Florida-based company, I’d say that the ex would have nothing to worry about. But if they were working for Google in San Francisco, then yes, the ex-girlfriend is fucked.