CodaKiller == Troll?

Quote: Original post by Calin
As a side note I think people should read on corporate Japan (where the corporation has life or death rights on the employees/ becomes its guardian) because some of it will become actual to USA.

Are you talking about this: Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance

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The bankers plan to buy “life settlements,” life insurance policies that ill and elderly people sell for cash — $400,000 for a $1 million policy, say, depending on the life expectancy of the insured person. Then they plan to “securitize” these policies, in Wall Street jargon, by packaging hundreds or thousands together into bonds. They will then resell those bonds to investors, like big pension funds, who will receive the payouts when people with the insurance die.

The earlier the policyholder dies, the bigger the return — though if people live longer than expected, investors could get poor returns or even lose money.

Either way, Wall Street would profit by pocketing sizable fees for creating the bonds, reselling them and subsequently trading them. But some who have studied life settlements warn that insurers might have to raise premiums in the short term if they end up having to pay out more death claims than they had anticipated.
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Oooh-ooh! There's a movie in this!

I would like to apologize in advance to CodaKiller as the following paragraph will seem highly insensitive of your predicament.

Quote: Original post by Calin
) You`re probably not that much into shape either. Attend a karate course or at least work out from time to time.

One man... rose up against the system... when no one else would... CodaKiller is... Retribution Man! In cinemas near you... October 20... 2028.
Cue epic music and cut to CodaKiller running up a long flight of stairs and cheering in slow motion as he gets to the top


On a serious note - unless you're in North Korea, you should have rights: like if someone assaults you, you file a complaint and then call the cops. Us men don't do that sometimes as we seem to think we're not men if we did. Based on your description of the place and situation, though, IMO you should find a better place to work.

You don't take a beginner karate lesson and really gain the ability to win fights. Especially when people hit you when you're not looking!

Tease the electric shit out of him.

Quote: Original post by CodaKiller
A guy nick named "Diesel" who is a 30-40 year old man at work punched me in the gut twice after I called him a "fatty" and now I have a bruise...

Probably shouldn't call co-workers "fatty" even if you're joking. He obviously seems really sensitive about it. That isn't to say it was justified in hitting you... but you're not exactly completely innocent in this matter.

Quote: Original post by CodaKiller
This is not the first time something like this happened, same guy also hit me before for absolutely no reason, some guy poured rotten stuff in my water bottle, another guy attacked me because I dropped an envelope from up high and it hit him in the face, he grabbed my shoulder from behind while I was clocking out and started crushing it. Same guy hit me in the head with a box a week or two before while a supervisor was watching...

Stop "blogging" about it here on GD.net and go straight to corp HR with all of this clearly document. Remain as professional and calm as possible and make your account very sterile. Don't make any threats or be overly emotional while talking to HR. HR will be worried that work place violence might occur if you're too emotional and what you want to do is showcase how professional and collected you are. Your account (if it is true) will show how unprofessional and out of whack your coworkers are.

Where the hell are you working anyway? I have people that don't quite get along at my office but we're all professionals and keep it together. Your place sounds like middle school.

Quote: Original post by LessBread
Calling someone names is not justification for them punching you in the stomach twice. Forget about contacting higher ups. You've done that and they don't care enough to intervene. Contact a lawyer about suing the company for hostile work environment. And start looking for a new job while you're at it.

This. If this is happening regularly, you may want to get a small digital recorder and keep it in your pocket recording (check your eavesdropping laws, but most states allow you to record if you are involved in the conversation).

Nothing you say can justify getting punched in the stomach. Yeah, you may be an asshat for calling someone a fatty (I don't know.. I don't know the context), but it doesn't justify physical retaliation. And no... calling somebody a fatty isn't harassment anywhere in the US (although it could violate some vague employee code).

You should start calling the police and filing a report whenever this happens so that there is a record. I've never encountered physical abuse anywhere I've worked, even in places that hire mostly high-schoolers. When I was a manager I would've immediately canned anybody that became physical...

I know Coda a certain 'reputation' here, but you people saying he gets what he deserves are retarded. No words (except rare circumstances of threats that can be realized immediately) can ever legally (or morally) justify physical force, no matter how much of an asshat somebody talking is. I guess according to you guys it'd be okay for me to shoot anyone that insults me?

>>calling somebody a fatty isn't harassment anywhere in the US

how about sexy, or asking for a shag?

Quote: Original post by curtmax_0
And no... calling somebody a fatty isn't harassment anywhere in the US (although it could violate some vague employee code).

In any civilised country, workplace bullying/harassment is illegal. Depending on the context of calling someone "a fatty", this could certainly be illegal.

The US doesn't seem to have a blanket law, but some states seem to be passing their own laws, and there is also the "fighting words" precedent:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_bullying#United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words#United_States

I don't see why verbal/emotional/psychological bullying is worse than physical bullying. The former causes wounds which can take much longer to heal.