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Here is the situation:
A man in my workplace has made jokes/comments/remarks about gay people. I personally have never heard them. One coworker complained about something he said in regards to gay people last year. Don't remember what he said. Another coworker, call him "Bob," has heard the offender make comments like "Yea he looks like he plays for the other side, if you know what I mean..." Well, another thing happened just now.
Bob and his 2 friends were bored waiting for a meeting to start. Bob and friend #1 started texting each other as a joke, even though they were sitting next to each other. Friend #2 said "Aww are you guys having a bro-dak moment?". The offender heard friend #2 and said to Bob and Friend#1, "yea, you guys look like queers."
Bob just went "har har..", but he got offended by it. He came to me asking for advice on whether he should tell our boss (who is also the offender's boss). I honestly don't know what to say because it's a blurry line, since Friend #2 did say something kinda gay "bro-dak moment." but she is a good friend of theirs and they joke about things like that.
Is it "offensive" enough to make a complaint with the boss? Or wait for another (more serious) incident, which probably would happen anyway.
Also, my boss is a religious man..... not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing...
A man in my workplace has made jokes/comments/remarks about gay people. I personally have never heard them. One coworker complained about something he said in regards to gay people last year. Don't remember what he said. Another coworker, call him "Bob," has heard the offender make comments like "Yea he looks like he plays for the other side, if you know what I mean..." Well, another thing happened just now.
Bob and his 2 friends were bored waiting for a meeting to start. Bob and friend #1 started texting each other as a joke, even though they were sitting next to each other. Friend #2 said "Aww are you guys having a bro-dak moment?". The offender heard friend #2 and said to Bob and Friend#1, "yea, you guys look like queers."
Bob just went "har har..", but he got offended by it. He came to me asking for advice on whether he should tell our boss (who is also the offender's boss). I honestly don't know what to say because it's a blurry line, since Friend #2 did say something kinda gay "bro-dak moment." but she is a good friend of theirs and they joke about things like that.
Is it "offensive" enough to make a complaint with the boss? Or wait for another (more serious) incident, which probably would happen anyway.
Also, my boss is a religious man..... not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing...