I accidentally said "racist" things at work

[Mr.Maelstrom]

I "accidentally" said racist things at work

 

[philcrow]

Sounds like you owe reparations now. Some 9V batteries and a few packs of black and milds should cover it.

 

[Streeter]

Woyld yall call this guy racist?

In 2021 a Foreman is asked to trim his crew of 27 workers to 20. 5 of 7 he lays off are black 2 are white . There was only 6 black men on crew. Criteria used was productivity , attitude ( did they argue and bitch over everything) , an timeliness. Foreman used criteria given and made correct choices given that.

Was he being racist or was he just doing the right thing ? This guy 5 years later still carries the stigma and I dont see how he did anything wrong except .aybe not reading a room as it was early 2021 but he made right call for what was asked.

 

[cooks1]

So I have this one employee that works from home and she interacts with clients over the phone.

In a meeting with several managers present, her manager mentioned to me that when he's on the phone with her she has this chirp sound every few seconds, it's her smoke alarm chirping because it needs a new battery. He said he told her to get fixed a while ago because it's unprofessional for our clients to hear that, and she hasn't fixed it yet.

So I laughed, and then went on a rant where I made several jokes about how crazy you have to be in order to live with that chirping sound 24/7. Got several laughs from the group. Her manager said he'd deal with her and then we ended the call.

Fast forward 1 week and I see a meme online about how black people don't change their smoke alarm batteries. I do some googling and discover that this is an entire stereotype that I never knew about. Apparently there are tons of memes and jokes about black people and smoke alarm chirping.

Now I'm horrified as I recall this meeting, because the employee and her manager are both black. And I was talking about how only crazy people could live with this chirping sound. Someone in that meeting could cry foul and claim that I was calling black people crazy or something.

For those that don't work in a corporate environment you wouldn't understand. These are the eggshells that we have to walk on in big companies. Nobody really buys this shit, but some do weaponize it to get their enemies in trouble.

Haven't gotten a call from HR yet though, so wish me luck.

You are prejudiced. Not just against black people. But also against people that don't change the batteries in their smoke alarms. You fucking bigot.

To put the crap back in the horse, you must find a WHITE subordinate you have a great working relationship with. Get them to put dead batteries in their smoke alarm so it beeps. Then go apeshit on them in front of everyone. Obviously everyone will still know you are prejudiced against smoke alarm battery non-changers. But you will have effectively concealed your hatred of the blacks, which your company likely perceives as slightly more problematic.

 

[Killer Whale]

 

[RoastBeast]

I'm literally shaking from reading this thread.