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Sarah Vaughan's avatar

Please do not ever, ever again describe accusations of sexual harassment/sexual assault as 'non-consequential', 'grossly tawdry', a 'sex scandal', or an 'office romance'. Call it what it is; sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Seriously. We've already had about ten million times more than enough of having sexual harassment dismissed as just some sort of sex scandal/romance gone wrong/no biggie. This is not OK and is downright offensive to all the people - most of them women or AFAB - who have been through the hell of having their bosses coerce them into sexual activity as a power play.

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Dave Zirkle's avatar

I looked Gil up . She is a real peach. A rotten one.

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beb's avatar

One wonders if she switched parties because being a sexual aggressor is so much more acceptable if you are a Republican.

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Boojum's avatar

SOMEONE's a cunning linguist, now aren't they?

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

I am, but I went to the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey. The Sloat eagle never flew off on MY account.

Someone out there will know wtf I am talking about.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Gary. Salacious.

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gedjcj's avatar

"Plaintiff suffered a back injury while performing in a car seat with his body having to twist and contort in the confined space of the car,”

Amateur.

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AKLynne's avatar

Besides proving the guy is an idiot...?

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Catherine Berry's avatar

"vacuuming up the national Xanax reserve"

It happened that I had an appointment with my rheumatologist the morning after Trump was elected in 2016. I barely slept that night, which is unheard of for me; I'm not the sort to let anxiety keep me awake. But Trump's election had overloaded my calming-down capacity.

At my appointment, I mentioned this to my rheumatologist. It turned out here was as horrified as I was. We barely talked about my arthritis, instead spending that time trying to process our feelings.

As we were winding down, I had an idea. "Doctor," I said, "I know you're not -- I mean, you're an MD, so you could prescribe -- um..."

"How does Xanax sound?" he asked. I told him it sounded wonderful, and I walked out with a prescription.

I still keep a supply of Xanax (which I have fondly nicknamed "Palindrome") on hand. I don't use it every day, but it's nice to have in reserve for the days when my own stress management tricks fall short.

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Boojum's avatar

And yet you haven't once shared....

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Deidre Snutz, Mind Goblin's avatar

Who do *I* have to lick to get some respect around the office?

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

It's a dog's life, soooooo...

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Peter MacMonagle's avatar

Far too much information. Two things. I hope she bathed between sessions. And. Was she nice to him as well?

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WTAF's avatar

Soooo much Yiiiikes!

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Shire Jansen's avatar

Saw a headline about this on a YouTube clip but I didn't click, guessed randomly that it was probably the one that gave 'alignment of values' as reason for party switch to Republican...and was absolutely... right!

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MorganX's avatar

JFC!!!

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Rob Roser's avatar

Yikes...that's a lot. I would draw the line at back injuries. You never really fix that shit.

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Dialectic.Detective's avatar

Who the hell does ayahuasca "regularly"?

Also, if your boss asks about forming a throuple, RUN AWAY!

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Especially if you work for a Republican.

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