Robby1974
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Well as a person who has had experience in the Human resourses world I can tell you without hesitation that she had NO right to touch you in any way. I also agree with the other posts in that there is definately something wrong with her telling you NOT to go to superiors. It's battery pure and simple. People have lost their jobs for far less than that. In fact I had a supervisor do the exact thing you described to one of my co-workers (grabbed her by the arm). The next day my supervisor's desk was empty. She had been fired without hesitation after 20+ years of being with the company. My advice...doing nothing enables her to do it again to you or someone else. If it happens again and you report it at that time but don't report it now then you have nothing to establish a pattern. They will also wonder why you didn't come forward the first time. Additionally, I don't see anything overtly offensive with the joke, it really wasn't that bad. Even if it had been a far more offensive joke it would still not give her an excuse to touch you. Nothing may come of your report this time if you don't have evidence or a witness but at least you will have a report on file should anything similar happen again. Good luck!
Well as a person who has had experience in the Human resourses world I can tell you without hesitation that she had NO right to touch you in any way. I also agree with the other posts in that there is definately something wrong with her telling you NOT to go to superiors. It's battery pure and simple. People have lost their jobs for far less than that. In fact I had a supervisor do the exact thing you described to one of my co-workers (grabbed her by the arm). The next day my supervisor's desk was empty. She had been fired without hesitation after 20+ years of being with the company. My advice...doing nothing enables her to do it again to you or someone else. If it happens again and you report it at that time but don't report it now then you have nothing to establish a pattern. They will also wonder why you didn't come forward the first time. Additionally, I don't see anything overtly offensive with the joke, it really wasn't that bad. Even if it had been a far more offensive joke it would still not give her an excuse to touch you. Nothing may come of your report this time if you don't have evidence or a witness but at least you will have a report on file should anything similar happen again. Good luck!