At dinner this evening, speaking with a colleague from another manufacturing facility:
Colleague - "The new products we're producing for [company edited] are doing very well."
Me - "That's one thing I don't really enjoy... the company producing for [company edited]. The company has a perfect score on the HRC score card for diversity and yet we produce for a company that discriminates against minorities."
Colleague - "Oh, really?!"
Me - "Well, for one, they donate a lot of money to Christian right wing groups that fight against gay rights."
Colleague (in a dismissive tone) - "Oh, well, gays and lesbians are not the same thing as a minority."
I just shut up after that. I am definitely not one to talk about gay rights, etc., especially in a work environment, and I'm not even sure why I opened my mouth, but that just burned me.
Ticker
2 comments:
I would've said something. And especially in a work environment because we are protected as gays and lesbians. :) Screw your colleague.
Wow, I didn't know Curves did that.
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