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Subject: Serious help on how to deal with an insensitive jerk

I am a pharmaceutical scientist. I received my Masters degree in Pharmaceutics from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in 2010, after working as a Pharmacist for 4 years. I currently work in King of Prussia, PA, and focus on the analytical chemistry of small molecule APIs. My clients include some of the most well known big pharma companies in the world.

I'll try to keep this short, but I am writing this on behalf of the elementary school up the street from me.

On my way home from work today, I get a call from my mother, who was very distraught coming home from her job (she's a teacher's aide at the elementary school). Apparently, she was in the front office this morning doing paperwork when the district superintendent walked in the room. He apparently has a reputation for being an A-Hole, and his comment to the women in the room, was "Well, looks like you 3 are the first to get killed if Sandy happens here".

My first reaction was laughter out of complete shock, but honestly, it's his job to make sure the schools are safe, and to make a ignorant comment like that in the workplace, in my mind, is grounds for firing. When you don't know any of the women on a personal level and you just make that kind of a comment, it just says to me that absolutely no thought is going on in that idiot's brain, and he's supposed to essentially be the top guy taking care of all the teachers and children.

Now, as I am not an employee of the school, I cannot do anything about this, but seeing as how the offender was the superintendent of the district, who do you report him to? I want action to be taken on this, and I've said as much to my mother; his behavior is simply intolerable. It's not about being overly sensitive, it's just plain wrong to just talk about someone's life with such disregard when they work for you.

Sorry if it came off as a rant. Just hoping someone has a good idea on how to seriously handle this situation so that ignorant comments like his won't be made in the future, because that doesn't give many of the employees a sense of security at the school.

[Edited on 12.19.2012 1:56 PM PST]

  • 12.19.2012 1:55 PM PDT

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kick him in the balls

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Call him a poop head.

  • 12.19.2012 1:56 PM PDT

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No tl;dr?

  • 12.19.2012 1:56 PM PDT

That guy is just an asshat.

I think some kind of government official would be the next step above him.

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Have your mom record him talking -blam!- and get his as fired. She'd have the last laugh then.

[Edited on 12.19.2012 1:58 PM PST]

  • 12.19.2012 1:57 PM PDT

I am a pharmaceutical scientist. I received my Masters degree in Pharmaceutics from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in 2010, after working as a Pharmacist for 4 years. I currently work in King of Prussia, PA, and focus on the analytical chemistry of small molecule APIs. My clients include some of the most well known big pharma companies in the world.


Posted by: OdorousLicense3
No tl;dr?
No, I reread my post and it didn't take me more than 1 minute to read, so I felt that given that I am trying to talk about something serious, <1 minute read is not much to ask.

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Inappropriate. Went a little to far with the butt hole tearing.

Sleep with him, so that your mother can get a promotion.

  • 12.19.2012 1:57 PM PDT

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Send him a letter to tell him what hes done to anger the school and get everyone to sign the letter so that it has more weight.

For example

Dear Guy

At [insert time here] you have made an inappropriate comment to a fellow employee that we will not tolerate

Signed ..........

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Talk to the school board or whomever he has to answer to. More than likely it will just be a slap on the wrist, but you never know what will happen.

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Gather about 5 friends, mask yourselves and give him a good old fasioned beating. He did insult your mother you know.

  • 12.19.2012 2:00 PM PDT

-blam!- him in the butt

  • 12.19.2012 2:01 PM PDT

Lol.

  • 12.19.2012 2:01 PM PDT

I am a pharmaceutical scientist. I received my Masters degree in Pharmaceutics from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in 2010, after working as a Pharmacist for 4 years. I currently work in King of Prussia, PA, and focus on the analytical chemistry of small molecule APIs. My clients include some of the most well known big pharma companies in the world.


Posted by: Duardo
Talk to the school board or whomever he has to answer to. More than likely it will just be a slap on the wrist, but you never know what will happen.
That's probably the best course of action. I didn't even think of the school board, but that's likely where I'll refer this to.

I never really considered school hierarchy, so it does make sense that someone would need to be above the superintendent to appoint him in the first place.

[Edited on 12.19.2012 2:03 PM PST]

  • 12.19.2012 2:02 PM PDT

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Posted by: Dback139
I'll try to keep this short, but I am writing this on behalf of the elementary school up the street from me.

On my way home from work today, I get a call from my mother, who was very distraught coming home from her job (she's a teacher's aide at the elementary school). Apparently, she was in the front office this morning doing paperwork when the district superintendent walked in the room. He apparently has a reputation for being an A-Hole, and his comment to the women in the room, was "Well, looks like you 3 are the first to get killed if Sandy happens here".
I didn't read anything after this.


All 3 of those women need to talk to whoever is above him.

[Edited on 12.19.2012 2:02 PM PST]

  • 12.19.2012 2:02 PM PDT

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lol op you and your mates got offended and thats your own fault innit

  • 12.19.2012 2:14 PM PDT

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While the comment would be out of line either way, was the intent to show that those at the desk were not following proper security controls and just let him walk into the office?

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  • 12.19.2012 2:18 PM PDT

I am a pharmaceutical scientist. I received my Masters degree in Pharmaceutics from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in 2010, after working as a Pharmacist for 4 years. I currently work in King of Prussia, PA, and focus on the analytical chemistry of small molecule APIs. My clients include some of the most well known big pharma companies in the world.


Posted by: TheGreenAlloy
lol op you and your mates got offended and thats your own fault innit
No, I was not there, so I can only comment on how it was presented to me. My point is that no man with any decency or self-respect EVER talks to another woman like that. The fact that it was at work just compounds things to a level of unprofessionalism of the highest order. I am aware that there are low-lifes out there that do have complete disregard for others, and they are the ones who deserve punishment and removal from society.


Posted by: roman arrow12
While the comment would be out of line either way, was the intent to show that those at the desk were not following proper security controls and just let him walk into the office?
No, it was not that at all. The office is the first room upon entering the building so he was saying it as a point of if an instance like that were to happen, "looks like they are the first to be killed". In any case, the women in the front office are not responsible for security measures introduced into the school.

[Edited on 12.19.2012 2:33 PM PST]

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Posted by: TheGreenAlloy
lol op you and your mates got offended and thats your own fault innit
No, I was not there, so I can only comment on how it was presented to me. My point is that no man with any decency or self-respect EVER talks to another woman like that. The fact that it was at work just compounds things to a level of unprofessionalism of the highest order. I am aware that there are low-lifes out there that do have complete disregard for others, and they are the ones who deserve punishment and removal from society.


calm down mate no one asked you to get your panties in a twist over this yeah, pointless innit

[Edited on 12.19.2012 2:52 PM PST]

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