I’m talking about like, service workers and store employees who are miserable and take their anger out on completely innocent people.

If you’re hot and dress nice would it make it less likely for you to be the target of those pieces of shit?

    • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I can appreciate that this is a sensitive topic for you but they didn’t claim adult bullying doesn’t happen. They said it’s strange to them that anyone is dealing with bullying outside of extreme circumstances. That’s my experience as well. Where I live It’s not culturally acceptable to bully. I’m sure it still happens but it’s rarer than other countries I have lived or visited.

      • Djfok43@lemmy.worldOP
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        2 months ago

        He said, and I quote:

        “Unless you’re on either extreme end of the bell curve, or in some other way sticking out way more than you should, it’s strange to me that anyone would deal with being bullied.”

        Why would it be strange to him that anyone is getting bullied? It’s incredibly common especially in workplaces

        Where do you live if I may ask? I’m also curious to hear the other places where it’s more common. I’ve been looking into moving cause of the amount of bullying here unironically

        • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Why would it be strange to him that anyone is getting bullied? It’s incredibly common especially in workplaces

          Because it’s not common everywhere. I’m sure it happens everywhere but it’s a lot more common in certain places and industries. That’s why it’s strange to them.

          Where do you live if I may ask?

          I currently live in friendly Belleville, Ontario, Canada, it’s a city of 50K. I was born in the UK, grew up in Australia, and have lived / spent a lot of time in a few other countries as well.

          • Djfok43@lemmy.worldOP
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            2 months ago

            Okay. Well I found workplace bullying common in the GTA. Not sure if it’s like that in smaller towns, but in day to day outside I pretty much never got treated poorly there. Customer service and grocery/store workers never bullied me.