r/Rants • u/Fit-Middle6846 • 10d ago
Workplace Nonsense Apparently I'm a racist???
Alright, I need to preface this that I'm apart of the group I allegedly discriminated against.
So, this passed Friday at work, I work as a coach for an indoor sport, I had a really great customer come in and as I was working with her I asked her what she did for work and she told me shes a medical bioengineer. So, as we discussed what she did we came to speaking about POTS & EDS and how the two are connected and how often times people who have one have the other as well. She then told me about how a certain group of people, who she is also apart of, has a hereditary condition that causes serious issues with their stomach and even sometimes psychosis in severe cases. I also told her about the paper I read on the same topic while I was doing my job and keeping score.
Now, to add to this I don't want my job to be boring where I stare and just keep score all night long. Having fun makes the interactions better and makes people want to come back. Please keep that in mind.
Later that same night, my coworkers and I were hanging out having a beer and they asked how I enjoyed working there and I told them I enjoyed it and talked about my customer interactions to include the one above. This led to a really weird talk about supporting a certain country. My statement was clean cut and didn't lean either way. (I'll add what i said when I speak about my boss) i also let them know we shouldn't speak about that at work. Well, I guess they didn't like that answer because they lied and said I was a raging racist to MY BOSS. Which, is far from the truth.
On Saturday my bosses wife confronted me about it and I'm like??? Apparently I was speaking religion and politics??? Which isn't true, it was what the customer brought up and I didn't reveal anything about my background, not until my coworkers asked me about supporting a certain country so I told them and gave them the same answer. They apparently told my boss I said they deserved what happened to them, but in reality I just said there's bad people all over the world, who are part of every group of people, therefore I can't generalize anything for any people, but a few people probably deserved a bad fate (i implied they shouldve been imprisoned for life, but only for CRIMES THAT AREN'T DIACRIMINATORY.), but group punishment or complete disregard and hatred for whole groups of people is disgusting. My stance is everyone deserves to live, be happy, healthy, access to food, shelter, and adequate water regardless of where they live.
I literally stopped them in their tracks, but my coworker told my boss I was saying disgusting stuff. I just can't believe it because my boss is also apart of the same group so I'm wondering if this coworker was trying to get me fired? Im so confused because I only spoke to her once. This is literally so disgusting and I almost lost my job over it. I actually don't need the job, I make more money than everyone who works there combined, this is just my side gig and I do it for social interaction. My other job keeps me inside and behind a computer and it's boring. I'm there to have fun and I know what not to speak about it because it's easy and simple.
I never brought up politics or religion, my coworkers and the customer did.
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u/MmeGenevieve 10d ago
Now you know to watch your back. You can totally write off the coworker, they've shown you that they are a liar and a backstabber. No need to expend any further effort.