I recently got to my breaking point at work after my coworkers non stop Trump/Republican bashing ,I never have mentioned that I don't agree but will state an opinion on things without out right saying I'm on a certain side. Recently I've said please stop with the political talk because i'm just emotionally drained from hearing it all day,nobody cares. Next day I say please enough I dont want to hear it,I dont agree with your stance and this isn't the place to be talking about this and go to the office per request of my supervisor(knew nothing would happen) more and more they talk to piss me off. Seems to be no laws for the work place on this issue unless I claim harassment, am I right?
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Agreed. Depending on your place of employment, HR might be (and let’s face it: at this point almost certainly is) on the side of your cowokers. I say this as a young’n who stayed at my former wokeplace for way too long, and had to listen to people go on about how evil conservatives and Trump are. And you know what? The worst offender was the office manager. And the two head honchos of the office are dyed in the wool Democrats besides. Nothing would have changed had I complained. I had already gone to the senior partner with complaints about the manager’s behavior and given some BS that basically amount to bending over and taking it up the cornhole, like he did.
Just for the record, I’m about as anti-blackpill as it gets. But sometimes there just ain’t much you can do. It blows, but at least OP has friends here. Y’all definitely make my life better.
I'm sorry you went through that. It blows. Sometimes being a responsible adult means doing jobs which are not enjoyable with people who are unpleasant. At least in the old days there were social norms which dictated that certain topics (sex, money, politics, religion) were off limits outside of your immediate family and closest friends. That's all broken now. And most people today are completely emotionally incontinent. Because they've been taught that's normal. But it's not. Every one of us still has a choice and no one can make you miserable without your consent. Remaining unflustered and not engaging despite their attempts helps keep their misery out of your life. Because who wants that?
“Emotionally incontinent.” That’s gold. I’m old-school, I s’pose, because I completely agree with you. I put my time in and I learned a lot. I had a ton of growing up to do when I started working there, and I did exactly that. I always tried to do right by them, even when they did wrong by me. My only regret is staying there as long as I did. The Kung Flu got me out of dodge, and I’m not going back.