You are feeling better when #youcanlaugh at a #tragedy

Sometimes when emotions overtake us, unsure how to respond sometimes just writing it out is the medicine needed to that you can laugh again.

This previous post about #Iwillneverforget my run in with sexual harassment

was difficult to write and I almost did not complete the post a few times with the emotions that consumed me.  Now that it is complete I feel much better, like a weight has just been lifted off of me.  Although unsure if it was the smartest thing to do it made for an interesting topic even if names were changed to protect others, also, so nobody would try to sue the pants off of me.

#youcanlaugh at a #tragedy

Last night a burst of giggles consumed me thinking about the part entered in the post about how Chuck had my hand brush against his genitals while reaching in front of me to tap another female employee on the shoulder.  A fantasy of former co-workers, sitting together during break time in their cars, reading the post on one of their iPhones, consumed in hysterics over that line, as well as the thought of them picturing him as a pervert, just made me laugh.  The next part of the daydream is that after the former co-workers return from their break, every time they hear or see Chuck a few of them snicker.  One last thing that makes me smile is this thought that Lori, the woman contracted at FT through the Employee Assistant Program, is reading that post and even though I am no longer employed there any more, if any other female comes to her with this same story the possibility that it is true will stick better.

Of course it is not funny what happened and should be considered inappropriate, but the vision was funny enough and it was a way of getting through a tough situation for me. Next returned the anger at how Chuck planned it so well that it made me realize that it probably was not the first, nor would it be the last, time that he did something like this to an employee he knew was attracted to him.  Today that feeling of animosity at Chuck and how he abuses his power at being a boss and company owner is overwhelming at this very moment.  Just thinking of something funny is a struggle to get through the rest of this day.