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Expert: Dr. Mac Date: 3/31/2008 Subject: its not art
Question Dear Dr. Mac:
My friend works at a store in New York on the night crew.
At least three nights a week when he comes to work there in the bathroom which is public as well is a drawing of him with some remarks in regards to his jewelry( cross on chain ) and sexual remarks in reference to having sex with him or that he is involved in sexual acts such as oral and much much more. He has mentioned to his boss before but this has not stopped. As of late he has taken thirteen different pictures with his cell phone of the "ART". What can he do? Who and where should he go for answers, His Union?
Answer Hi Casey and thanks for writing.
I have some questions for you.
1) Are you inferring that these pictures are being drawn by coworkers? I'm guessing that you are saying that since employees and/or patrons of the store would not be around to do such a thing, correct?
2) What did your friend's boss say and do when the issue was brought up to him? Was anything done at all?
My guess is that whatever your friend's boss did or did not do, that it apparently was not effective in stopping the behavior. That's pretty obvious. Therefore, my advice would be for your friend to approach his boss one more time to express his concern over what is still going on. Have him show the pictures and let him know that he feels that this is becoming a harassing work environment for him and that if it doesn't stop immediately, he'll escalate the issue to both the union and to human resources.
No one should have to work in such an environment. The fact that his boss has known about this for some time (and yet it continues to go on) could also get him in trouble. That is why your friend should give his boss one more opportunity to clean this situation up immediately since he should now be equally as concerned. On top of that, whomever is drawing the picture should be disciplined as well.
Casey, although your friend could go to the union and/or human resources now, it is the respectful thing to do to give his supervisor one more chance to fix the problem. With that said, I'd suggest that if the situation is not resolved within a few days, that your friend take this to the next step. Hopefully that won't be necessary.
