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I do. Well one, anyway. Anything and everything that he dislikes he tells my boss. Fortunately my boss has an open-door policy and I can often offset any potential damage by talking to him first, so as to get my side of the story in. But when something happens between my coworker and me, I am often on pins and needles waiting for my boss to call me in. It doesn't happen if my boss doesn't think the perceived offense was very important.
Anyway, when I was a kid, my parents taught me that tattling was almost worse than the original crime. I can see telling the boss if you are repeatedly doing something against the rules or unsafe, but for merely arguing over a point of contention, I don't see it.
This guy is a real piece of work. I think he has issues with women. Just a hunch, though, nothing I can really pin down. When the boss was in the process of hiring an intern, my coworker made a point of mentioning that he hoped they would hire someone strong: if they had to hire a "girl", make sure she wasn't little. Now I am on 5 feet tall myself (but not exactly petite). Any able-bodied person can do my job. As long as you can carry 20 pounds or so (not a tall order for most people, especially 20 year old college students of any gender).
Don't even get me started on their attitudes towards a transgendered colleague. Enlightened they most certainly are not.
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