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Never had this from a supervisor, just from a colleague. I was able to mitigate it decently because I work from home and hardly see him. It stopped when I got a job in a new department and he had no real reason to contact me. He still did some creepers IMing for a while, but he stopped when I kept greywalling him--giving him short one or two word answers and being very stand offish, but still business polite.
My buddy is dealing with it from his immediate supervisor in his reserve unit. My recommendation to him was that when he addressed it with her to ensure he gave her enough space for plausible deniability. I know you (and every other woman here) know exactly what I’m talking about. “I’m probably just blowing it out of proportion, but these things are making me uncomfortable. Could we ensure our interactions are more professional from here on out?”
 
My buddy is dealing with it from his immediate supervisor in his reserve unit. My recommendation to him was that when he addressed it with her to ensure he gave her enough space for plausible deniability. I know you (and every other woman here) know exactly what I’m talking about. “I’m probably just blowing it out of proportion, but these things are making me uncomfortable. Could we ensure our interactions are more professional from here on out?”
That's a good way to put it. I hope she's receptive to it.
 
My buddy is dealing with it from his immediate supervisor in his reserve unit. My recommendation to him was that when he addressed it with her to ensure he gave her enough space for plausible deniability. I know you (and every other woman here) know exactly what I’m talking about. “I’m probably just blowing it out of proportion, but these things are making me uncomfortable. Could we ensure our interactions are more professional from here on out?”
If they're in the military they should also consult with someone outside of their CoC to, at the very least, make it a known issue. They could clearly state is as their perception of events and that they want the opportunity to address it "in-house". But to get someone aware of the situation in case it goes sideways with the supervisor would be smart to avoid possible retribution. You did say harassment and not assault - still, I would suggest they talk to a person who can take a restricted report and would not be obligated to escalate it and take your friend's control of the situation away from them.
 
If they're in the military they should also consult with someone outside of their CoC to, at the very least, make it a known issue. They could clearly state is as their perception of events and that they want the opportunity to address it "in-house". But to get someone aware of the situation in case it goes sideways with the supervisor would be smart to avoid possible retribution. You did say harassment and not assault - still, I would suggest they talk to a person who can take a restricted report and would not be obligated to escalate it and take your friend's control of the situation away from them
That’s not a bad idea, but it’s not likely to be necessary. He is in the reserves and will be leaving that unit shortly. He actually approached her in the timeframe between the last post an now and appears she was receptive to the message.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to come off like that, I'm just a really open & friendly person. I'll stick to being professional."

To be clear, as he described her behavior to me, it wasn’t harassing in the creepy manner is dudes are so adept at. It was overt flirting which in other contexts might have been ok but the fact is that she is a superior. Plus, they’re both married and he likes being married to his wife. So any sort of behavior of that type can only be described as harassment.

I’m just glad things seem to be clearing up well.

*While I know me talking about this isn’t exactly on topic with the thread, I chose this thread because of the subject matter. I didn’t want to surprise anybody with a sensitive topic like this who may have had issues in the past. With this thread I figured you’re kind a know what you’re getting into with regards to people doing inappropriate things.*
 
Never had this from a supervisor, just from a colleague. I was able to mitigate it decently because I work from home and hardly see him. It stopped when I got a job in a new department and he had no real reason to contact me. He still did some creepers IMing for a while, but he stopped when I kept greywalling him--giving him short one or two word answers and being very stand offish, but still business polite.
Sorry you have to go through that... Its gotta be the worst situation especially at workplace where you have to see the other person every day. I had a friend / coworker go through the same thing with another colleague. I didn't love our boss at that time but I did respect him more after I heard that he had a talk with the other colleague and eventually had him transferred to a different department - especially when it was revealed that several others said they were uncomfortable with his actions.

I also came in to post this - not really news at this point but am actually surprised this happened. Not saying that it shouldn't because from the stories reported, Franco sounds like a dirtbag but these two seemed so close. I wonder what it would take for his brother to do the same.
 
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The school I worked at got this email in 2018:
Hello!

I am reaching out from Drake Bell’s booking team.
You may know him as Drake Parker from Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh or as the voice of the Ultimate Spiderman on Disney XD!

We are currently booking his Spring 2019 schedule.
In the past Drake has performed at many Prom’s and Spring Flings.

We would love to bring Drake to your school for your students!
He has done musical performances as well as speaking engagements w/Q&A's.
This has been quite the treat to bring the students their favorite television star!

Who would be a good contact to discuss setting this up?

Best,
Jaclyn
😳
 
A 32 year old man (at the time) playing Proms and Spring Flings....

Sorry, I know this is what you were getting at I just had to say the quiet part out loud
His show was on tv in the mid-2000s. At one point does that target audience of high school kids have no recollection of watching that show? I would think modern high schoolers have no idea so him playing those gigs is more of a creep move than them actually being his fans.
 
His show was on tv in the mid-2000s. At one point does that target audience of high school kids have no recollection of watching that show? I would think modern high schoolers have no idea so him playing those gigs is more of a creep move than them actually being his fans.

He’s looking for a booking agent. Should we throw you name into the mix?
 
I haven't listened to this guy's music too much, but I know others on the forum are fans.
 
Hard pass. Reads like a crisis PR firm wrote it to try to elicit sympathy from someone apparently still not apologetic about what he's done.
 
Interesting follow-up article with Ryan Adams after his cancelling and trying to cobble back a career. It's not going well.

I read the lead-in, a good comeback story is only invigorating if you’re rooting for the guy involved. It’s sad what he’s going through but this isn’t like coming back from addiction or something greater than oneself, but rather coming back from decades of unchecked toxic behavior.

He’s not going to be able to retain or maintain the same lifestyle he was once used to, and he doesn’t seem to want to accept that.
 
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