Sticks And Stones
I have a female co-worker who repeatedly calls me out regarding my weight. I’m female, 5’9,” 115 lbs, and very thin. She is very overweight. She makes comments about my weight all the time. She doesn’t call me by name, she calls me “slim” and I even heard her say one time “go ask the toothpick.” She has said stuff like, “You need some meat on your bones,” and “You need to eat.”
I have only worked there for eight days. I have asked her very nicely to stop. Yesterday I asked her to stop calling me slim again and she basically said that it’s her mouth and she can say what she wants. Today when she said, “Morning slim,” I replied, “Morning chunky,” and she got upset and actually started crying. Everybody here at work is saying I’m wrong and I should apologize because being called fat is “different” than being called skinny because being called skinny is a “compliment.”
I said as long as she calls me slim, I will call her chunky, and now I’m the bad person.