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Coworker Making Inappropriate Comments About My Body Shape?
I wondered if you guys thought it's inappropriate.
I came back into the office and the guy in the office was talking about me to another guy in the office (a woman knows when they're being talked about) and one of them says to me, "Have you got body parts? Have you got a liver and kidneys, because you're so lean I don't know where all your body parts are". I was shocked and laughed it off, but thinking about it now it hurt my feelings. I don't like being body shamed in that way especially from someone I don't know.
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Laughing it off was best. It prevents barriers being built and bonds the team. If you really can't tolerate such comments then next time politely say you are sensitive about your figure so such comments upset you, and could they not do it. That way the ball is in their court. But life is easier if you can teach yourself not to take offence where no ill intent seems to be intended. Save action/ retorts for when others are deliberately being unpleasant. One gets on better with others that way.
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