Are you a workplace bully?
The Nanny State Files Tagged dunder mifflin, dwight, jim halpert, workplace bully March 25th, 2008Do you roll your eyes at your boss’s comments? Do you glare at your coworkers? Do you let loose dismissive snorts at dumb tasks assigned to you?
If so, you might be a workplace bully. And, if you live in New York, you could soon be breaking the law because the New York State Legislature is considering an antibullying bill. (New Jersey and Connecticut have also attempted such “healthy workplace legislation” without much success so far—but don’t think that will stop them from trying again.)
Good thing they don’t have this law in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Dunder Mifflin’s Jim Halpert would be in a world of trouble for his many pranks on Dwight:
Well, that is, if he were real.




March 26th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Thank God it isn’t a law in Chicago, for that matter. Not that **I’d** have to worry about it, mind you.
-MT
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March 27th, 2008 at 8:11 am
You? A workplace bully? Never! (Well, unless you ACTUALLY start going around stabbing people in the manner you demonstrated yesterday.) Your officemates, however…