WQhen does 'teasing' by your manager go too far?

missindecisive

maybe he fancies you..or the sound of your voice? (sorry:eek:)

avstar

Blimey I hope you're wrong MissIndicisive - if thats how he acts when he likes someone then there's no hope for him :rotfl:

Yep tizhimi I feel the same, I like my accent but don't like the p*ss being taken out of it - I work in a very London centred industry but I refuse to change it - I don't use slang when I'm being professional but I do have an accent, it's who I am. And Yorkshire folk are (rightly) proud of their roots :T

You guys have cheered me up tho, I was v cheesed off earlier so glad I'm not going home for the weekend in a bad mood over work, not worth it!

onlyforboards_2

Just say "not that old joke of yours again" in a jokey manner yourself and quickly follow it up with "anyway on with work".

If it persists say you live and work in Yorkshire there really is no need for this extended joke and it needs to stop. If you get another "I don't understand" comment tell him you are quite happy to put it in writing if that is the only way to stop it.

Good luck! The guy sounds awful!

dacouch

Write a note to your manager and then attach it t' pigeon and send it t' him

El_Rey

Using the cockney rhyming slang was a great suggestion. Alternatively start pretending to yawn and say he could be used as a cure for insomnia. He'll soon stop it.

globalds

If it is really bothering you . It is time to start a diary . Write down everything that happens ..This could be eveidence in the long run ....Never forget that this is "Your " manager ...Not the other way around ...Maybe you telling him/her that you no longer want to play this game will really cause some trouble ...write everything down and prepare yourself to defend yourself .

twss

Come back with a hilarious cockney impersonation, ideally featuring as much baffling rhyming slang as possible.

Magnolia

You could try a 'Cor bleeding ell anje' (al a eastenders) 'or whatever it is you soft southern shandy drinkers say'

Just for the record - I am West Yorkshire working class and proud of my roots although I did have to modify my accent when I joined the RAF as no one could understand me :rotfl:

Zazen999

I'd probably just let him do the joke; and leave a really long






uncomfortable silence each and every time and ask if he has quite finished and then just get on with the business of the day.

If it upsets you he will keep doing it. Even better, whilst he is doing it and you leave the silence; have your fingers doing some typing in the background so he knows you aren't paying a blind bit of attention to him.

Although I do like the idea of telling him that you've sent an urgent report to him by t'pigeon

Savvy_Sue

The answer to the question is "When YOU feel it has gone too far, it has gone too far!"

That's the answer wrt sexual or racial harrassment - it is if the person on the receiving end says it is - so I can't see how the answer can be different here.

If you were Irish, it would be racial harrassment for sure!

I'm not sure which of the suggestions above I like most, btw ...