Hi ladies,
It's been a while! I had an encounter with someone who could only be described as an international hobo-sexual and I couldn't help but think of you guys lmfao.
I'm clinician at a small women-owned company and our team is all female...until recently. In our office we have a display showcasing all our team members and one day we noticed a male employee in the lineup. We were all like, 'Who the heck is that?" and started making up theories about him. We were like someone broke into the office and put his picture there lol.
Sometime had passed I had completely forgotten about him. Then one day, I walked into the office and saw the office manager taking with a man. At first, I thought he was a client's parent. But as I walked by, I noticed he turned his head to check out my ass. I was like eww 'That’s not how our dads act here.' Most of the dads have been respectful since we work with their little ones.
Next thing I know, I’m called into the office to train him. Turns out this guy had photoshopped his picture so much that I didn’t even recognize him at first. I took him to the communal office space and he gave me that look again. Like, ew I was told to help you ain't nobody want your ugly ass. And just imagine how I felt going from a comfortable all-female space to being ogled by this dude.
As I trained him he mentioned he was from another country (which I won’t name) and that he was waiting for his license to transfer to the US. When he mentioned where he was from it clicked why he kept giving me those weird googly eyes. In his culture, women and men don’t interact as freely due to religious and social pressures...but it still doesn't justify his perverted behavior and I wouldn't be surprised If he thought American girls were more willing to put out etc.🙄
I started giving him pointers on how to conduct therapy with children, build relationships with parents, and save money working in home health. But he’d dismiss me and say things like:
'I already know that.' (Mind you he has never worked with children in his career.)
'In my country I had a high position, and now I'm here at the bottom.'
Or 'In my country, I had a therapy assistant to do the direct therapy while I gave the diagnosis. You don’t understand how beneath this is for me.'
And the best part? He’d frequently remind me that money wasn’t an issue for him and that he was just 'kicking back' until he got his license transferred to the US in 1-3 years. What a slap in the fucking face.
Looking back, I should've told him to fuck off. But seriously, you guys don’t realize how many weirdos there are in the therapy field. I went from wanting to connect with other clinicians to just wanting to keep to myself.
That day I had an in-home health client and I invited him to come along and see how the average working American actually lives. Maybe that would get him off his high horse. I gave him the client’s address and told him to meet me there. He said he couldn’t because he had Uberd to the clinic. I think he wanted me to offer him a ride, but I wasn’t about to be trapped in MY CAR with HIM. Trusting my gut turned out to be a blessing in disguise lol
The next day, he was shadowing another therapist, and I was so relieved it wasn’t me. I got a text from her.....and you guys this man didn’t even have a car or a license. She had to drive him to clients' houses and drop him off at his house LOL. And on top of that he thought he caught a lick he then started asking her if she had a man. He must’ve thought she was an easy target 💰💰. LMFAO!
Anyways Mr. 'Money isn’t an issue' got fired lol💀. It kills me thinking about it.
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We know he was Arab or South Asian.
I'm sorry you have to deal with him, but it's very good that you followed your instinct and avoided giving him a ride.