I’ve sent HR an email after my shift Sunday and they replied that they were working on it yesterday. Silence today. Anxiety is getting to me.
On Sunday I’m working food prep by myself as has become normal for sundays and these two brothers, C and B start harassing me. I’m a 30+ woman with anxiety disorder amongst other shit. One tries to grab the dessert I’m assembling and I knock his filthy mitts away. They beg for two cheesecake cubes and like a fool I give them to the little shits. The boys then go in the cooler to throw the little cubes at each other. Whatever. I don’t care. But I tell the shift leader.
The boys continue to be noisy and shit throughout the shift even though the should be in the kitchen, not hanging by the cooler.
Near the end of my shift, one of the fuckers grabs a large spoonful of candy and pretends to eat it. I’m pissed because that has to be tossed. He tries to put it back with the rest of the candy and I freak and grab it away. I tell them to fuck off and get out. They fake apologize a few times in that obnoxious way bullies do before finally pissing off. I clean my area up to calm down because I’m freaking the fuck out like I’m back in high school and trying not to cry at work because I’m an adult and I shouldn’t feel like this goddammit. I get the desserts put in the cooler and tell the shift leader again.
There are cameras that caught and heard everything. What do you guys think will happen? Will HR even look at the tapes? Will I get in trouble for cursing? Will I be a trouble maker/tattletale?
My brother says that if they don’t keep those boys away from me, I should quit on the spot. I will.
Is bringing pepper spray to work as bad an idea as I’m thinking it is? It is isn’t it?
Any advice please. If it helps, this is the Midwest at a chicken place from Arkansas.