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Disclaimer: I'm very upset while I type this. The situation is fresh and I'm very upset about the whole thing. I worked at a state campground this being my second summer with my fianceé. I think it's important to mention that we are both very lesbianey looking women. We are also Jewish. The first summer they hired a caretaker who was horribly racist and very openly discriminatory towards basically anyone who did not look like she did. (cis/white) She was not from the U.S originally and seems to be able to just float about internationally whenever she chooses. It seems she inherited this “ability” from an old Axis power relative. This was very tough to work for. But my fianceé and I both had always wanted a career in parks and dreamed of a future there. This summer they hired an ex cop, and his bible thumping wife to be…


Disclaimer: I'm very upset while I type this. The situation is fresh and I'm very upset about the whole thing.

I worked at a state campground this being my second summer with my fianceé. I think it's important to mention that we are both very lesbianey looking women. We are also Jewish.

The first summer they hired a caretaker who was horribly racist and very openly discriminatory towards basically anyone who did not look like she did. (cis/white) She was not from the U.S originally and seems to be able to just float about internationally whenever she chooses. It seems she inherited this “ability” from an old Axis power relative. This was very tough to work for. But my fianceé and I both had always wanted a career in parks and dreamed of a future there.

This summer they hired an ex cop, and his bible thumping wife to be caretaker. I didn't even make it a weekend. On my second day there he acoasted us in the parking lot because people were waiting to rent boats. Boat rentals typically start at 9:30 we were there at 9:03. I was not even out of the car yet. My fianceé finished climbing out of the car and said “eh, boat rentals start at 9:30 it can wait” to which the caretaker became irate. He made some “don't talk back to me” type comment and continued with explosive behavior. My fianceé stood her ground and quietly affirmed that boat rentals started at 9:30 and that it wouldn't be fair to rent them out starting now because this is what we told everyone who asked.

He continued to have a heightened tone with my fianceé while also yelling at me to go down to the boathouse. I comply as quickly as I could, but considering the fact I hadn't even made it out of the car when he started, I had to run back up the hill to grab my radio. At which point he was now full on yelling at my fianceé, about a different but not separate issue on the boats and told her “she could go” my fiancee yelled back fine and she went to go collect her stuff. I went to collect mine as well.

The caretaker panicked and said that he did not want to see us go. I stayed behind my fianceé because I now felt uncomfortable leaving them alone. They were both able to hash out future rules for the boats that were both fair and reasonable. My fiancee even apologized for renting a boat out over multiple days which was as of now, a disallowed rule. The caretaker went off on the 4 wheeler and all seemed resolved. I went down to the boathouse and completed my shift. My fianceé wrote out an e-mail detailing the caretaker's behavior twords her and his wife in front of her because she was now nervous to work with him alone.

We left, had our evening and moved forward. My fianceé who worked full time there worked her next full scheduled day(5/31). The following day (6/1) she showed up for her shift and worked about half of it before the Operations supervisor and her boss showed up. They dismissed my fianceés actions as insubordination and my fianceé left. This apparently ends my career here as well.

So I guess what I'm asking is what do I do? I'm so hurt and upset. That was both of our dream jobs. I don't want to work there without my fianceé, but what can I do? That was so horrible and abusive. I can't believe it happened.

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