Hello,
I am mentally, emotionally, and physically destroyed by the multiple events that I encountered as sexual harassment at my work place.
When I graduated from high school, I applied at a retail store. I enjoyed what I did and some of my coworkers were respectable people. However, there was an individual who I worked with, he was a 'joker', 'quagmire', and an aggressor.
He was a big and tall man, around his late thirties. To me, his attitude and behavior was not his age. He was a very immature and perverted (btw: he's married) person. He would occasionally socialize with his fellow coworkers and when the event was right (he may enjoy socializing with a big laugh or two) he would grab/touch their hips or shoulders as if it was fine to them. But my coworkers that he touched looked uncomfortable and disgruntled by his actions.
These are some of the events that occurred to me as follows:
- poked both sides of my ribs when I was reaching for something in a lower cabinet
- poked both sides of my ribs when I building a transfer in the warehouse, he laughed at me when he scared me; I did tell him to not touch me as I laughed uncomfortably while he laughed leaving from the warehouse
- two occasions when he grabbed my arm and shook it profusely without any reason
there are more, but these are some of the disturbing events that occurred to me... Not one single word that I said no to him... only in one event
After the multiple events that he inflicted to me, I became very 'scared', 'depressed', and thought of 'quitting' my job. It also affected my scholastic activities and the way I perceived about life. My attitude and behavior changed as well. I became angrier, agitated, uncomfortable, and sensitive to my surroundings (ex. hand on shoulder).
His face was always on the back of my mind, every single day. I always asked myself every night that I'll confront him the next day, but I never did.
Currently, he was in a car accident after his two week vacation and on leave for quite some time. I asked a couple of my cowokers when he [harasser] will be coming back, and some said to me that he won't coming back at all. But he is still in the schedule.
It's now eight months since it happened, I regretted that I didn't take action at all, but I did logged all the events that happened on paper. But is it too late to report it? What should I do!
I listed 'multiple' events that I think was sexual harassment to my ex-supervisor who still works at the store. But what should I do in the steps after this? I have to do this, I will NOT keep my mouth shut! I am a human being who has every right to speak! I just don't know why I kept my mouth shut for eight months and now I am a young responsible adult who is willing to take action of this particular event.
I need advice, please!
PS:
I live in Canada, the events that happened when I was 18, and now 19.
Gender: Male
Even though my story is in the past, I still work for the company and will be resigning after dealing with this challenging incident.

