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On May 26,2017 upon arriving to work I was checking in at 4: 07 am . I was confronted by supervisor Ramona Tomlin in a argumentative manner..She started to question me about a conversation that I was having with another coworker of mine on yesterday.She then asked what I said and I told her that I was not talking to her I was talking to Kevin Sims . She went onto say that I know you was not talking to me because I don't ride the parking lot to checking tags.I repeated to her that I was not talking to her but to my coworker .As I proceeded to the window to get my assigned work from supervisor Ferraha she continued to be combative with me and she said you don't know what you are talking about .I repeated to her again that I was not talking to her. She …show more content…
She then said to me that you are going to keep your job & I'm going to keep mine. So I gather my things & put on my work vest & walk over to the microwave to get my coffee out. She still continues to talk at me and call me loud & dumb for the third time. I walked passed her and then she begins to follow me and continue to verbally harass me. I said to her why are you still talking loud to me and following me you must be guilty . I then repeated twice to her why you are following me .She then call me out of my name for a fourth time by calling me loud and dumb in front all my coworkers that was standing at the front door as I exited.She then said I'm not following you I'm just walking to my car. I didn't say another word to her.I felt that she verbally harassed , and embarrassed me in front of my coworkers . Supervisor Tomlin acted as if she wanted to start a physical altercation with me by following me when I was just trying to go and prep my bus to start my route for today. Supervisor Tomlin is causing a stressful and hostile environment in my work place and I don't feel safe coming to work fearing she might want to attack

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