>workforce is female dominant, one guy alongside me>he jokes about me sometimes and I don't see those jokes as incredibly harmful but I did notice that he's trying to see how much he can get away with, sometimes joke at him back but I honestly have nearly no strength for him, consumes too much of my energy. I seem to be making a bigger impact when I joke back at him as I'm funnier by nature and much less childish.>If I give a reaction, I'm weak. If I don't give a reaction, I'm letting him cross my boundaries. If I try to think of a perfect comeback, it could take too long.what do I do, genuinely
>>34401450Tell your HR that you don't find his constant jokes funny and risk blowback, or grow thicker skin.
>>34401465>grow thicker skinI seem to be having the thickest skin out of all the subordinates there and we are not the kind to be snitching as that could literally destroy your image. Not kidding. It's just that I've been tolerating this for a little too long and it's seriously beginning to get on my nerves.
i wish the world had real jobs
which weren't gatekept
>>34401450"Enough with the jokes, Bill. I'm trying to get some work done here."
>>34401450Push his boundaries more aggressively in a race to the bottom then tell him you're bored and reply to everything he said with a bored 'yeah your mom' rolling your eyes and treating him like a child demanding attention from youBasically show you are unbothered by whatever he can do and that he is acting childish, if you straight up tell him that it can come off as you "losing" i guess.
