Pretty much though people are so fragile now that they consider anything that anyone does that's an annoyance to be akin to attempted murder. Dang, I remember far enough back that something like this would have gotten someone maybe a night or two in jail, maybe a fine, a talking to, and that would have been the end of it. Is this what people mean when they say "The good old days?" Wait, that's racist anymore, isn't it?
me an a lady I worked with last years were just talking about this whole abnormal sensitivity to the absolute tiniest BS thing - "Micro-aggression." She was complaining that HR forces everyone in the company to do an annual course on sensitivity.
I think that there are soooo many people who need to move on with their lives instead of contemplating possible micro-aggressions.
Seems like a huge waste of a corporate budget. They'd be better off hiring serious people who are more interested in turning out great work than sulking around with hurt feelings.
The story isn't worth a subscription.
It was a cranky old co-worker tossing the cups.