Some of you will have seen the post the other day. Apparently I made a girl “uncomfortable” via a text exchange (I assure you, there was nothing untoward on my part).
I pressed the University for details, and now I am told I am being formally investigated. They’ve formally accused me of misconduct, now, and told me that I must speak to them over the phone, this week…
For various reasons I won’t go into, I simply cannot do the phone thing, this week. I just can’t. I’ve told them so, and I’ve also told them that I will be seeking legal advice.
They linked me to a web page which essentially, very nebulously, outlines that anyone can make an allegation against a student, even anonymously, and it will be investigated, even if the situation in question has nothing to do with the University…
It even says “Anything can be sexual harassment, even if it only occurs once”. So I gather that is what I am up for…
Fuck me. This is so fucked…
I think it was a more polite way of saying “You’re being a whiny bitch. Stop it.”
And I guess I kind of am..?
I’m just extremely stressed, and to be told that I have to fight this now, when I was already having one of the worst weeks of my life, so… Eh.
But anyway, thanks mate. I appreciate the backup!
Whether you think you're being whiny or not, do this the right way, get a lawyer and record everything. Just focus on that.