On Thursday, I walked into work and was greeted by this diabetes abbondanza in our breakroom.
We were a relatively small staff of five people total scheduled for the day, so who was supposed to eat all those donuts?
Okay, so Sarge had brought in the bag from Lamar's, which was really nice of him because he happens to have celiac disease, so is gluten free - which donuts are not. He bought them for the rest of us cohorts.
But Boss had brought in the box. He explained that it was a nursing test day, so he brought them for the nursing students.
Quick background: the ADA requires colleges and universities to provide alternative testing for students with approved disabilities accommodations. Those are the students we serve at the testing center in addition to the non-student testers completing professional licensing and certification exams.
So yes, some of those students are in the nursing program, but we serve all accommodated students from every program at the college. So when Boss said he brought donuts for the nursing students, I thought, "hmmmmm...", but didn't comment.
I think Boss's heart is in the right place, but I felt it was wrong of him to offer donuts only to nursing students as we had other students coming in and out for tests. We do see the nursing students quite often - they take a LOT of tests throughout a semester - but I feel it's wrong to single them out like that because;
- what message does that send to the non-nursing students? Blatant bias? And for what reason? They're program is not worthy?
- what about the non-accommodated nursing students who take their tests in their classroom? Only accommodated nursing students deserve favoritism? And again, for what reason?
I don't think you are over reacting. And honestly I know this sounds bad but sometimes men don't notice the obvious. So that would make me want to kindly tell him how it appears. Let it sink in and he probably will see it and not do it again. Unless of course, he's an asshole....then I am no help to you because I don't do well with that group. LOL
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think he just didn't think it through about how it would look for non-nursing students. Not an asshole, or I wouldn't still be working there 😊
DeleteI see your point but I also agree his heart was in the right place. It's just one of those things!
ReplyDeleteThat's why I didn't say anything. It was a nice thought.
DeleteMebbe his Statement was a Blanket Statement and the Donuts were for whatever Student showed up to Test and could be offered a Donut? I'm notorious fort Blanket Statements that are inadequately not specific enuf, which is the only reason I wouldn't automatically say it was bias, it might not be at all? If those of you supervising the Testing are the ones that tell the Students coming in, help yourself to a Donut, then any Student could have one until they're gone, first come, first Serve, regardless of what Program they happen to be in. I don't eat donuts becoz I'm an Insulin Diabetic so the abbondanza would not be a Temptation personally. At work the Boss often brought in Donuts and so many would be left over that he'd just let whoever wanted to take the rest Home do it. I don't know how many Students showed up, if there would be enuf for all that wanted one, or not? If you think you should mention it to him you could, otherwise, I wouldn't bother, you know him better than we would as to his Heart and how he expresses himself and would receive it.
ReplyDeleteNo, it was clearly a treat for nursing students, and Boss was pretty much in charge of doling out the donuts, even saying, "we've got donuts for you nursing students!"
DeleteI suspect my two other coworkers might have felt similarly uncomfortable, which is why Boss was the only one mentioning them and handing them out. At the end of the day, there were leftover donuts that I'm sure other students would've gladly taken had they been offered.