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By all means run (do not walk) to HR. This is a classic ADA issue and
the accommodation is to allow you to eat at your desk. Best of luck!

--- "Ricca, Marie" <email @ redacted> wrote:

> Dear IPr's
> 
>  
> 
> I've happily been a receptionist w/my company for 18 years.  Never
> had a
> complaint.  This past Sept. 27 and then again Oct. 27,  I was told by
> my
> boss that I had been eating at my desk.  (the only meal I eat is my
> breakfast cereal when no one is around, about 10-11am).  The first
> time, my
> jaw dropped.  The second time, I was fuming because the complaint was
> that I
> was "slurping at my desk".  Everybody on my floors know that I'm a
> diabetic.
> All these years except for last and this year, I probably was the
> only
> receptionist (out of 9)w/the least sick days.  At least w/my old boss
> (she
> transferred just a few months ago) she understood because her husband
> is
> diabetic.  This one, I'm getting the feeling she's enjoying it.  She
> never
> offered to back me up.  Any advice before I go running to HR? I
> literally
> feel as if I'm being harassed.
> 
>  
> 
> Marie Ricca
> 
>  
> 
> 
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