23 January 2009

still no facial tattoos

At work, in order to get my two free guest lift tickets, I had to go through Orientation. One of my managers went with me and I jokingly called it Preference Training but he didn't seem to get it. Previously when a different manager was telling me that I needed to go to Orientation, I interrupted him to add diversity training to the list of descriptors he was making. He scoffed at my comment, insinuating (albeit correctly) that there isn't diversity on the mountain. Orientation was a pretty standard HR presentation to illustrate customer service and explaining the pay periods and then the harassment policy. There were provisions about discrimination upon race, national origin, gender (whatever that is), age, and disability. But not based on sexuality. Furthermore, Mt Bachelor retained the power to add or delete anything on their harassment policy. So is the mountain just adhering to the law? Does the legal lowest common denominator not include sexuality in the anti-discrimination policies? If it doesn't, does the mountain not care or has the need never arisen? I also found out that I can transfer my season pass to anybody, which I will do since I can't ski anymore. Spouses of employees get a season pass, kids too maybe. What of domestic partners? I like to imagine myself asking the HR person these questions, but I probably won't since I don't have a domestic partner and I don't feel discriminated against due to thick skin. Asking about these issues would probably just make me feel more out of place than I already do.

1 comment:

Joy Peterson said...

you should find a guy, have him pose as a domestic partner, then make him pay for the season pass at 50% less than what it retails for, and use this as an opportunity to fight for civil rights, earn money while being a good citizen