Hi everyone, I'm new here but I just wanted to get some opinions/vent about something that happened to me today. Just to note I am a female and have two chronic health conditions which are quite disabling.
Without giving too much away, I work in community education.
Today I was in the office and walked in on a conversation where they were talking about nails and one lady announces how I cannot have my nails done at a salon as I'm allergic to gel/acrylics (the lady in question is a close relative of mine and I don't mind people knowing this, it's not an issue).
When this was said, a very senior member of the workplace quipped back at me laughing whilst saying "christ is there anything right with you". Another manager started laughing and joining in and I can't remember what else was said but they kept making jokes and I just stood there and sort of tried to laugh it off but I felt extremely embarrassed and could feel tears in my eyes so I excused myself and left to cry in the toilets.
Not sure if I'm just here to vent or whether this would upset anyone else. The two managers are very aware of my health conditions as I recently had time off due to being really poorly and I just can't help but feel like I'm being treated a little unfairly with the joking about my health. It's something that weighs heavily on me and I already hate the idea that people know this personal information about me as I'm quite a strong minded person and so to come into what I thought was a safe space and feel ridiculed is just eating at me.
I'm also a little disappointed as the work we do entails working with people with disabilities.
What would you do in this situation?
