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seeyatI’m feeling particularly disheartened once again. After reading a short post about a woman named Amber Czech, I looked into her story and discovered that a 40 year old, male coworker seems to have inexplicably murdered her with a sledgehammer on camera and when asked why, he reported he “didn’t like her and had been planning to murder her for some time.”
How is this 2025? What is happening?
I found an article detailing the event and mentioning some of the potential attributing factors regarding restrictions and legislation on workplace violence and harassment against women. Also mentioned are efforts by other women in the trades industries following Amber’s death.
Apparently there are deeply discriminatory commenters and misogynistic men claiming the woman’s hair and appearance made it either her fault or something she deserved.
When I was working at Bad Brad’s and even Carrabba’s I witnessed various kitchen staff acting unhinged and making explicit comments to the women working. At Stoney Roadhouse I also heard a number of woman supporting one another through something they were experiencing.
These are potentially avoidable experiences and we have the ability to support one another. A little while after an incident with a shortly working dish tech; literally the man who was told to “show me the ropes and teach me all the shortcuts” …he frequently acted frustrated with me for adhering to the restaurant’s guidelines which we all read in our onboarding, as a result of that particular comment… I was “disobeying him” and he took on “the responsibility of teaching me”. …he didn’t stay very long.
I digress, after a confrontation between him and a female coworker, I bought a book called, “I’ve Got Your Back” by Jorge Arteago and Emily May
I want to suggest I’ve Got Your Back to anyone who has ever seen something and wanted to say something but it felt wrong or you just couldn’t find the words.
How is this 2025? What is happening?
I found an article detailing the event and mentioning some of the potential attributing factors regarding restrictions and legislation on workplace violence and harassment against women. Also mentioned are efforts by other women in the trades industries following Amber’s death.
Apparently there are deeply discriminatory commenters and misogynistic men claiming the woman’s hair and appearance made it either her fault or something she deserved.
When I was working at Bad Brad’s and even Carrabba’s I witnessed various kitchen staff acting unhinged and making explicit comments to the women working. At Stoney Roadhouse I also heard a number of woman supporting one another through something they were experiencing.
These are potentially avoidable experiences and we have the ability to support one another. A little while after an incident with a shortly working dish tech; literally the man who was told to “show me the ropes and teach me all the shortcuts” …he frequently acted frustrated with me for adhering to the restaurant’s guidelines which we all read in our onboarding, as a result of that particular comment… I was “disobeying him” and he took on “the responsibility of teaching me”. …he didn’t stay very long.
I digress, after a confrontation between him and a female coworker, I bought a book called, “I’ve Got Your Back” by Jorge Arteago and Emily May
I want to suggest I’ve Got Your Back to anyone who has ever seen something and wanted to say something but it felt wrong or you just couldn’t find the words.
