Many times in my life I have taken crap from other people. I did not have the good comebacks or the will power to stand up to them. When I started at my present job it was much the same. However, I soon learned to use my sarcasm and humor to defend myself and get what I needed. I learned to use my size to my advantage. Now that I’m dealing with my problems I don’t know how to turn these responses off. It’s difficult. I’m trying to change who I am and the smart ass remarks come out with out me even thinking about them. Now I’ve been suspended from work. Thursday afternoon I went into work for a staff meeting and my shift. A maintinince man came up and started patting my belly. I knocked his hand away. He kept doing it. I shoved him away and I used a little more force then I meant to. He bumped into a cart and caught himself. He had a big grin on his face the whole time. I joke around with this guy all the time so it was no big deal to me. He came up and we started talking. He asked me to help him find some used tractor tires online because he is a computer illiterate. I agreed to help him when he got the tire sizes. That was it. We parted on good terms. I get a call today and I guess someone reported me and now I’m suspended and I lose the shifts I was supposed to work this weekend. I go in Monday morning and see if I still have a job. I just get so tired of all the crap sometimes.