Everywhere I turn, there she is!
Ugh it feels like I just can't get away from this woman! She's called my work every day this week. I haven't been taking her calls, and everyone who answers the phone has been given a briefing and knows that her calls are to go straight to voicemail. I've even told them that if she asks them to just write down a message to give to me, to tell her that they aren't allowed to take personal messages and just transfer her to voicemail without giving her time to argue. She's sending me emails too, which I also don't answer. Thank goodness she doesn't have my home number or cell number!
I've been updating the logs of when she calls and what about, and have found an interesting trend. For the past three days she's called my BF's work, then turned right around and called my work within 5 minutes of hanging up with him. Oh look, that's her calling right now as I'm typing this! You know, if it was so important, wouldn't she be leaving messages? She calls him all the time but very rarely ever leaves a message on the machine if he doesn't pick up. But anyway, so she called to talk to BF a few days ago and was giving him her normal non-important non-critical updates on SS, when she decides to ask him how his court date went. He told her that that had nothing to do with SS and hung up. So guess what she did? She called my work and left a message for me to call her. Something that's completely none of her business, has nothing to do with SS, and she shouldn't be contacting BF or me about in the first place! I didn't call her. So I get an email later that night asking if I didn't get her message or just decided to ignore her request to call. Then she emails me again to ask how the court hearing went. WTF? She called again the second day and got transferred to my voicemail, where she left a message saying it was kind of urgent that I contact her and she really needed to talk to me. She called again today, the third day in a row, and the woman who answered the phone went to my administrator and asked if he would speak to her and remind her that she was asked in May of 2006 to not call or contact our office anymore. She asked him if she could speak to me and he told her that I was busy. He told her that she shouldn't be calling me anyway, especially at work, and that she should be talking to BF NOT me. Then she told him that she'd left me several messages and emails but I'd not responded. He says "Well it seems pretty obvious that she doesn't want to talk to you!" She tells him to pass on the message that she's on the way to the emergency room with SS and she thinks he has appendicitis.
I'm going to feel really bad if SS actually does have something wrong with him, but I REALLY doubt he does. According to her he's been running a fever for three weeks and complaining of severe stomach pain. She also says he's been begging her to take him to the doctor. We had SS two weeks ago for a weekend and he was totally fine...no fever, no stomach pain, nothing. No complaints all weekend long. She also claims that he's been using the bathroom (#2) like 6-8 times a day, which is complete BS...I think if we had him all weekend we'd notice him going that much, but he didn't.
My administrator has urged me to take my evidence to a lawyer and sue her. But what could I sue her for? I was under the impression that I could MAYBE get a restraining order, but I didn't know I could sue her...
I'm going to talk to BF about taking SS to doctors of our own when he's with us and getting second opinions...her actions regarding SS's health are really starting to scare me. Am I just over reacting or do I have good cause to be worried?
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Wow
I'd have BF find out whether SS was taken to the hospital. If not, I'd be pressing charges. She's harassing you at work, and you have witnesses. Totally unacceptable. Start documenting.
RE:
I've been documenting for three years! lol
*~So sayeth Nymh~*
100% agree
Trep is right. First thing, found out about the health issue. If she is using this poor kid to get some kind of attention or to find out about what's going on in you & BF life. No go. Absolutely start domumenting the calls and E-mails. Give her 1 warning, it doesn't stop, take action.
Keep us posted
What do I do to take action?
About a year ago I tried calling the judge, the Sheriff's department, and a few lawyers...the only person who would even talk to me was the lawyer and he basically told me that it would be really hard to get our justice system to take me seriously on harrassment charges. Apparently it's really hard to get people to believe that a woman could seriously be harrassing or stalking another woman in this county. I got off the phone very disappointed and basically thinking that the three years of documentation that I've done, and every time I've "taken the high road" has been in vain. What pisses me off the most is that it seems to be pretty damn easy for BM to take us to court twice a month over ridiculous bulls$%# charges, yet I was pretty much told that no one would take me seriously. What do I do? I guess I could try it anyway and see what happens.
*~So sayeth Nymh~*
Phone company?
Have you tried the phone company to see if there's anything they can do about it? Maybe you can make a complaint or a report or something, get them to print out the phone calls to take the police. What about the state police? Or the FCC? There has has to be someplace you can go to file a complaint that someone with some authority would acutally investigate.
~ Anne ~
Women's Shelter?
They have all the resources to protect dm violence victims, can they be a resource you can tap into? Not that you have to go stay there, but just talk to counselors there to see if they have any ideas to help you.
Candice
Suing vs. filing charges
You could sue her in civil court, but for what? Unless you've suffered any tangible or monetary damages, you're not going to get anything. If you'd lost your job because of it, oh yeah, you'd have a serious case. Until you suffer monetary damages, I doubt you'd get much out of it, except an attorney's bill. If you make it a criminal matter and file harassment charges, then you can go the restraining order route and possibly get her off your back. I'd be worried. She seems obsessed.
~ Anne ~
I need to second
your caution about getting employers involved with drama. It could backfire, and be a cause for you to lose your job. That happened to me before...
My in-laws are psycho, and my dh's aunt paid me a visit (in a t-shirt and mens' boxers and flip flops) in the secured department of my place of work. I was only an intern, so this naturally didn't look good. Here this psycho woman in her underwear, snuck into a department that is under lock and key, just to pay me a visit. Then two days later, she planted three separate containers of marijuana in my car (there were eye witnesses), and then she went across the street, called 911 and reported to the police that I tried selling marijuana to a 10 year old boy. Believe it or not, the false 911 call was a heavier crime than the planting of the drugs.
Anyhow, I didn't get fired, but I wasn't asked to stay, and I wasn't invited to return the following summer. They liked me, but they really did not like drama. And when I applied for another position with that company, I was denied. No big deal, there are many other companies I can work for...I just want to give you a little caution on involving your employer..
If you are tight with your boss, and they are open to this...just proceed with caution...
Bests,
Candice