(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Fox's Jesse Watters Threatens to Stalk Female Remote Workers [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-06-09 Regarding remote work — a mainstay since the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic which has been shown to benefit workers, businesses, and the environment alike — Faux News’ resident creepazoid Jesse Watters just simply isn’t having it. No sirree! He feels so strongly about it that he took to The Five to express his displeasure and tell everyone what he would do if he were the boss. Of course, we already know how how he likes to play boss. This is the man who thought letting the air out of the tires of a much-younger female subordinate, thus forcing her to depend on him for a ride home, would be a super neat-o way to court her. (Amazingly/frighteningly, it actually worked). That was years ago — but if you imagine that Watters has outgrown his juvenile stalkerishness, you would be dead wrong. The video begins with Judge Jeanine Pirro being….well, Judge Jeanine Freaking Pirro….bloviating about how lazy workers at home became as the pandemic set in. Some even had the temerity to wear pajamas! In their own homes! (This from a woman with a net worth of $80 million, being paid $6 million a year to do….I honestly have no idea. And it’s not like she has a perfect record of being presentable while working). If you can’t stomach the first 49 seconds of The Judgmental Judge flapping her maws, you can skip ahead to 00:50 where she passes the diarrhea-of-the-mouth baton to Watters: If I’m the boss and my workers pull this garbage, this is what I’d do: I’d start garnishing wages. And then I’d start docking vacation days. Sounds like a wonderful boss to work for! Never mind that the thing he’s suggesting might not comport with labor laws. But he’s just getting started. Then you know what I would do? Please tell us, Mister Subject Matter Expert On All Things Related To Employment And Economics. Thought leaders around the world are surely waiting with bated breath for the next intellectually-deep pontification that issues forth from the lips of…...a guy with a BA in History. I’d get my private security guards to go over to her [emphasis mine] house on a Thursday afternoon at 3:00 to see what she’s up to. Umm….ok. So yeah….he actually said that on live TV, surrounded by co-hosts, none of whom jumped to rip the mic off his lapel or signal to the crew to cut the audio. First of all, neither Pirro nor any other host had brought gender into the discussion. There was nothing to suggest that female Fox employees were being talked about. In Watters’ mind, however, apparently it’s only women who slack off on the job. Secondly — WTF!? I mean, what the actual F!? Even if he’s just joking around, and it definitely doesn’t sound like he’s joking, doesn’t he see how creepy and stalkish this sounds? Of course he does! He’s Jesse Freaking Watters! And of course his co-hosts are going to enable him…..this is Fox Freaking News! If you can believe it, things are actually about to get much worse. Maybe she’s at the mall. Maybe she’s at TGI Fridays throwing back cocktails. Maybe I have footage of her trying on blouses at Ann Taylor [emphasis mine]. Oh, man…….he wants the tapes of a female subordinate as she’s changing into and out of clothes. Did he really just say that? I can’t even. At least this appears to prompt a “pfft” response from one of the other hosts — although I can’t tell if it’s a shocked “pfft” or a laughing one. You think he would stop here, having given himself about 100 times the amount of rope needed to hang himself and having re-traumatized literally every viewer who’s been the victim of stalking or sexual harassment. But he just doesn’t know when to shut up. And then what would I do? I’d give her an opportunity to be honest. I say, ‘Listen, were you working on the project on Thursday afternoon?’ And if she lies to me and she says, ‘Yes, I was,’ I present her with the evidence: ‘You were trying on blouses [emphasis mine]. You were knocking back cocktails.’ And then she says, ‘You were following me?’ And then I said, ‘I will waste my own company resources on frivolous petty things like that however I damn well please. I’m the CEO of this company.’ And then she says, ‘You know what, I’m going to file an HR complaint against you.’ I’d say, ‘You can’t file one because you just got fired.’ And then you know what I’d do? I hire someone half her age and pay her half her salary! That last line cannot go unacknowledged. For it wouldn’t be a real Jesse Watters monologue if it didn’t end on a note of ageism mixed with sexism mixed with demon semen. Sadly, many women today remain in toxic, abusive workplaces not because they love the job, but because they fear their opportunities are limited and are constantly reminded of how dispensable they are in the eyes of (male) higher-ups. There’s always someone younger, prettier, more willing to work for lower pay, and more willing to put up with abuse — sexual or otherwise. Thank you, Mr. Watters, for finally revealing your true colors to those who didn’t already know. It looks like Fox has finally found their replacement for Tucker Carlson. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/9/2174354/-Fox-s-Jesse-Watters-Threatens-to-Stalk-Female-Remote-Workers Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/