Working with a racist sexist co worker

[Pondlife]

So , one of the lower level guys on my team has been trying to ingratiate himself in to the team but due to his social awkwardness he seems to have got it a bit wrong. He's decided that racist and sexist jokes are the way to build rapport. Now a couple of the team have come to me and repeated the ridiculous things he's said and, rather than being slightly embarrassed, he seems almost hostile.

Sooo, my question to the congregation is, how do you deal with a lower level minion with no social skills in order to stop him offending half your workforce with his Bernard Manning routine. His last effort of asking one of the senior female managers if they fancied a "hot pocket" for lunch and then wetting himself at their look of confusion has done the whole team a disservice.

Any ideas? Should we just lynch the fecker and claim some HSSE mishap?

TIA

[SimonMac]

So , one of the lower level guys on my team has been trying to ingratiate himself in to the team but due to his social awkwardness he seems to have got it a bit wrong. He's decided that racist and sexist jokes are the way to build rapport. Now a couple of the team have come to me and repeated the ridiculous things he's said and, rather than being slightly embarrassed, he seems almost hostile.

Sooo, my question to the congregation is, how do you deal with a lower level minion with no social skills in order to stop him offending half your workforce with his Bernard Manning routine. His last effort of asking one of the senior female managers if they fancied a "hot pocket" for lunch and then wetting himself at their look of confusion has done the whole team a disservice.

Any ideas? Should we just lynch the fecker and claim some HSSE mishap?

TIA

Offering him a job in San Diego?

[aussielong]

You can't get an answer from here, because it all depends on what you yourself are capable of. In a sense , it's a subjective narrative that one seeks clarification on. Only futility beckons.

If he's genuinely daft you could just have a word about keeping it for the pub.

If he's (as I strongly suspect) testing your authority, then you should wait for him after work. Call him over, stand on his toes with your nose in his face and tell him to cool it or you'll "cut his f*****g head off". Threats of violence always do the trick (*).

I had to google "hot pocket". It's not racist or sexist. It's just daft.

Urban Dictionary: hot pocket



(*) do not do this if he looks hard.

[Lockhouse]

He's decided that racist and sexist jokes are the way to build rapport.

[Old Greg]

Send him to Homebase for a tin of stripy paint.

[GB9]

If he's a contractor, then terminate his contract.

The problem I have at present is with permies who are useless, have no social skills and no other project to off load them to. Harder to deal with.

[EternalOptimist]

Sexist and Racist jokes.
does he know any good ones ?

[doodab]

If he's a contractor show him the door. If he's a permie let hr show him the door.

Is he foreign?

[oracleslave]

4 fish so far pondy. Fresh out of worms?

[BrilloPad]

An easy question. You have to involve HR now. If you don't then you are in the firing line. Literally.