By: phil nightingale

phil nightingale — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:43:04 +0000

From: Nick Nightingale
To: bratisback2003@hotmail.com, pantherlen59@hotmail.com, brytwyt@msn.com
Cc: Darkeyes_424@hotmail.com, crystallady_2@hotmail.com, ice_hawk3@hotmail.com, rebskyah_2@hotmail.com
Subject: fred the pervert
Sent: 03 July 2006 17:00:28
The next I find difficult to write about, but it needs to be said.
This is based on my observances from the last 6 weeks in the workshop,
but it is corroborated by conversation with my colleagues, in and out
of vehicle design. Put simply, Fred’s behaviour with the women
students of the school is terribly inappropriate, and seems to me to
be an abuse of position. In the past weeks that I have been in the
workshop, I have seen him put his arm around women’s waists and hug
them up close to him as they discuss a project or plans (and have
caught the embarrassed glance of the “huggee”), I have seen him
“tickle” a women by sneaking up behind her and grabbing her waist
(causing her to yelp and throw her arms and papers in the air), and
have even seen him fully hug one of the students before getting down
to work. All of the incidents above are incidents I have seen
personally, and, as I say, I have heard the same (and worse) from my
colleagues. Anyone who uses the workshops consistently will be aware
of this, including several of the technicians whom I know have seen
Fred’s behaviour while I was there with them. Male students tend not
to ask for help from Fred as he seems disinterested in helping them,
causing one of my fellow student from outside the department to
comment that “if you want help from Fred, best that you wear a
skirt…” . Surely this is not the behaviour one should ecpect or
accept at an institution like the RCA. I do apologise if this seems
like a personal attack, it is not meant that way. I mention it in the
view that it is surely something that needs to be addressed for all
the students who use the Darwin Workshops.

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