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Wedding Woes
mrsconn23
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Chriro no-no (and get your money back, girl).
in Wedding Woes
Dear Prudence,
My chiropractor has asked me out twice now. I am not interested, and I will no longer be treated by him since I don’t want his hands on me. Even though I paid in advance for a series of sessions, I have let the office staff know I’ll be stopping the treatment early without telling them why. The problem is what to say about him. He is the junior chiropractor in his office, not from this country, working for a senior chiropractor. This job is his work visa to be here, so reporting him could have severe consequences. Maybe he just doesn’t know that it’s not acceptable to proposition patients in this country? But on the other hand, if he continues, he’ll probably cost the senior chiropractor more clients. Also, I pre-paid for a number of sessions and since I did not give a reason for leaving, I think I have to eat that cost.
—Keep It Professional
My chiropractor has asked me out twice now. I am not interested, and I will no longer be treated by him since I don’t want his hands on me. Even though I paid in advance for a series of sessions, I have let the office staff know I’ll be stopping the treatment early without telling them why. The problem is what to say about him. He is the junior chiropractor in his office, not from this country, working for a senior chiropractor. This job is his work visa to be here, so reporting him could have severe consequences. Maybe he just doesn’t know that it’s not acceptable to proposition patients in this country? But on the other hand, if he continues, he’ll probably cost the senior chiropractor more clients. Also, I pre-paid for a number of sessions and since I did not give a reason for leaving, I think I have to eat that cost.
—Keep It Professional
Re: Chriro no-no (and get your money back, girl).
It's clearly crossing the line but I also feel like she's not using her words.
I'm a little surprised, considering there is MONEY involved, that she did not already say something. She may not be entitled to her money back IF they make sure her future appointments are with a different chiro. Or they might just offer her remaining money back.
Not that it should be her concern, but this also probably isn't going to be a "dire" consequence of him losing his job and his visa. The workplace might just have a serious talk with him. Maybe there is some cultural difference going on and he didn't realize how inappropriate he was being. Especially since he apparently asked her out a second time, when she had already turned him down. Or, they might fire him, but he could get another job and retain his visa (not sure how that system works).
His consequences are not your repsonsibilities.
Even if it isn't, he's licensed in the US (or where ever LW is, but the visa bit sounds like US). Part of obtaining and maintaining that license is acting like a professional. I don't believe for a second that he managed to get through the process of obtaining that license without knowing it's inappropriate to hit on patients and continue asking them out after a no.
You can be sure that this practice will do all in their power to avoid a scandal, and they will refund your money so fast it will make your head spin!
Don't think for one second that you have to eat the cost of your harassment. We've come too far to put up with crap like that!