nightingale99

The pharmacist asked for an estimate of height. I was trying to make an educated quess with what information I knew.

No I was not looking down on him. He kept saying 5 ft 7 is tall, In my opinion it is short because it is shorter than me.

I did go to him that night I worked and said it was never my intent to make a degratory comment, I was just using the basic knowledge I knew to make an educated guess. ( he made a complaint to the supervisor that night. The supervisors response to me was that it was short mans syndrome

I did give him a number, I said he is Korean,- short statured, I would say 5 ft 7 in. I was thinking out loud trying to come up with an educated quess.

I have never been counseled before. I have always had execellent evaluations. I have been working at this hospital for thiry years. The other part to the story is the Pharmacist is 5 ft 7 in and thinks this is tall. He kept saying I am tall! I told him I am 5 ft 9in female and that 5 ft 7 in is shorter than me.

I think certain ethnic cultures have particular characteristics. Asians have black hair and almond shaped eyes. THus,in trying to guess a height I know that Koreans are short statured. The average height is 5ft 6 to 5ft 8in. An American average height is 5 ft 10 in. for a male. That is why I made the comment.

I have been put on administrative leave because a pharmacist sent an email to HR stating I made derogatory comment about Koreans. He asked me to make a gestimate about a patient's height. Using what knowledge I knew about the patient, I said the man is korean and is short stature. This pharmacist thought this was derogatory. So I have been put on leave without giving my side of the story. I would like to know other's opinion if they think this is derogatory.