Jenna Price and Julia Baird on the Drum

Julia Baird tells of the time a boss kissed her during work. Footage: The Drum, ABC

Transcript

00:00 I had a boss who used to love coming up behind me

00:03 and massaging. - Massaging the shoulders.

00:04 - Oh my, and you know, massages are meant to relax you.

00:08 I've never felt more tense in my life

00:10 when this weirdo is pressing his thumbs in my neck.

00:14 And yeah.

00:15 - I actually remember that I had a very similar incident

00:17 to that, which I'd completely forgotten about,

00:19 which was me as a cadet journalist in a lift

00:22 at the old Fairfax, at the Fairfax building.

00:24 - Was this the same boss?

00:25 - Maybe, and there was no preamble.

00:27 We were just chatting about, there was two of us in the lift.

00:29 There was just a chat about whatever.

00:31 And then he just took my head and just planted a kiss on me,

00:34 middle of the working day.

00:36 And then the doors open and then he goes out and I go out.

00:38 We've never spoken about it.

00:41 And I just was like, what?

00:43 - What is that?

00:44 - You just thought you could--

00:45 - Why are you touching me?

00:47 Please explain. - It's weird.

00:48 And it's so kind of common.

00:50 - And it happens to women every day.

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