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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/nikbert on 2023-08-01 16:40:15.
My friend (m34) recently got a new job working in a storage facility and is in a managerial roll. I don’t know the entirety of the ins and outs of the job but basically it involves running the day to day workings of the location, occasionally moving large items, letting people into the facility, etc.
Last night while we were talking about his new job he said “sometimes I get a cutey to help me, sometimes I’m all alone”. I asked what he meant by cutey (his spelling, not mine) and he stated that that’s what he calls his coworkers because they’re all “good looking”. I said that he shouldn’t call his coworkers cutey and that it felt inappropriate and disrespectful to say that about a coworker to which he stated that they were his subordinates. After this a back and forth begins in which I, also being a manager, state that it’s inappropriate and he says I’m assuming offense for his coworkers and that he would not call them cuteys in front of them or anything. After, a surprisingly heated back and forth over this he’s not talking to me.
I personally feel that it’s gross but I’m open to hearing if I’m in the wrong on this. Is it appropriate to call your subordinates cutey when your not around them or discussing them with outside folks?