July 9, 2025 • 6 mins
We talk to a real life HR Manager and give her a laundry list of things we do at work... are they violations?
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is an HR violation. So we're going to do
a bit called is it an HR violation or not?
So we actually found an HR person to volunteer to
be on the show.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We sure did. Hello, Welcome, Is it Ta or Tara?
It's Tara? Tara, Welcome Tara to the show. You've been
in HR for eight years? I think you said, yeah,
it's been a little longer than that even so yes,
a long time. So you're going to be good at this.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Okay, So we're going to each present an HR vio
HR question and you tell us whether it's something that
would get us written up. Would your employees make you,
making you play a game called Wheel of Girlfriends and
humiliating you, bullying you with that count as an HR violation? Tara?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
But is a definite HR violation?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
I thought so thought, Okay, well wait Tara, then is it?
Is it an HR violation?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
When one of your coworkers, who is technically your boss,
tells you that you're kind of hot on a regular basis.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Absolutely an HR viola.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Bar Day, it's a it's a compliment because you have
no self esteem, and I am here to build your
self esteem.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
I'm building up your self esteem by doing Dave's will
girlfriends So Tomato Tomato.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I hate you.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I hate you, all right, I got one for you.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Vought walks by and as he walks by, I turn
around look at his butt and I go hubba hubb buff.
Now is that an HR.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Violation that you definitely get written up for?
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
All right?
Speaker 6 (01:28):
Well, what if if Dave asked me to help him
with his Instagram because he's an influencer to take his
photo but I wait until he's taken a poop and
I jump over the slow to take his picture?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Is that an HR violation? It's gonna be helping a friend.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Right, It's definitely an HR.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Violation on that one.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
That was helping a good friend.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Let me give a real one, Okay.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I walked into the kitchen and I find Bailey carring
busts of other coworkers out of big blocks of cheddar cheese.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Is that a violation?
Speaker 3 (01:56):
I would say, there's no pictures that we can find,
and it's just her carving them. I would be okay.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Speaking of speaking of bus, I'm gonna ask about myself here.
So is it an HR violation? If I ask Jenny
if I can motor boat her.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yes, it definitely is.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
It's punishment b for if I go, if I come
to you, Tara, I'm like Bailey just asked if she
could motor boat my boobies, what would her punishment be,
I get the motor.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Boat them, she would be on a planet correction for
something like that.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Correction okay, and the only way to correct it is
to let me motor.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I've got a real one. Now, this, this is this
is a real situation. The office chairs at KWB are junk,
so to be funny we take them to the top
of the parking garage and we throw them off and
get it on video which goes viral. Is that an
HR violation?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I would say, no, no, oh wow, that one.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
That one actually happened. It did happen about fifteen about
fifteen years ago. We had on coffee chair, so we
took him at the top of the parking garage and
threw them off. I got written up for it. The
boss got praised for it for it being such a
great bit, the same boss who had me written up.
Thank you, Rob Morris.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Is that cartman? Yes, cartman? Tarah Dave.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Tara, how about this? Is this an HR violation? Dave
the other day said I was looking broad in the beam?
Is that an HR violation?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
It is?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Whow interesting?
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Interesting?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I never said that. I said that about somebody. I
said that about somebody else who works at the radios.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
And I'm turning it onto me.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
It's the same sentiment.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
However, But what about this?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
What about this though?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
What if Vaunt and I are talking, Okay, Bailey's no longer,
Bailey's not around anywhere, and I say, Vaughan, Bailey's looking
a little broad in the beam? Is that an HR violation?
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Yeah, and that's just the two of us.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Absolutely it is.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
How so who's gonna know?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
How will they know?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
If someone were to repeat it?
Speaker 3 (04:01):
It would so don't repeat it?
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Got it?
Speaker 3 (04:03):
No? No, okay? What about if I print call.
Speaker 6 (04:06):
Bailey's mom on the work phone and tell hers she
won concert tickets, but then she really want nothing.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Is that an HR violation?
Speaker 5 (04:12):
No?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I would say that, we're talking to an HR director
to find out whether these are real HR violations.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
My next one is, so I realized I was out
of toilet paper at home, and I saw one of
those roles sitting on top of the toilet paper holder
at the office.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
And I'm like, well, nobody ever uses that one.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
So I just pocketed it into my big bag and
I took it home with me so that I could
have some toilet paper.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Is that on a violation?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
You're not cut?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
No, no cameras in.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
The bathroom obviously, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Yet yeah, question.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
I put a camera in the bathroom because I knew
that Jenny was going to be in there some toy today.
Is that an HR violation? You would be let go
for that one?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
To me in the bathroom. I got a hit up
the bathroom quick, you guys.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
I gotta go grab something.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Okay, what if?
Speaker 6 (05:03):
What if I accidentally drop my Cheetos in front of Bailey,
and because Bailey likes to eat everything, she bends over
to grab them, but then she also like cups my
ass in the process and runs away.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Is that an HR violation called the biscuit check HR
violation or not?
Speaker 6 (05:18):
Absolutely, she accidentally cupped my eye.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
I'm telling you it's it's an impulse.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I can't stop my little hand from pinching it.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
You know.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
I'm gonna tell you something that the great thing about
working in radio is all the laws are kind of
loosey goosey, you're.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
A little bit lucy.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
This is why we work here.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
If you work over it, I don't know, Cargill. It's like, no,
you're not even allowed to like look at somebody the
wrong way. Haley or Haley right? Tara?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Tara?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Who is Haley talk about the Yeah? God, Tara, thank
you so much and thanks for what you do. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
I have a.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Good I wonder if being on a radio station talking
about funny HR violations is gonna get Tara in trouble down.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
I was looking for an HR person. I had multiple
people email me and be like, hey, I work in HR.
I would be really good at whatever you'd need, but
like I need to be anonymous. And I was like, yeah, sorry,
I can't have that happen.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah, name, thanks for that.
This is an HR violation. So we're going to do
a bit called is it an HR violation or not?
So we actually found an HR person to volunteer to
be on the show.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We sure did. Hello, Welcome, Is it Ta or Tara?
It's Tara? Tara, Welcome Tara to the show. You've been
in HR for eight years? I think you said, yeah,
it's been a little longer than that even so yes,
a long time. So you're going to be good at this.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Okay, So we're going to each present an HR vio
HR question and you tell us whether it's something that
would get us written up. Would your employees make you,
making you play a game called Wheel of Girlfriends and
humiliating you, bullying you with that count as an HR violation? Tara?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
But is a definite HR violation?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
I thought so thought, Okay, well wait Tara, then is it?
Is it an HR violation?
Speaker 4 (00:53):
When one of your coworkers, who is technically your boss,
tells you that you're kind of hot on a regular basis.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Absolutely an HR viola.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Bar Day, it's a it's a compliment because you have
no self esteem, and I am here to build your
self esteem.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
I'm building up your self esteem by doing Dave's will
girlfriends So Tomato Tomato.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I hate you.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
I hate you, all right, I got one for you.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Vought walks by and as he walks by, I turn
around look at his butt and I go hubba hubb buff.
Now is that an HR.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Violation that you definitely get written up for?
Speaker 5 (01:26):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:27):
All right?
Speaker 6 (01:28):
Well, what if if Dave asked me to help him
with his Instagram because he's an influencer to take his
photo but I wait until he's taken a poop and
I jump over the slow to take his picture?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Is that an HR violation? It's gonna be helping a friend.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Right, It's definitely an HR.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Violation on that one.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
That was helping a good friend.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Let me give a real one, Okay.
Speaker 5 (01:46):
I walked into the kitchen and I find Bailey carring
busts of other coworkers out of big blocks of cheddar cheese.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Is that a violation?
Speaker 3 (01:56):
I would say, there's no pictures that we can find,
and it's just her carving them. I would be okay.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
Speaking of speaking of bus, I'm gonna ask about myself here.
So is it an HR violation? If I ask Jenny
if I can motor boat her.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Yes, it definitely is.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
It's punishment b for if I go, if I come
to you, Tara, I'm like Bailey just asked if she
could motor boat my boobies, what would her punishment be,
I get the motor.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Boat them, she would be on a planet correction for
something like that.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Correction okay, and the only way to correct it is
to let me motor.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I've got a real one. Now, this, this is this
is a real situation. The office chairs at KWB are junk,
so to be funny we take them to the top
of the parking garage and we throw them off and
get it on video which goes viral. Is that an
HR violation?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I would say, no, no, oh wow, that one.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
That one actually happened. It did happen about fifteen about
fifteen years ago. We had on coffee chair, so we
took him at the top of the parking garage and
threw them off. I got written up for it. The
boss got praised for it for it being such a
great bit, the same boss who had me written up.
Thank you, Rob Morris.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Is that cartman? Yes, cartman? Tarah Dave.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Tara, how about this? Is this an HR violation? Dave
the other day said I was looking broad in the beam?
Is that an HR violation?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
It is?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Whow interesting?
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Interesting?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I never said that. I said that about somebody. I
said that about somebody else who works at the radios.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
And I'm turning it onto me.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
It's the same sentiment.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
However, But what about this?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
What about this though?
Speaker 1 (03:41):
What if Vaunt and I are talking, Okay, Bailey's no longer,
Bailey's not around anywhere, and I say, Vaughan, Bailey's looking
a little broad in the beam? Is that an HR violation?
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Yeah, and that's just the two of us.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Absolutely it is.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
How so who's gonna know?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
How will they know?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
If someone were to repeat it?
Speaker 3 (04:01):
It would so don't repeat it?
Speaker 5 (04:03):
Got it?
Speaker 3 (04:03):
No? No, okay? What about if I print call.
Speaker 6 (04:06):
Bailey's mom on the work phone and tell hers she
won concert tickets, but then she really want nothing.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Is that an HR violation?
Speaker 5 (04:12):
No?
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I would say that, we're talking to an HR director
to find out whether these are real HR violations.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
My next one is, so I realized I was out
of toilet paper at home, and I saw one of
those roles sitting on top of the toilet paper holder
at the office.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
And I'm like, well, nobody ever uses that one.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
So I just pocketed it into my big bag and
I took it home with me so that I could
have some toilet paper.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Is that on a violation?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
You're not cut?
Speaker 2 (04:40):
No, no cameras in.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
The bathroom obviously, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Yet yeah, question.
Speaker 4 (04:46):
I put a camera in the bathroom because I knew
that Jenny was going to be in there some toy today.
Is that an HR violation? You would be let go
for that one?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
To me in the bathroom. I got a hit up
the bathroom quick, you guys.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
I gotta go grab something.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Okay, what if?
Speaker 6 (05:03):
What if I accidentally drop my Cheetos in front of Bailey,
and because Bailey likes to eat everything, she bends over
to grab them, but then she also like cups my
ass in the process and runs away.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Is that an HR violation called the biscuit check HR
violation or not?
Speaker 6 (05:18):
Absolutely, she accidentally cupped my eye.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
I'm telling you it's it's an impulse.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
I can't stop my little hand from pinching it.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
You know.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
I'm gonna tell you something that the great thing about
working in radio is all the laws are kind of
loosey goosey, you're.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
A little bit lucy.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
This is why we work here.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
If you work over it, I don't know, Cargill. It's like, no,
you're not even allowed to like look at somebody the
wrong way. Haley or Haley right? Tara?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Tara?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Who is Haley talk about the Yeah? God, Tara, thank
you so much and thanks for what you do. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
I have a.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Good I wonder if being on a radio station talking
about funny HR violations is gonna get Tara in trouble down.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
I was looking for an HR person. I had multiple
people email me and be like, hey, I work in HR.
I would be really good at whatever you'd need, but
like I need to be anonymous. And I was like, yeah, sorry,
I can't have that happen.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah, name, thanks for that.
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