The supervisor called back and left me a message, and said that she spoke with whomever it was she needed to speak with, and it turns out my nosering is okay. She apologized profusely for making an issue of it in the first place.

Yes!

So I called and left her a message assuring her that she wasn’t personally inappropriate at all, and I’m just glad it’s all been cleared up. I also said that conversations of this type are pretty much universally awkward, but I appreciated her being honest and open-minded, which is more than a lot of people are.

Now I’m really glad I stayed calm and reasonable, even though I was seething inside. And I’m also glad I didn’t immediately run to my nearest colleague and vent about the conversation and curse out the agency. I was thinking about whom I would speak to if this didn’t get cleared up quickly, but I’m glad I didn’t jump the gun. It was super hard to be professional, but worth it not to be regretting things I said in the heat of the moment.

And now I have options again!

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