Dear Claudia,

I was assigned to support a really great hiring manager at my company last year; he’s a good boss to his employees and a great hiring partner, and has never made any unstable or inappropriate gestures that I know of at work. So when we were talking in his office the other day and he suddenly asked if I would close the door, I was curious; then he showed me a gun in his desk drawer. I asked if it was loaded and he said no, he had just bought it and wanted to “show it to friends” at work. I am terrified of guns and told him so; he promised he won’t do it again. My question is, should I trust him or should I tell HR?

Unsure

Dear Unsure,

It’s one thing to believe the best in other people; it’s quite another to enable stupid people...I am not an HR Generalist, and I am not an attorney. But as an advice columnist (and you did ask), I advise you to take yourself out of the middle of this situation immediately. It is fair to assume by the question that you have neither the knowledge nor the authority to handle it, and I wouldn't advise you to do so unless you were the HR Generalist (and then I'd be very worried)....


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