First week on the job, I grew up overseas and thus have an accent.

While on my first client call with roughly 20 team members in the call

Client: wow your accent, hold on a second I'm going to record you speaking so that I can play it back in private every night

Me: okay then so....let's continue

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I am so sorry. I hope someone senior on the account team has a word with that client to let them know how out of line they were.

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Unfortunately not, over the years working with the client there were definitely some odd one, especially in person and worse if they were drinking

How do we handle these situations? I get the feeling like whoever is saying it thinks it’s a compliment and doesn’t get how embarrassing and inappropriate it is.

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I’m foreign and have an accent. Sure, this is weird. But it wouldn’t break me or anything. Not sure where you’re from, but chances are good that things were way worse there.

Just explain to the main account liaison that it was weird and to please police it closer. Done.

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Good to hear! Too many white knights responding asking how to help straighten your flower petals.

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Cringey.

My spouse has an accent and one of my former coworkers liked it. She asked if he could leave her a voicemail, which was odd to me.

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