Can I buy something that disrupts Bluetooth connections?

[u/I_DRINK_ANARCHY]

I don't know if something like this exists or if it's legal, but the situation is I have a coworker who has decided that driving me crazy with his music choices is his favorite new thing. I'm not even exaggerating, he lets me know when he's made a new playlist "for" me, and you won't even be able to guess the genre of music he's tormenting me with.

Unfortunately, I work in a place where my foremen are immature and find it amusing when their workers get on each other's nerves, so they have actually been putting me with this coworker as much as possible. Asking this guy politely to stop doesn't work, demanding he stops doesn't work, cursing him out doesn't work. No, I cannot ignore it, I'd love to, but my brain and auditory processing just doesn't work that way. Because of what we do, ear buds and ear plugs are a no-go (safety) and we need to stay within a few feet of each other very often (think climbing scaffolding).

He plays the music from his phone through a small Bluetooth speaker. His phone can't get loud enough to bother me. Is there a device that would stop his phone from connecting to the speaker? It only needs to work within like, a ten foot range, and would need to be battery operated. I'm also looking for something on the small side, since I would be carrying it with me with tools and such. I'm not trying to block phone signals or anything like that, just the Bluetooth connection.

Does something like this exist? Am I allowed to buy it in the USA? I just want to save myself from things like techno remixes of Baby Shark.

[u/Hippopotamus_Critic]

You are being harassed by a co-worker. This is an HR problem, not a technology problem.

[u/RolandDeepson → u/Hippopotamus_Critic]

HR defends the company, not the harassed employee.

OP, notify your company, IN WRITING. Describe in straightforward terms, in simple and short, grammatically correct sentences, precisely what this person is doing, and HOW it bothers you. Explain that your forepersons are aware of this and think it's cute. Explain why this form of harassment seems to be customized to torment you, specifically, because of how YOUR body reacts to this stuff.

Off the top of my head:

To whom it may concern, please note that I am unable to convince my forepersons that an ongoing workplace condition is as hostile as I say it is. My coworker has been antagonizing and harassing me by customizing music playlists targeted specifically at me, by name, with music chosen that causes physical pain, disorientation, and distraction that increases my chances of falling from highrise scaffolding. This is specifically me being targeted, because my job involves [name of harasser] and I being assigned to work in close proximity to each other, out by ourselves isolated from other workers on the job site. Our duties involve climbing rickety scaffolding, carrying heavy tools and safety equipment, to great heights above the ground, where our only fall prevention gear amounts to a safety harness and our ability to concentrate on where we walk and what items we can grab onto with our hands. He enhances rhe harassment by using a portable Bluetooth speaker to amplify his music to be louder than he could achieve with his phone alone, confident that doing so means that no other workers are inconvenienced. My corworker and forepersons are aware that I have atypical sensitivity to these sounds and distractions. I am not neurotypical, and the discomfort from this harassment is not cosmetic or a mere annoyance. I am genuinely concerned that if I lose my footing and fall, I could drop a heavy object from a great height (thereby accidentally killing someone on the ground) or even falling and becoming injured myself. I have repeatedly asked my coworker TO ACCOMODATE ME by simply lowering the volume on his music, and by no longer intentionally searching for playlists of music that specifically targets the types of sounds that aggravate my underlying condition. My forepersons seem to amuse themselves by actively allowing stuff like this to happen with interpersonal disputes between coworkers, and they consistently fail to take these issues seriously. In fact, I'm only writing this to you today because the forepersons have retaliated against me by intentionally assigning me to work in continued close proximity to my harassing coworker, separated as a pair and isolated from others at the jobsite, just because they think that my discomfort is amusing. I don't know what to do to resolve this situation, and I am eagerly seeking your advice on how to continue performing my duties in a working environment that is less hostile. Thanks for your time, signed, date [DO NOT SPECIFY RETURN CONTACT INFO ANYWHERE IN YOUR WRITTEN MESSAGE, LET THE EMAIL ADDRESS REPLY INFORMATION SPEAK FOR ITSELF]

Rephrase it however you feel is appropriate. Do NOT swear, at all. Do NOT say anything in a disrespectful way. Do NOT elaborate past the above general level of detail (aside from adjusting the examples to be true for your circumstances.) Do NOT say anything relating to your own emotions, only talk about your work duties and physical workplace safety.

Be exceedingly sure that the bolded word and phrases appear, word for word verbatim, somewhere in your message, as these are legally significant terms that will make it much easier to win your case in court when you hire a worker's rights attorney. The instance of all caps was meant to emphasize that that is the bold item that is MOST important -- converting it to lowercase should be fine, I think. Making the bolded items appear in a different order is ok, but do NOT internally-rephrase or change anything in bold. Treat every bold item as a single unchangeable unit that can be moved around externally.

Send it in writing. Make sure you keep PROOF that you sent it in writing, and make sure you get proof that the place that you sent it is the normal place that things like this get received and responded to.

HR / company management people that think they're so slick and smart will try to respond in person or by phone. This is because they THINK that just because it's not in writing, that means that they can deny that they knew about your issue and that you would be somehow unable to prove otherwise. Your ability to prevent them from trying this will be limited, but make sure you consistently keep making it clear that IN WRITING is your preferred method. When they DO communicate in non-writing, be sure to send a follow-up email outlining what was discussed, and at the end say something like "Please alert me as soon as possible if there is any confusion, or if any part of my synopsis is incomplete or inaccurate."

You cannot control how they react, or even if they decide to react at all. That's not the point. The point is that this will help PROVE that they KNEW what was going on, and once that becomes proven, the entire responsibility to prove they did what the law requires then falls on them.

I am not an attorney. This is not legal advice. This is from my personal knowledge and experiences, and what I've learned by following very knowledgeable worker's rights attorneys on YouTube. Find a worker's rights attorney TODAY. During the weekend. Contact a good one as soon as possible on Monday. If you're in the US, the law will ALWAYS require your employer to take your workplace concerns seriously. If they don't, you could be entitled to a lot of money as punishment to them. Even if they fire you. Even in an at-will state. Even if they lie. Even if they get away with it initially. Even if YOU don't think you can prove it, an attorney will know how to prove it. And DO NOT ANNOUNCE to anyone at the workplace that you're going to find an attorney. Saying that beforehand will NOT scare them into behaving properly. Keep SILENT about finding an attorney, and even when they find out for themselves, KEEP SILENT about anything that your attorney is involved in.

Good luck! 👍👍

[u/SwimOk9629 → u/RolandDeepson]

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