Am I too sensitive

[Tuckervill]

I think you did the right thing. Not over-reacting at all. And Veronica had the right idea!

They're still acting like they're in college. It won't fly. Better they learn it sooner rather than lawsuit.

Karen

Looking for other opinions:

I work in a small office of 6. 3 of my coworkers are men in their early 20's. We work as a nursing staffing agency primarily.Today these 3 have decided to have a competition with each other. The winner gets to take the "best looking nurse" to lunch. The loser has to take the woman that they deem to be "the ugliest" (their terms are much more degrading).

I am new to the office, and generally have a decent rapport with these 3. Today I found their conversation to be quite offensive. Ie: rating women from 1-10. So I stuck my head out of the office and told them that their betting wasn't cool. Basically, I told them to throw a $20 on the table because women are not objects or prizes for them. They shut up, but I suspect they just continued the conversation via texting.

A few pieces of added info: The manager of the office is one of the 3 involved, so I can't go to him. I was the only other person in the office at the time of the conversation, so no one else heard it.

So, did I over react? Or not react strongly enough?

[Tri Girl]

I'm glad he came to talk to you about it, and that's it's resolved. I agree with Karen- "better sooner than lawsuit."

[shootingstar]

I'm glad the young men apologized to you.

Then all of you can just move forward. And that's a great thought..for the future.