Apologies if r/jobs isn't appropriate for this question. I can take it somewhere else if there's a better forum.
I'm using a throwaway account because a bunch of my friends know my regular username and I definitely don't want them to pick up the nickname, too.
Anyways... I'm a 21 year old engineering student currently working an internship at a manufacturing plant with a F50 consumer goods company. It's an 8 month placement, so I started in September and will finish up at the end of April.
Since the placement began I've been working on implementing a hardware project for a series of manufacturing lines. Although my boss is a fellow engineer, she's hella' busy and can only spare me about 1.5 hours a week. Usually about 30 minutes worth of informal chit-chats here and there and 1 hour on Friday afternoons for a deeper 1-on-1 sit down.
Since she's so unbelievably busy and I'm a relatively useless co-op student, my project is being supervised by a technician with a lot of seniority. Although he's not a "manager" (all the engineers here are "managers"), he's been promoted outside of the plant floor and works about 50/50 between the offices with the engineers and the various production lines. Basically, his role is to be a go-to guy for the engineers who tend to be young and clueless. He knows a good proportion of the 500 or so technicians, knows all the processes, knows the plant history, etc etc. From what I've seen, he tends to be involved in almost every project in some capacity as an internal consultant, of sorts.
He does good work and knows his stuff inside-out, but he also has a reputation for being a bit of a dick. He's type of person who has good days where he's super nice and shares his morning Dilbert comic with you while humming to himself, but then the next day will casually rip your head off for forgetting a signature on some arbitrary piece of paperwork. Now, I was warned by some other young engineers to watch for these mood swings, so we've had a pretty solid working relationship so far. He appreciates my contributions to what's technically his project, and I appreciate his advice and Dilbert comics. I do my best to avoid stepping on any toes.
There are about 50 or so new-grad engineers here (people within 5 years of their graduation, by the company's standards), so they have a kind of internal social network. We do things like a team sports in community leagues, or parties/restaurant trips most weekends. Through this, I've made friends with a few people who also know this technician (and his reputation).
I'm going to pause the story briefly to describe myself. I'm tall, Caucasian, and have blonde hair that I wear in a classic side part. I'm also moderately decent at German. (This company is a big multinational with sister plants in Germany, so my language skills actually helped me get the job).
Back to the story. I was out drinking on Friday with a couple of the new grad engineers and after the alcohol started flowing, I found out that allegedly the technician overseeing my project has been referring to me behind my back as "Hitler Youth" for a while when he's with some of the other technicians on the plant floor.
I respect that nicknames are kind of common here. I certainly won't be the first or last intern to get one in jest. They called one of the former interns 'Noodles' (no idea why). I also appreciate why he chose that one for me (I'm not naive to the perceived resemblance). That being said, I find this extremely inappropriate. Not only are my feelings hurt, but this is wildly offensive to numerous groups of people. Needless to say, I want it to stop immediately but I don't know what to do.
I don't want to waste my boss's time with this and I also don't want to spend our weekly meeting discussing the issue when I need that time with her for other things. I definitely don't want to confront the technician about what he's nicknamed me, given his reputation. Even if he doesn't get angry at the accusation, I'm afraid that it'll harm my relationship with him, and I need a positive working relationship for the next few months. I'm also afraid to approach HR because honestly, I don't want this to turn into a big complicated issue. I want to be remembered here, but for the work that I do. He knows everyone, so if it turns into a big story I'm afraid that it'll be my legacy.
What would you do in my position? I was thinking of sending an anonymous letter to HR pretending to be a technician, but I don't know if that's a good idea.
tl;dr - Working as an intern at a manufacturing plant where I found out that my project supervisor has nicknamed me "Hitler Youth" behind my back, likely because I have blonde hair and speak German. I want to do something but I don't want to confront him directly.
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