u/RoughlyTwelveBadgers

I (36NB) take over the counter heartburn medication somewhat frequently. I was recently diagnosed with GERD and have been having trouble managing my triggers and figuring out what foods/drinks I need to cut out of my diet. I also have carpal tunnel, so to make my life easier I had my partner pop out all of my heartburn medication from those awful aluminum strips they come in and I put all the pills in an empty tylenol bottle that I keep at work. Some of my coworkers know about my diagnosis, some don’t, I didn’t broadcast it to the entire staff but those who work with me more frequently know that I’ve been taking new medication. One coworker, let’s call him Bob (M50’s), has I guess been watching me for a while and has decided that I’m popping downers on company time. He told me to my face the he’d been watching me and I should “share with everyone” if I was going to be getting high at work. Creepy, but I’ve been pointedly ignoring him which has been annoying the shit out of him.

The issue: Last week we had a burger truck come and set up in our parking lot for lunch. Normally I’d pass but this specific truck has what might be the best burgers I’ve ever had in my life, so of course I popped two heartburn pills and went to pig out with some of my work buddies. I finished my food pretty quickly and was just relaxing in the break room when Bob comes in with his plate and see’s me, already finished. He comes over, and with a creepy ass smile says “Oh you must’ve had the munchies real bad huh?” I told him nope, I’m just fat and love meat in my mouth. This got laughs from my work buddies, I think one spit out his fries, but Bob went red in the face, sputtered a few words, then stormed off. The next day I got called into HR, Bob had reported me for inappropriate behavior in the workplace and had mentioned my “pill problem.” He was so scandalized he actually reported me to HR. I cleared up the pill thing, HR thought that was kinda funny and told me to just keep my sense of humor under wraps around Bob. He’s still pissed at me and bitches to everyone that I’m a “disgusting woman.” So AITA for telling my coworker I’m fat?