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Harrassment at work
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I work as a waitress at an Indian restaurant and am the only non-Indian member of staff. I work with 3 or 4 other people and most of them are really nice. In general I enjoy my job, it is something I am fairly good at have got used to quickly.
Unfortunately, there is one guy in particular who works there alongside me, and since he started working full-time in November he seems to have developed what can only be described as an obsessive and totally over-the-top crush on me. When the restaurant is busy we work as normal, and he talks to me like a friend, which is totally fine. However, when it quietens down he starts trying to ask me out, pretending I'm his girlfriend, even going so far as asking me to kiss him, or refusing to do work-related stuff unless I do so.
When I tell him that I'm not looking for a boyfriend he tries to convince me that I should be with him, and says that I should give him a chance. He never seems to get the message.
He insists that he is joking but the uncomfortable comments come across in a way that suggests otherwise. I can't quit my job because it is my main source of income, I just want it to stop so I can stop dreading my Friday/Saturday nights.
Has anyone else ever experienced this? What did you do about it? Any advice at all would be massively appreciated. Thanks!
Unfortunately, there is one guy in particular who works there alongside me, and since he started working full-time in November he seems to have developed what can only be described as an obsessive and totally over-the-top crush on me. When the restaurant is busy we work as normal, and he talks to me like a friend, which is totally fine. However, when it quietens down he starts trying to ask me out, pretending I'm his girlfriend, even going so far as asking me to kiss him, or refusing to do work-related stuff unless I do so.
When I tell him that I'm not looking for a boyfriend he tries to convince me that I should be with him, and says that I should give him a chance. He never seems to get the message.
He insists that he is joking but the uncomfortable comments come across in a way that suggests otherwise. I can't quit my job because it is my main source of income, I just want it to stop so I can stop dreading my Friday/Saturday nights.
Has anyone else ever experienced this? What did you do about it? Any advice at all would be massively appreciated. Thanks!
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He's just after a bit of action, and you can't blame a guy for trying.
If it's bothering you that much, ask him to back off. If he doesn't, report him to your manager. But if I were in your shoes and I had a woman making those sorts of offers to me, I wouldn't turn her down.
I've thought about it, just wouldn't know how to bring it up
It doesn't, it was just part of the intro to my story...:o
Get some burly mate to come and pick you up from work. The next day tell the harasser that it's your new boyfriend and he's out on licence for battering the last guy that bothered his girlfriend.
Hahaha, love it
Think about it....
You say that he asks for a kiss and refuses to do work related stuff unless you do. Have you been kissing him on request? If so, you are giving him mixed signals. If you do not want his advances you must tell him in no uncertain terms. Why haven't you told the staff that you get on with about his behaviour and how upsetting this is ?
What's the problem? It's sexual harassment, that's the problem.
I'm a bit shocked at the responses the OP has received on here. Tell him to piss off OP, and if still continues then report him to your managers.
And as usual you show exactly why everyone should never ever ask for your advice. :rolleyes:
Why not mention that fact??? Anyway OP, maybe you could tell him you have a boyfriend but you don't like to talk about him.
This is spot on advice OP. Don't put up with it, it's your right to work in a harassment free way.
I can't believe that poster hasn't been perma banned yet. Seems very unjust when other FM's have been banned for less.
Don't allow your appallingly low standards of moral behaviour to lead you to believe that other people share them. Most normal human beings have more discernment than this.
I could almost guarantee this comment would come.
No I haven't, I told him that it wasn't going to happen, he did the work anyway but had this kind of mock disappointment on his face. I think he finds it funny but I've told him again and again that he needs to stop
This sounds about right as has been mentioned, I just need to find a way to go about it
No, you don't need to 'find a way to go about it'. That will just lead to you pussyfooting around the issue! Just tell him straight the very next time he does it.
The way to go about it is to not tolerate it even one more time. The very next time he says something which makes you uncomfortable you say to him 'I have asked you to stop talking to me like that, now I am insisting you stop or I will have no alternative but to discuss it with the boss. Do I make myself clear'
The statement you have made makes , you just as bad and in the wrong as the person doing this to her = both sad little men