So I'm working scales tonight and a driver came in, saw me, and proceeded to deliver about a dozen pick-up lines, rapid-fire stand-up comedian style. Then declared us married and said he expected dinner at five and not to worry about Tyrone, he'd give him a hundred dollars and send him to the casino for the night.
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Classic case of sexual harassment. By "working scales", I assume you mean the scale at the company yard to make sure trucks going in/out are legal. My understanding (unless I've got you mixed up with another female driver who posted here a while back) is that your company ships a single commodity that's variable in weight, so trucks have to be scaled in and out to get the cargo weight.
Was this one of your own company's drivers, or an outsider? In both cases, bring this up with HR, being sure to use the term "hostile work environment". If it was an outsider, their company needs to be brought "into the loop" - this guy needs to either clean up his act or be kept away to keep them (as a company) from being "persona non grata".
This guy doesn't realize that since you're not a gay man, there's no attraction on your part (and even then, the attraction is to anatomy, not personality).Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Yeah, you're thinking of me. The place we normally deliver to was shut down for annual maintenance, so they kept us busy with odd jobs directing traffic at our warehouse. My job was handling the scales and telling the drivers where to go next to check in at the office.
And I think you misunderstand me. I wasn't complaining, though a real nitpicker could have been an asshole about it and technically called it sexual harrassment. The whole thing actually cracked me up. He wasn't delivering the lines in a creepy, seriously-trying-to-pick-me-up way. It felt like a comedy act. He even sat there and prompted me for the next part in the line (example: "did it hurt?" "did WHAT hurt?" "when you fell from heaven", though that wasn't one of the lines he used) and he even took a bow at the end of his routine. It was totally endearing and lighthearted and not creepy or serious.
I know I do post about creeps at work from time to time, and this is an example of how to be a little flirty and not come across as creepy. It actually is possible! They're not all creeps out there!
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Yeah, as I read I thought that it was being done SO over-the-top that it went past creepy into comedy. (Exaggeration for emphasis.) Glad he delivered it right, and glad you took it as intended. It's nice when people can joke w/o getting all butthurt.
And wolfie's 100 percent correct - if someone's perception is different, and they make it known and there's no backing off, it is absolutely time to go to HR(s).
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The way I read this, I think I would laugh. Sounds like he was trying to make you laugh. If he ddn't seem like he was joking, though, it'd be creepy as frack."Redheads have at least a 95% chance of being gorgeous. They're also concentrated evil." - Irv
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Quoth Kit-Ginevra View PostCan we have a little part of the forum where we get to try out our excellent (or ahem otherwise) chat up lines? :PI am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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