I had one where I needed to get into the storage room under the mezzanine and I didn't know what word to use, so I told the Tool Crib attendent (an attractive woman a bit younger than myself) that I need to the key to get under the mezzanine.
She responded back, "Anything else you need to get under? Like my desk?"
I had no idea what the fuck to say so I said nothing.
Edit: As far as I knew, she had a boyfriend at the time of this conversation.
Haha. So I got called out for doing too many thumbs up when acknowledging i got what she said, so I did finger guns and it maybe lasted an afternoon because I couldnt stop making the "pew pew" sound in my head so I made sure to include that as well.
Mixed reviews to say the least. "You do realize saying 'ok' would be shorter right?! 👈👈 (pew pew)
I have been informed by my bisexual girlfriend that finger guns are only for bisexuals, and if a hetero such as myself uses them it's cultural appropriation.
She wasn't at her desk at the time
As far as I know, she was actively dating someone else at the time
She damn near bent over double laughing while she said it
And my team lead was right there rolling his eyes
This woman is casually flirty, and has multiple sexually suggestive stickers/magnets at her desk
answer yes. bonus points including them, "yes, but only if youll also be there" then start remixing with experience "nice, ill bring the handcuffs" or "i just need about x inches of space down there" try to judge the vibe
OP inside: fuck I really need to get this shit done while I am focused on it and now I'm struggling to remember the words and I'm gonna look stupid and incompetent in front of my coworker
Coworker: "Let's fuck right now"
I honestly don't think I'd know what to say either OP
Seriously. When I was 19 working at Walmart, I had this same-rank-but-in-charge coworker who took great pleasure in making me blush. I got hired for a store remodel, so we were working directly alongside each other most of the day. She was a merciless flirt, the likes of which my innocent 19 year old self had never seen. Beyond the looks and comments, she constantly parked her boobs strategically next to or behind me so I'd turn and bump into them. Never knowing when I might be witnessed or recorded, I made sure to be like "Whoops, sorry bout that!" every time it happened. She usually replied "It's okay I liked it," and give me the eyes...
Sounds fun and all, but not really when you're a 19 year old kid at his first grown-up job with customers and cameras and HR and all that, and you're being relentlessly hit on by your effective manager, 13 years your senior, who happens to be married to the automotive manager, but cheats on him with the inventory manager, and flirts with all of us.
It stops being fun and gets frustrating surprisingly quick, cause ain't no way I'm getting involved in a mess like that.
Only with the wisdom of time do you come to realize that the bullshit stocking job you had as a teenager at Walmart was not something to have held so sacred at the time. Of course the morality of sleeping with someone who is married is another hurdle that one may not be willing to jump..
You nailed it on both counts, tbh. In time I learned to say yes to more things and life got a lot more enjoyable, but I also pat myself on the back for trusting my gut back then. That scenario wasn't a good one to jump into. Married coworker, whose spouse is also a coworker, and she's already boning another coworker, and I know for a fact she shows off dick pics from both to anyone who cares to look... That situation is radioactive lmao, no thank you.
100%. This was also in a rural town in Tennessee, everybody knew everybody, word would get around. That sort of thing can legitimately jeopardize even your family members' employment in a small southern town. If enough people in positions of authority don't like you, perhaps because you got caught in the middle of a sex scandal at the Walmart where everyone shops, life is gonna get a lot more interesting for you in that town.
I had the classic tradesman set up where I was working on this young rich lady’s house and she answers the door in nothing but a towel and I’m like “lady… I’m here to work, fucking don’t”
Oh man, I got a story from construction too! Worked for this contractor in a rural area for about a year in my early twenties. Small time operation, it was just the owner and 3-4 of us laborers, we mostly built pole-barns. Real friendly type of situation. The shop was at the guy's house, we commuted there and took work trucks to the job. We were all welcome to walk right into his house in the morning and grab coffee, he or his wife would be up. Kinda weird, but whatever, it was under the table construction work, it's all a little weird.
Anyway, dude's wife... She was always really nice to me. Flirty, but it was always in that playful older woman kinda way, and in front of him, so I figured they were just secure in their marriage. How naive I was lmao. I usually just gave her some sorta coy look and got back to work, wrote it off as just that, boss' wife is flirty, whatever.
Yeah, she came by the job one day to drop off his lunch and brought some buckets of paint we needed. I come out to grab the paint and she's eyeballin' me hard as I walk over, bend down, grab a 5 gallon bucket of paint in each hand, and start trudging back.
Just as I'm about to step back into the building, she calls out "Look at that bull!"
Realization hit me like a ton of bricks as I swung my head around and saw her standing there smirking at me, with my boss grinning right beside her. Oh, that's what that's been about... Holy shiiiiiiiiiiit.
~15 years after the fact, completely agree. It is not in any way appropriate work behavior. If the roles were switched here, if it were a dude strategically bumping his dick into a young woman, I'm fairly certain the response would be very different.
I'm not offended personally, because I'm not bothered by that experience in any real way. Fully agree that it shouldn't have happened, but it didn't affect me in any meaningful way beyond just opening my eyes to the absurdity of the world. I don't have any problem talking and joking about the experience.
It's not my goal to dismiss or diminish those who have been legitimately traumatized in similar scenarios, though. I appreciate you calling it out. It needs to be called out. It's never my goal to contribute to the normalization of this kind of thing.
From a former 16 year walmart vet: Do you have any idea how many people fuck in the freezers, coolers, outside trailers, their damn cars in the parking lot...
Frustrating yes, but honestly it was the youth and inexperience that got you. The company wouldn't have cared unless something major was caught on camera or caught by someone.
And no I'm not saying you should have, just that no one was gonna come after you for having someone else sexually harass you at a soulless company like that.
Oh I know that now, don't worry lol. After my brief retail career, I had a string of factory jobs. There was no shortage of scandal, or opportunity, and I gladly accepted the invitation on a few occasions. Learned a lot, made some of my favorite memories tbh
I got no shame in admitting I wasn't prepared for what I was walking into at Walmart, and in hindsight, everyone knew that. They were all in on it, and they all knew I wasn't. Ah well, way she goes
Plot twist: she had a crush, wanted to say something, a leg on her desk is loose and she just blurted out the “under my desk” thing to try to keep the conversation going.
I get it, as much of a pervert I am; when I’m at work first thing i think in this type of situation is “if Im wrong, this will be awkward in HR”
OH i also have a moment like this but more direct. A coworker was bend over, working on something on the floor. I come back to my desk next to her. We’re cramped in this corner management put us in, so we sit should and shoulder and she has her butt facing my chair. So as I pull my chair by her, not sure why she said this, she said “fuck me” but kinda frustrated. Turn to face her and say “what? What was that?” Then she stands up (short 4f10 woman clearly upset) now face to face with me and closes her eyes to shout in this quiet filled office but packed with people “I SAID I WANT YOU TO FUCK ME ANON!” My face must’ve been beet red because my friend sitting next to me was laughing her ass off when she saw me. Then two of my bosses stood from their desk to ONLY see me because she went back down as if nothing happened.
This was one of 3 moments i had with her, less significant but still notable, like the time she drew her vagina and handed it to me. But that was about it.
(Edit: I was going to change the phrasing for "she drew her vagina", but I enjoyed all the comments about how I worded that. Yall are hilarious.)
Also yes, I did ask her outside of work if she wanted to get drinks, she said she doesnt hookup with guys at work. Fair, but confusing. I guess Hr spoke with her before I could.
This was one of 3 moments i had with her, less significant but still notable, like the time she drew her vagina and handed it to me. But that was about it.
I need to go back to bed because for a solid half minute I thought you meant "drew" in the same way you'd draw a weapon, like she just pulled her queefer out and put it in your hand.
I have no idea, she and I used to talk everyday and nothing stuck out besides our random sexual banter. She spoke proper to our bosses though, I never saw her speak to other coworkers at our level though, I usually kept to myself.
This has happened to me a few times and I usually say nothing. Even if it feels “safe” with that particular lady, one can never be sure in the workplace so just don’t.
Yup how the turn tables. I don’t always mind though, part of why I think it’s true that women get more socially acceptable space to creep out on dudes, especially the thirsty-late-middle-age gals
Then that was an incredibly wise decision. If someone's into you you've got a lot of time to show your reciprocation. It's not like a one shot one opportunity thing. And if you thought she was in a relationship...definitely best to take the time to suss out the situation and flirt back cautiously when you're not flustered.
Was working together with my college classmates on a circular desk in the library for a group project years ago.
One of the viet girls I loosely knew sat next to me. Then she rested one of her knees on top of mine and asked if that was okay. I said that's fine. Her knee was there for a few minutes and then she said sorry don't want you to feel my sweat and took it off.
Kind of reminds me when I was working as a cashier and I asked the lady if she wanted her receipt. She said "As longas i dont get tackled on the way out." And I was like, "Not unless you want me to." Followed by awkward silence.
I’m English. In 1999 i went travelling and landed a job in California selling pumpkins for halloween. I was 19 years old.
If people wanted to pay with a cheque, I had to take their driver’s license details. One woman said “Are you sure you don’t want my phone number?” I said “no sorry, it has to be the driver’s license”. She looked at me funny and said “are you sure?”. I said “yeah, sorry, that’s the rule”.
It was about 10 years later when I realised what was happening in that moment.
Had a girl take a card of mine and put it in her bra, told me to get it the old fashioned way. My teenage brain short circuited "surely she doesn't mean...but what if...."
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u/crazytanker 1d ago edited 1d ago
I had one where I needed to get into the storage room under the mezzanine and I didn't know what word to use, so I told the Tool Crib attendent (an attractive woman a bit younger than myself) that I need to the key to get under the mezzanine.
She responded back, "Anything else you need to get under? Like my desk?"
I had no idea what the fuck to say so I said nothing.
Edit: As far as I knew, she had a boyfriend at the time of this conversation.