I'm 16 and my coworker is 20. We barely talk since we work in two different areas but I have to past into his station every now and then to drop something off. Today at work I passed by him but when I went to go back to my station he put his arm out and stopped me and told me I couldn't pass. I said why and tried pushing though. He said I'm not letting you sneak past me again after laughing. After a few minutes I gave up and tried slipping under his arm. I almost made it but then he reached around and grabbed my waist. He laughed and held on for minute before letting go. Is he just messing around or is he not? If he's not then what should I do, it made me very uncomfortable
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That's sexual harassment and you were a fool to allow it. You should have told him, "Let me pass or I'll call for help," and if he didn't immediately then raised your voice and said, "I need some help over here!"
There is no such thing allowed in an office or business. You DO NOT prevent someone from passing to do their work and NO touching. If you have a Human Resources dept or Personnel you go report him.
I don't care if he has the hots for you or you for him. You are on the clock being paid to work and be professional. You are underage and that is not a barroom for him to pick up woman and grab them. Totally unacceptable behavior by both of you. If another co-worker saw it and reported both of you for playing around on company time flirting you'd both be in trouble.
You want to play around you do it on your own time after work.
Hey thank you for the advice. This is my first job and since we don't have a resources dept I'll go talk to my manager. I'll admit I'm a little unsure since the last time I was in this situation I was 14 and a 65 year old tried to start a relaitionship with me. I went to the police and he said that I was the one that came on to him. They believed him over me since he was older so im a little worried the same thing will happen again. There was a coworker who saw what happened but she just looked at us with a shocked expression and then rolled her eyes and got back to work so I was confused on if the guy was joking. And no I'm not attracted to him I don't really want a relationship with him or anyone right now. Thank you again I will go talk to my manager about this
Hey thank you for the advice. This is my first job and since we don't have a resources dept I'll go talk to my manager. I'll admit I'm a little unsure since the last time I was in this situation I was 14 and a 65 year old tried to start a relaitionship with me. I went to the police and he said that I was the one that came on to him. They believed him over me since he was older so im a little worried the same thing will happen again. There was a coworker who saw what happened but she just looked at us with a shocked expression and then rolled her eyes and got back to work so I was confused on if the guy was joking. And no I'm not attracted to him I don't really want a relationship with him or anyone right now. Thank you again I will go talk to my manager about this