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  • Wherein Pedobear Approves...But I Won't

    Sigh.

    Ok, so, we have yet another high school group, mostly band kids, staying with us for a couple days. As far as groups go, they are actually pretty good - chaperones are on top of things, the kids aren't out of control assholes, and they have yet to cause a single problem. The group, as a whole, I can hardly complain about since they've been so great. But, alas, there is a single catch.

    See, there are two guys in the group who are, at best, 16 or 17. They have been hitting on me constantly since they got here, whenever the adults in the group are out of earshot. I'm 30, which means they are so far out of bounds I can't even begin to sum that up to begin with, but they're also customers...so even if they were 10 years older, I don't break the "don't shit where you eat" rule.

    One of them even called me on it a bit:

    Guy 1: You do think we're cute though, right?
    Me: I think you're illegal, and that means nothing else I think matters. Sorry kiddo.
    Guy 2: It's not like either of us would turn you in!
    Me: You have absolutely no idea how little that changes things, do you? I'm going to walk away now.

    Me being Captain Paranoia and CYA Boy combined, I've started avoiding them entirely unless there is an adult or a CW nearby to basically hear anything they or I say. My mind keeps playing this scenario where they claim I said something inappropriate to them as vengeance for basically ignoring their flirtations, so I'm definitely steering clear of any of THAT kind of crap.

    And yeah, they may be cute...but I prefer a guy who's not...you know...illegal What? I'm 30, not dead/blind
    "That's too bad. Hospitals aren't fun to fight through."
    "What IS fun to fight through?"
    "Gardens. Electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

  • #2
    Quoth KhirasHY View Post
    My mind keeps playing this scenario where they claim I said something inappropriate to them as vengeance for basically ignoring their flirtations, so I'm definitely steering clear of any of THAT kind of crap.
    I do hope there is a camera setup at your desk, so if they do claim that, you can show the video as evidence.
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    • #3
      You're handling it very well, and your precautions for the future are a good idea. I too hope there's a security camera trained on the area of your desk ... you probably won't need it but better safe than sorry these days.

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      • #4
        Sounds like the precautions you are taking are good ones. Keeping a witness at hand during interactions with them is probably the best way to handle it.
        Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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        • #5
          You also might want to let a supervisor know about it; first one to HR gets believed after all.
          It doesn't matter if you win or lose, as long as you look really cool doing it! -- Julio Scoundrel, Order of the Stick

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          • #6
            Age of consent in CO is 17...and pedo places someone who hasn't reached puberty yet.

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            • #7
              Quoth Aethian View Post
              Age of consent in CO is 17...and pedo places someone who hasn't reached puberty yet.
              By the media's standards, anyone who's over 18 and is hanging around with someone under 18 (or 21 YMMV) is a pedo. >.>
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              • #8
                My standard response to kids under 18 who ask if I think they're attractive or not... ask me again in (insert number of years before they turn 21). I personally am a fan of men, not boys, thank you very much. All I can say is thank God for state of the art surveilance systems everywhere here (well, except the bathrooms, and I will climb the stairs to the 3rd floor employees only restroom before I go into a public one where there is a guest who I think might cause problems).
                If you wish to find meaning, listen to the music not the song

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                • #9
                  We naturally have cameras, but they don't record sound, hence why I always made sure someone else was there to hear anything I said They both left today after I went home and never had a chance to be anywhere near me, but a few people on staff had overheard them hitting on me before. TBH, I'm flattered (hey, it's nice to get that compliment sometimes dammit!)...but even if they WERE legal (yeah, I know 17 is legal here), 17 is young. Even 21 is kinda young, but at least then I can offer you a beer and not be committing a felony

                  They did say one last thing before I left in the morning (my manager was right next to me): "Too bad we have to leave already...maybe we'll come back sometime soon though and say hi?"

                  I just gave my most generic "Thanks for staying with the hotel!" line that I could and tried to ignore what they were really saying. The manager cracked the hell up afterwards though...she couldn't help tease me:

                  Smartassed but Awesome Manager: You're the most vicious, annoying smartass on this staff, but two kids flirting with you makes you blush and clam up?
                  Me: Quiet you.

                  I'm good at the Cover Your Ass game, so I didn't really leave anything to chance...just one of those random funny stories that comes up.
                  "That's too bad. Hospitals aren't fun to fight through."
                  "What IS fun to fight through?"
                  "Gardens. Electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

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                  • #10
                    I think getting hit on by 17 year old boys at work though is better than getting hit on by whores... and by whores, yes, I do mean women who sell their bodies illegally... look I get it that we all have to pay our rent somehow, but what you have to offer, I'm not interested in.
                    If you wish to find meaning, listen to the music not the song

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                    • #11
                      Quoth smileyeagle1021 View Post
                      I think getting hit on by 17 year old boys at work though is better than getting hit on by whores... and by whores, yes, I do mean women who sell their bodies illegally... look I get it that we all have to pay our rent somehow, but what you have to offer, I'm not interested in.
                      Herpes?
                      "That's too bad. Hospitals aren't fun to fight through."
                      "What IS fun to fight through?"
                      "Gardens. Electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

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                      • #12
                        I'm not even going to go into the numerous unpleasant diseases... they are offering a vagina... that's unpleasant enough
                        If you wish to find meaning, listen to the music not the song

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                        • #13
                          Herpes!!!!
                          "That's too bad. Hospitals aren't fun to fight through."
                          "What IS fun to fight through?"
                          "Gardens. Electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

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                          • #14
                            Quoth KhirasHY View Post
                            Herpes!!!!
                            Space HERPES !!!!!!!
                            I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
                            -- Life Sucks Then You Die.


                            "I'll believe corp. are people when Texas executes one."

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                            • #15
                              One cute boy is not worth the 100s of not
                              Cute men in prison that will make you
                              Their communal bitch.
                              "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"

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