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but it seems that at least half of my male coworkers are infatuated with me, crushing on me, or some other variation of the above. And while it's flattering, it's also a little bit...uncomfortable for me.
*Before I go any further with this post, I'm going to do the disclaimer: I am not egotistical, nor do I think I'm any more awesome than I actually am.
From what I've been told: I am pretty, I have a small waist+big hips/butt/thighs so I seem to particularly attract black men, and I know a lot of about sports, so guys tend to pick up on that. Moreover, I'm super friendly, generally confident, and I try to be sweet and polite to everyone, regardless. But really...I don't understand why I get as much attention as I do sometimes. It kind of baffles me, and I feel the need to share.*
To bring you up to speed to today, here's the scoop. I've been with the company I'm at for nearly 2.5 years, and moved between a few groups/call centers during my time. During that time, I have been on dates with a few coworkers, none of which really went anywhere beyond friendship. Of those three guys, I still work with two, and we're still cool. Also, I don't tend to broadcast all that, so most people around here don't really know about any of it. Keeps things less dramatic that way. I've given some variation of the "I'm glad we're friends" talk many times, to make sure I know where I stand with people, but I'm often oblivious when people *like* me, as I just think everyone is my friend.
As of tonight, I'm sitting at my desk, minding my own business. This guy W, who works in a different group but in the same area as I do, wanders up to my desk. W can be rather off-putting, and often gives advice that he really doesn't have any reason or right to be giving. He starts yammering about having a 2-for-1 coupon for Medieval Times, and not being able to find anyone to go with. In between my work, I explain that I'm going to be either at work or out of town for the rest of the month, which is true, and then get a call before I can say much else. He wanders off, I think nothing of it, until K, my coworker, asks me if W just asked me out.
Apparently he did, and I didn't even realize it.
So, after we laughed about that for a few minutes, K lets me know that she has a confession to make, but I have to promise not to say anything. Ok...so K tells me that E (who you may remember from my other post about him pestering me about the Michael Vick situation) has a total crush on me. Apparently when I go on my dinner break, he tells K and L, another co worker, all about how beautiful I am, and how much I know about sports, etc, etc. Which doesn't shock me, but does weird me out a little. K even admits that she thinks L may have a thing for me too, which wouldn't be so bad, as he's a really chill kinda guy, and we get along real well. And both E and L, who are black, have made comments about me bein "built like a black girl," which usually just makes me laugh.
After we laughed about that for a bit, K and I started realizing just how many of the guys around here have been teased for being after me though...I mean, aside from W, E and L, you've got D and J who I went out with, Z and S in the monitoring group who'll do anything I ask 'em to, A from tech support who's always asking about my business, R the married security guard who always stops me to chat, B the supervisor my dad's age who sometimes tries to flirt, and that doesn't even include P.
P gets his own paragraph. One of our "sister" groups sits in another call center, that is basically on our way out of the building. Over time, I've gotten to know the guys who work 2nd/3rd shift over there, and among them is M, who is about 45 and just loves talking to people. M decided early on, after I came through one night to chat with him and P apparently made some comments about how "hot" I was, that he was going to hook us up and me and P were gonna get married. So now M is always teasing us about that, especially since P and I get along real well, and I'll hang out and talk to him at night. I always give M material to tease P about too, since P is always goin on about how "thick" I am, things like that.
So yeah...I just felt the need to share, as I'm a little disconcerted and a lot amused, along with quite flattered, at this moment. And I needed to get it out of my system without having someone decide I was being arrogant...so I'm hoping y'all can find the humor in this like I do.
So...anyone have stories about their coworkers falling for them/falling for their coworkers?
*Before I go any further with this post, I'm going to do the disclaimer: I am not egotistical, nor do I think I'm any more awesome than I actually am.
From what I've been told: I am pretty, I have a small waist+big hips/butt/thighs so I seem to particularly attract black men, and I know a lot of about sports, so guys tend to pick up on that. Moreover, I'm super friendly, generally confident, and I try to be sweet and polite to everyone, regardless. But really...I don't understand why I get as much attention as I do sometimes. It kind of baffles me, and I feel the need to share.*To bring you up to speed to today, here's the scoop. I've been with the company I'm at for nearly 2.5 years, and moved between a few groups/call centers during my time. During that time, I have been on dates with a few coworkers, none of which really went anywhere beyond friendship. Of those three guys, I still work with two, and we're still cool. Also, I don't tend to broadcast all that, so most people around here don't really know about any of it. Keeps things less dramatic that way. I've given some variation of the "I'm glad we're friends" talk many times, to make sure I know where I stand with people, but I'm often oblivious when people *like* me, as I just think everyone is my friend.
As of tonight, I'm sitting at my desk, minding my own business. This guy W, who works in a different group but in the same area as I do, wanders up to my desk. W can be rather off-putting, and often gives advice that he really doesn't have any reason or right to be giving. He starts yammering about having a 2-for-1 coupon for Medieval Times, and not being able to find anyone to go with. In between my work, I explain that I'm going to be either at work or out of town for the rest of the month, which is true, and then get a call before I can say much else. He wanders off, I think nothing of it, until K, my coworker, asks me if W just asked me out.
Apparently he did, and I didn't even realize it.So, after we laughed about that for a few minutes, K lets me know that she has a confession to make, but I have to promise not to say anything. Ok...so K tells me that E (who you may remember from my other post about him pestering me about the Michael Vick situation) has a total crush on me. Apparently when I go on my dinner break, he tells K and L, another co worker, all about how beautiful I am, and how much I know about sports, etc, etc. Which doesn't shock me, but does weird me out a little. K even admits that she thinks L may have a thing for me too, which wouldn't be so bad, as he's a really chill kinda guy, and we get along real well. And both E and L, who are black, have made comments about me bein "built like a black girl," which usually just makes me laugh.
After we laughed about that for a bit, K and I started realizing just how many of the guys around here have been teased for being after me though...I mean, aside from W, E and L, you've got D and J who I went out with, Z and S in the monitoring group who'll do anything I ask 'em to, A from tech support who's always asking about my business, R the married security guard who always stops me to chat, B the supervisor my dad's age who sometimes tries to flirt, and that doesn't even include P.
P gets his own paragraph. One of our "sister" groups sits in another call center, that is basically on our way out of the building. Over time, I've gotten to know the guys who work 2nd/3rd shift over there, and among them is M, who is about 45 and just loves talking to people. M decided early on, after I came through one night to chat with him and P apparently made some comments about how "hot" I was, that he was going to hook us up and me and P were gonna get married. So now M is always teasing us about that, especially since P and I get along real well, and I'll hang out and talk to him at night. I always give M material to tease P about too, since P is always goin on about how "thick" I am, things like that.
So yeah...I just felt the need to share, as I'm a little disconcerted and a lot amused, along with quite flattered, at this moment. And I needed to get it out of my system without having someone decide I was being arrogant...so I'm hoping y'all can find the humor in this like I do.
So...anyone have stories about their coworkers falling for them/falling for their coworkers?
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