Flirting in the workplace

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Yesterday I came to my beloved girl. She is beautiful and angry all like that in the hallway meets me.

- What the hell happened, my child? Am I not the Sun that illuminates the darkness of your lonely girlish life? - arrogantly I ask her, my dear.

- You … - she answers skeptically, not looking into my eyes.

- I do not see something of jubilation, I do not feel enthusiasm; I do not observe something of your delight, - I whisper loudly into her beautiful ear.

- Schaz rejoice, - she promises me with a New Year's smile of a snow maiden-biathlete from the city of Grozny.

- What is it, my child? - I repeat in bewilderment.

- All of you guys are impudent! - she explains with the logic of an iron lady.

- Wow! And what more! I say smugly.

- Meow! And what else, - she angrily be tender and climbs to kiss. Blackout. For adults only. An intimate scene.

We sit in the kitchen and drink coffee.

- Well, tell me, - I adamantly demand.

- About what?

- About it!

- It was a long time ago and not true … - she begins.

- I guessed, treacherous! So, what do we have about men? - I interrupt.

- A-ah-ah … With men, too … It was just now …

My mouth is busy with a sandwich, so I just nod and stroke her hand. Retrospective humor, especially female humor, is very rare.

“All of you are impudent and boors,” she declares to me again.

- You repeat yourself. However, motivate. And for the market - answer, - I swallow a chewed sandwich.

- Now … - she leaves the room, and immediately returns. The printer's printout is in her hand. My girl is friends with the Internet. "The Internet is the most important part of my life … In the chat I communicate, get acquainted …", - the TV purrs like a cat from the wall. She sits down opposite me and begins to read. I'm faking interest. "In the Greek city of Thessaloniki, experts of the European Union discussed the problem of sexual persecution of women …" - her blue eyes run along the lines.

- Sexual harassment specialists? I interrupt thoughtlessly.

- Apparently. Can I continue?

- Forgive me, darling, I am silent …

"…" prize "places were distributed as follows: 84% of Spanish women, 60% of Greek women, 59% of German women, faced this problem at work. looked at me.

- So what, - I pretended to be a sheep, - And where is Russia?

- Never mind. Apparently, they didn't ask our girls. How do you feel about all this?

- I don’t. I have you. I don't bother anyone at work - I'm trying to joke.

- I am not kidding. Is it true what you think about it?

- Well, you know, it so happened that this world belongs to men. And there's nothing you can do about it. Such is life, - I began to justify the men.

- So you think it's fair?

- I didn't say that. I said, "it happened."

- No, well, do you think that all this is correct? Do you think it's nice - when you can get a job only through a "spill" with the HR manager? Do you think it's okay to be discussed as a horse or as a purebred dog? Just imagine that you are calmly announced to your face that, like a girl like you, it would be necessary to "be simpler", otherwise there may be problems. You just put yourself in the shoes of us women, and then answer me.

I said nothing and thought. I would not like it in a woman's place. What could I tell her? Could I be responsible for all men? Unlikely. I just told her about how the entire female team in my office, just because I strictly adhere to the rule "do not sleep at work," almost turned my work life into a local hell. And everything became so bad that I had to get out of the situation - legends about my imminent marriage. It worked. The girls relaxed. The fact that I had not followed this golden rule before, and it was even worse. I had to change jobs.

I asked her, beautiful and glorious, why women’s fashion is so sexy, if men’s attention is so unpleasant for women. Who, then, are all short skirts and long slits for? Why does a women's business suit emphasize the figure so much? Why, going to work, does any girl spend a lot of time in front of the mirror? Why - if all female charm is emphasized, then the male reaction to this very emphasis is criminal? And in general, where is the criterion according to which a woman decides when "sexual harassment in the workplace" is a male crime against her, and when, on the contrary, you become a bastard for your inattention to her?

She said nothing to this. Perhaps she didn't know what to say. Maybe really "women have their secrets …". Or maybe I didn't understand what. Do not know.

I had nothing more to say to her. To both of us, the suddenly raised topic became unpleasant. I got ready to go home and after kissing we parted. We do not return to this conversation anymore. But our questions to each other remained unanswered.

Alexey KOSTROMIN