This story involves a high-ranking executive and his female subordinate. Read on: This very handsome broker has been flirting with me ever since I started working at this major commercial real estate company downtown. he would always make a point to stop by my desk, ask me out to lunch, with the entire group, and make excuses to give me the best work assignments. Last week we were both working late in the office, I was at the copy machine, I wore a short skirt that day, he came up behind me, and pushed me over the copy machine and made hard, passionate love to me. I did not stop him. Over the weekend I thought about it. Can I sue and get a few million? I don't want to ruin his career but I need the money. Will the company give me a large settlement out of court?
Her boss tore her behind up, literally; now she wants to sue? This is the mess I don't like. The interesting thing is that she could come up off this, because it's her word against his. She didn't say no, so she must have liked it. He's showing her all this attention, so what did she expect? She had to have known he was coming to collect, and did he ever. The clues are there: She wore a short skirt, and he pushed her over the copy machine and started making love. By her dress alone, she wanted something to go down. This is why people SHOULD NOT get involved with their co-workers because too much can go wrong. Yet & still, somebody will disregard sound wisdom and get caught up in some mess. I have no sympathy for people who willingly jam themselves up. What happened to learning from others' mistakes?
If they were going to mess around, they should've kept it professional while at work. Common sense tells you not to eat where you work. Simply put, don't get involved with someone you work with. Not many work romances are successful because of the cutthroat nature of the business world. Everybody wants to be CEO, so they're going to step on people to get there. You're eyeing that hot executive and so far things go smooth, until you two are competing for a C-Suite position (she's Executive Director and he's VP of Operations). He gets the COO position over her and she's jealous, so she starts to frame him for sexual harassment. He's found guilty and is placed on leave with pay until the matter is settled. Still, you're going to check for someone at work? Use the brain God gave you. Like the classic B.B. King song says: The Thrill Is Gone, the thrill is gone away.
In closing, I hope people learn that it's not worth it to get involved with a colleague because you don't know someone's true colors until you get accolades they felt deserving of. What makes things complicated is you sleeping your way to the top.
