This took place between the BF and a female colleague in his office. Now the female colleague, or FC for short, does not directly report to the BF. She is in one of the projects whose manager reports to the BF. But, she has a soft spot for him and strikes up conversations whenever possible. There was even one instance when she offered all possible ‘assistance’ if he took care of her ‘routine deliverable escalations’. The BF and I had a long chat on the implications of the statement and its repercussions. I’m not sure exactly how wise I was in dissuading him from reporting the event, but the crux is that the BF had been keeping a low profile and a cold attitude towards her.
Not one to be ignored, the girl continued her habit of complementing the BF on his hairstyle, or a particular shirt he was wearing, etc.
So one day, the BF was showing some of the twin’s recent snaps to his friends. FC walks in and checks out the photos.
FC : Ohh!! Your daughter is so pretty.
BF : Thanks.
FC : But how come she is so ‘chinky’.
BF : I have no idea.
FC : Does anyone in your family have eyes like that?
BF : No. No one does.
FC : Then where did she get the eyes from.
BF : No idea.
FC : Really strange, isn’t it?
BF: Its okay. I don’t doubt my wife.
FC : π
When the BF narrated this incident, I almost fell off the bed laughing π !!
Frankly, I feel a little bad for FC. The BF was this close to reporting her to the higher ups for stalking him, but I told him to enjoy the attention while he was getting it. Its not as if she meant any harm.
Edited to add : This post was lying in the drafts. The latest update is that the young woman is no longer in the BF’s team. He has a reason to breathe easy these days π
ROFL!!! But on a serious note these kind of instances are really troublesome…. I agree to BF’s preference to report such incidents, they can come back to haunt for no fault of ours.
Like I said before, we had loads of discussion about this….problem is, the woman lives alone in the city with her little daughter.
Considering the long term repercussions, we decided to lay low to see if the situation passes by without much trouble.
Luckily, it has π
lol.. BF’s answer is the highlight.. π
LOL!!
It is π
Thats what had me laughing since the time I heard it π
Noor, even though it is funny, I would have reported this incident to HR. Somebody has to talk to her and let her know that what she is doing (knowingly/unknowingly, whether she means harm or not) is not right and it causes undue tension in the team.
As a manager one cannot wait for the issue to go away instead deal with it then and there.
My 5 paisa.
This is indeed a serious issue Srihari, though I’ve made light of it here π
Though there is no official complaint from the Bf’s side, there are plenty of people in the right places who know what is going on.
Thankfully, with her movement to another project, he doesn’t need to duck behind pillars anymore π
These things can get out of hand very easily. What if he had reported it, but when the HR confronted her, she turned it against your BF to get back at him for reporting in the first place? Scary thought, innit? Or am I just watching too much TV?
LOL!!!
Not filmi at all !!
We did think this was a possibility…and you know how the mgmnt always looks at a situation from a woman’s point of view!!
The BF hasn’t complained officially, but a lot of people in his office are aware of what this woman is doing. It helps that the BF has been in his current company for nearly 7 years and everyone knows him pretty well.
oooh lucky BF π he he he ..
made me laugh too what she said ..
Not so lucky actually…..:)
The situation could backfired for him rather badly…but luckily, we are out of that phase now π