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Sorry to write in English. My English is not good but there’s no means but english.
The reason why I write here is because I’m not sure how to handle this.
What happened today was he asked me whether I feel orgasm via messenger(not by verbal).
The whole story is..
While I’m working, my manager introduced a new hired cubicle by cubicle. And he skipped only my cubicle. Since I’ve felt kind of uncertainty about my job security, I asked my co-worker about this (he is the closeset collegue.) He teased me a little bit saying whether I like the new hired(as a man). Since he has teased me in that way before, I just replied “Yes.. Yes.. Yes..”(What I meant was.. “whatever…”)
To this, he suddenly asked, “Oh, do you feel Org__som?”
I was shocked and asked “What do you mean by that?”
He said “You said “yes.. yes… yes..” so I thought you felt in that way.”
I said “Can I report this?”
He said “not to me.”
I said “Watch out your mouth… or fingers.”
He said “As you wish.”After this conversation, I went to the restroom and cried. I even thought about reporting this to HR or my manager. But I realized there’s nothing good from doing that. I came back and kept working. He looked apparently discouraged.
After for a while, he visited my cubicle and we talked as nothing had happened.
In a nutshell, the person who gave harrassment is in a good relationship with me and has better relationship with other people than I have. And it just happened today not ever before. (FYI, he is an indian and married – have a wife and 2 kids)
I think the best way I can do is to keep an eye on this issue. I talked about this with my friends who works for other company but has more career than I have. She told me that he might not dare to say that to other people and also advised me to report this or to keep on eye on it.
In a summary,
What I can do are
1. report it to HR
2. report it to manager
3. make an issue by telling this to other collegues.
4. discuss it with reliable female collegue(she might make it an issue).
5. do nothing but just keep on eye on this.What I chose was 5 and the reasons are
1. he is the closest collegue at work.
2. he is the only international except me(others are all american).
3. he has a better relationship with other collegues.
4. I don’t want to make an issue at work.Let me know about your thoughts.
I’m very sad…