Workplace relationships are always inappropriate. Always. No exceptions. 15% of people meet their significant others at work. That’s too small a percentage to expose co-workers to uncomfortable situations and potential harrassment. Especially when its fall out is harmful to more people than just the couple in…

Yup, rolled eyes, dismissed fool, went about my day. I'm about to have some words with a guy who is incredulous that I would frown on workplace relationships. 

It's the mediocre white dude bingo card. 

Oy. Our people. 

It’s analogous to guys approaching their female co-workers at work. They’re all indignant about missing out on the love of their lives. That girl in accounts receivable that you were about to freak out with your awkward declarations of love is not the love of your life and I don’t even have to know either one of you…

It’s an amazing mix of awareness and self-centeredness that he got to the point of noticing that she was trying to get other people to talk to him, but concluded that she was trying to get other people to draw his attention for his own benefit and not to redirect his attention. Like a mom on the playground with an…

Right? I appreciated the sales I got from my customers, but that’s it. We’re not actually friends. 

This is terrible, but as someone whose entire career has been in a male-dominated field, they’re not going to like you more if you plant yourself in their spaces, they’re just looking to use you as cover. The next time you have a review and they trot out this garbage, make sure they point out for the record what about…

They don’t care. They just don’t. Roll up to any co-worker dating article on any of these sites and it’s full of bros who are aghast at the notion that it’s inappropriate to approach women at work/the gym/the coffee shop/ on a run. Like, they are legitimately stunned that we aren’t interested in their attention. BuT wH…

All of this. Don’t we wish that dark alleys were the only spaces we had to avoid to be safe. I called out a few idiots earlier and they tried to dismiss me. That’s not how this works boys. Did I heart their feefees by confronting them with the truth? Too bad.

Shout it out loud for the fools in the back. We've got some clueless idiots on this post.

I don't think so, boyo, that's not how this works.

His ‘bartender friends’, unless they are friends who happen to tend bar, also have a vested interest in maintaining a positive relationship with him (“oh brontosaurian, YOU are my favorite customer, your attention is not unwanted or awkward AT ALL.”). Have been there. I maintained fake friendly relationships with all…

I certainly did.

No, you’ve known service workers who are adept at maintaining business relationships in a manner that will benefit them further. They appreciate the tips that come from their interactions with you. Regardless of their feelings about you, they will continue a cordial to friendly relationship for as long as the…

I’m dying at the bros here who are saying, ‘that’s just, like, your OPINION, man, my feefs are more important than your lived experience’.

The second he mentioned how he met his wife, I was like ohhhhhh, NOW I understand. Bless his heart.

Oh, so you feel called out. Got it.

No, friend, the worst thing women have done for humanity is keep silent about the internal game women play every day, “murderous psycho or harmless crackpot?” Now you're all confronting the possibility that your actions have made others uncomfortable and instead of taking responsibility, you've decided that we're…

Haha. MISANDRY