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Office Romance
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iGav said:Lucky that... otherwise you might have gained yourself a bit of reputation in that office.
Heh!
No, I just carried it from job to job.
Dealing with someone at work.....hell no....They will always be watching you trying to be all up in your space..
**looks over shoulder**
Yea like I was saying...hell no!
>making sure my office fling wasn't looking at the screen
Bless
**looks over shoulder**
Yea like I was saying...hell no!
>making sure my office fling wasn't looking at the screen
Bless
Well, seeing as I am still in (high) school I don't have a job (not for lack of trying), so I have never gone out with/gotten with anyone at work. School, however, is another story. Especially cause at my school there are 85 kids in 4 grades, and since it is expensive and private you can't up and leave like you could at a job, so dating and breakups can be awkward.
However, on the topic of "getting it on," the darkroom and recording studio are both dark and private, although the darkroom smells like stop bath and has no comfy chairs. The recording studio has executive chairs but a big window into the recording room. Both are fun.
However, on the topic of "getting it on," the darkroom and recording studio are both dark and private, although the darkroom smells like stop bath and has no comfy chairs. The recording studio has executive chairs but a big window into the recording room. Both are fun.
atszyman said:
Totally agree. If you rarely see each other, but know there are opportunitites to see each other -- that's workplace motivation.
Even makes staff meetings worth going to!
When considering an office fling, first imagine that, no matter how things seem now, the other person will end up angry with you. Perhaps you got too interested, perhaps they did, perhaps getting caught in the stairwell embarrassed them, maybe they didn't like you asking Julie from accounting to join in, whatever.
Now imagine that you need to continue to work with this angry and perhaps vengeful person.
If that is an acceptable thing, go for it. It's a real kick... as long as it doesn't turn into a pain in the ass.
Now imagine that you need to continue to work with this angry and perhaps vengeful person.
If that is an acceptable thing, go for it. It's a real kick... as long as it doesn't turn into a pain in the ass.
Transatlantic translation problem.emw said:Im confused. Isn't getting into the sack the whole point.
I rest his case.emw said:On the flip side, you could become the angry and vengeful person. Which in my opinion, is more fun than being the target of said person.
Good point. The key is to have your fun, then get "offended" first.emw said:On the flip side, you could become the angry and vengeful person. Which in my opinion, is more fun than being the target of said person.
Well played, sir.
Its not fun having someone wanting to run you over at work...not fun at all...her friends will hate you as well and totally ruin your chances with the cute accounting chick that looks like she is interested.
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Er... hypothetically, of course, right?2nyRiggz said:Its not fun having someone wanting to run you over at work...not fun at all...her friends will hate you as well and totally ruin your chances with the cute accounting chick that looks like she is interested.
I've had a few actually, but they were all good with the exception of one. The last worked out the best though - I married her...
Michael Scott (the office): I live by one rule: No office romances, no way. Very messy, inappropriate... no. But, I live by another rule: Just do it... Nike.
I used to work for company headquarters with 3,000 people and about 18 different buildings. The company actually ENCOURAGED dating and married couples as long as they didn't report to the same VP. If they did, one of them would be transferred, with the company's blessing to another department! The idea was the couple, as opposed to the individual, would have more company loyalty and it would make it more difficult for one person to leave. I'm serious.
beatsme said:
I have done it, at a small company (~40 employees) and I can attest that it's a pretty bad idea.
There are exceptions, of course. If you work at a large company (as has been described) and you rarely or never work with each other directly, it's probably no big deal.
On the other hand, with relationships things can go wrong in totally unexpected ways. In my case, we parted ways amicably; I had my reasons and told her I could not see her anymore. Within a week I found out she was seeing someone else. That hurt a bit, but I got over it and we were still friends; she even invited me over to her place from time to time for purely "friend" reasons (truly).
But that didn't go over so well with New Boyfriend, with whom I worked every day. Never mind the fact that he was the one who moved in on my girlfriend! It culminated when he sat outside her house and looked in her window while I was hanging out one day. He was already insanely jealous, but he chose to deal with this by confronting me at work (it was manual labor mostly) and generally executing a display of flexing, tossing heavy objects, raging and threatening.
Good times.
-kev