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age
41-50,
anonymous
writes:Hi,This thing has been bothering me since last thursday. I'll begin at the beginning of that day first. I was walking into walk that day. I opened the swing-doors a few minutes later when I was walking inside and I saw this man I know next to the photocopier/printer, waiting for his papers to be ready. We have known and spoken to each other for the past 6 months, so he’s no stranger. He looked up and said ‘good morning’ (unusual for him be so formal) to me, which kind of rudely I ignored as I was sort of preoccupied with the two heavy bags I was carrying. I didn’t see his expression because I didn’t look at his face too. So I went into the room and told him I didn’t do the such-and-such. He was leaning against the table near the door and when he heard me say this, his usual smirk appeared. I turned to leave, only taking a few steps to the door when suddenly he jumped up and his arm acted like a barrier as he put it against the cupboard that to my side. His arm was close enough to brush against my jacket collar. I didn’t bat an eyelid, all I did was sort of stare at his arm. It was disturbing how fast he moved. He then proceeded to clasp my upper arms with his hands and swivelled me around in the opposite direction, and then he placed his hand to my back and led me partly to my chair. Not one word was spoken. There were other people seated too who had seen all this but they just looked blank. I was looking at him and the door, puzzled. And he had some unreadable expression on his face. What he did next was quickly leave the room, saying he’d be back in two minutes. He came back 15 minutes later. All very puzzling. What did all of this mean? Any help? What was he thinking?
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 February 2011): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionHi,
I confess I don't like him that much (I tell a lie - I loathe him) , so I if I have been flirting, I haven't been aware of it. The idea of him 'liking' me in that way makes me shudder. The thing is, he is in his late 50s and I'm in a good deal younger than him so... you get the picture.
I did find it rude (and disrespectful, not to mention daring) of him to do that to me as all I said was that I hadn't made a start on a piece of unimportant work. I was following HIS rules (he's the supervisor) by leaving if it was uncompleted.
Strange thing is, he isn't even a touchy-feely sort of man, so his behavior would have maybe been excused.
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reader, Denise32  +, writes (10 February 2011):
 What strikes me is that he was very rude, and controlling. I do wonder what you meant when you told him you "didn't do the such-and-such." What had he said to you to provoke that comment, I wonder?
Does he work in the same room as you? I think I'd be inclined to just ignore him next time you see him.......very odd.....
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reader, anonymous, writes (9 February 2011): God knows! I can only assume you have both been flirting in a really low key way for quite a while and this was simply a really really clumsy attempt by him to try and take things to the next stage.
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