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Re:Statistics, we have a problem by atomi on Saturday December 16, 2017 @10:49AM (#15940025)
Have you also never expressed interest in a woman?
Re:Statistics, we have a problem by UncleMeat on Saturday December 16, 2017 @11:06AM (#15940106)
This guy sent her explicitly sexual messages on facebook in response to professional messages. This isn't just "showing interest in a woman".
Re:Statistics, we have a problem by atomi on Saturday December 16, 2017 @12:05PM (#15940360)
I'm not defending those actions. The "showing interest in someone" is something that happens daily in work environments everywhere and all it takes is for someone to feel jilted or have a bad day for an HR complaint to appear.

Frankly, you should just avoid interacting with women in a professional environment unless it's strictly about work.

Re:Statistics, we have a problem by joshuamorton on Saturday December 16, 2017 @01:05PM (#15940759)
Do you have examples of that occurring, or is it just conjecture?
Re:Statistics, we have a problem by atomi on Saturday December 16, 2017 @01:28PM (#15940917)
Examples of which part of my statement?

That coworkers sometimes show interest in one another? Or, that HR complaints sometimes arise from coworker relationships?

Here's a nice article from WaPo if you'd like to read about a deluge of new complaints at HR departments and social media.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/11...

Re:Statistics, we have a problem by joshuamorton on Saturday December 16, 2017 @01:58PM (#15941149)
Examples of "showing interest" casuing an HR complaint.

That article is paywalled.

Re:Statistics, we have a problem by atomi on Saturday December 16, 2017 @04:56PM (#15942380)
Search #metoo on any social media platform and you'll find thousands of complaints about coworkers and bosses. HR departments are in a tough position right now attempting to determine what course of action they should take. Should they take all of these allegations seriously? Maybe they should.

Edit: Since I can't reply to your comment, I'll just say: You're asking for something impossible to provide. I can't post formal HR complaints on the internet. But HR should be taking social media complaints about coworkers or managers seriously and just as valid as any formal complaint. If you disagree with that, you should consider reflecting on just how serious this matter is to anyone that has felt harassed by "locker room talk", comments on their looks, and other crass speech in the workplace.

Re:Statistics, we have a problem by joshuamorton on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:00PM (#15942408)
Tweeting is not an HR complaint. So you have any examples of that, or were you exaggerating?

You've twice now given me examples of things that aren't "an HR complaint filed for someone showing interest." That's all I'm interested in. Can you back up that assertion, or not?

Re:Statistics, we have a problem by joshuamorton on Saturday December 16, 2017 @05:41PM (#15942646)
Responding to edit:

Interesting that you've managed to twist "a tweet" into being equivalent to an HR complaint. Perhaps that's the bigger issue.

But I also just scrolled through a few hundred or maybe a few thousand #metoo tweets. I didn't see a single example that fit the definition of "complaining that a co-worker expressed interest".

Can you give some examples of those tweets? I feel like that at least should be possible.

Re:Statistics, we have a problem by dang on Saturday December 16, 2017 @03:13PM (#15941731)
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html