Owing to his lewd demeanor, he is the most disgusting man any sane human could ever come across. He looks at every woman lustfully paying absolutely no regard whatsoever to her personality or her sentience. His brain ceases to function and leaves him catatonic only because a woman is in the same room. As such he invariably tries to peek up girls' skirts and goes out of his way to gain a minuscule chance of finally doing the deed.
I am sure that every woman in the corporate world deals with unwelcome and inappropriate advances from a peer, a manager, a senior executive or a client. But no woman talks about these experiences openly for countless reasons. I also had my share of experiences but this man beats them all; for the simple reason that he didn’t mend his ways even when I told him that I wasn’t single. Despite my numerous warnings, he continued pestering me until that day.
Having recovered from the injury, I eventually resumed work after five weeks. Considering the long walk from the parking lot to the main building, one of my friends volunteered to carry my laptop to my desk. It was my first day after the break and it felt so different to walk into the office after such a long time. On the way, I met many of my colleagues, friends and acquaintances and they all showered me with the same compliment. I was looking more beautiful / my face was glowing that is. Honestly it all felt good until… I encountered him.
When I reached my desk, he wasn’t around. I thanked God and sat comfortably at my designated place. My friend also left me. I was setting up my laptop when he walked in. He called out my name aloud from the distance, displayed the widest and evilest grin one could ever imagine, and walked towards me with his arms spread wide open. I stoically looked at him. I also decided to escalate the matter if he talked beyond the realms of professionalism.
He offered me his cup of coffee, which I politely declined, before settling into a chair next to me. He looked at me up and down, thought for a moment with his index finger on his chin and said, "You have put on a pound or two but you look beautiful nonetheless.”
Before I could say anything, he added, “Now don’t strive for size zero, I like you the way you are.”
I was stumped at his dauntlessness. I yelled, “Back off you jerk.”
He responded, “Seems I will have to bring a black Safari (the SUV).”
I went furious. It was actually one of those moments when I pitied his wife and cursed his very existence. I rose from my chair and told him that his attitude had been off limits and it called for a formal complaint. With that, I typed a detailed email to the Head of Human Resource. I didn’t even complete the letter when he began apologizing. His apology appeared only surface deep so I continued with the task at hand but before I could hit the ‘send’ button; he almost knelt down begging for forgiveness. I felt a strong urge to slap him in his face or better yet - smash his teeth but I didn’t have half as much energy so I restrained myself. I asked him to send me a written apology instead for his lewd behavior. He showed reluctance initially but caved in eventually.
I moved next to my AVP and never encountered another comment ever since.
1 comment:
Wondering if what you did was enough for that scumbag. Should have slapped him hard in his face, escalated the matter to the management and made his wife aware of his behavior.
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