The Office Intern Is Acting Inappropriately. I Can't Report It Without Sounding Like a Creep.

"Dear Good Job, I'm a man in his mid-30s who holds a specialist role in an organization I like. I've recently started sharing a closed workspace with an early 20s intern who works in a different department. She's a nice, professional, bright younger person who seems to be doing quite well in her role, and is generally an ideal person to share an office with."

"The only catch is that her behavior towards me seems to be getting flirtatious in a way I don't totally know how to address. It involves her thong. One day not longer after she began she walked back from what must have been a meeting, sat down at her desk, and I noticed her hook her thumbs under her slacks and deliberately pull up the waistband of her thong. She then turned her head around, saw me noticing, and smiled nervously while blushing a little bit."

"Ever since then, I've noticed most days whenever we're alone in the same workspace her thong seems intentionally visible. Just last week, we were talking about something work-related and she started sucking what seemed to be honey she was putting in her tea off her fingers in a way that read as just a little too intentionally suggestive."

A man in his mid-30s holds a specialist role and recently began sharing a closed workspace with an early-20s intern from another department. The intern is described as nice, professional, bright, and generally an ideal office mate. Her behavior has become flirtatious, including deliberately exposing her thong and performing suggestive actions like sucking honey off her fingers in front of him. The man is not interested, considers her too young, and opposes workplace relationships. He perceives the behavior as immature rather than aggressive, notes no power abuse, and recalls that crushes on slightly older colleagues are common.

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