I won’t go into the details – he made sure he did, any and every bit of thing I ever said and DID, with all our co workers – but I’ll just say that that was the single most dumb thing I have ever done. First of all, now some men that I worked with know everything about me that is very personal, and I hate that. My privacy was blown away in pieces. To this day, those guys call me up and laugh about some things he said. I get mortified every damn single time.
But that’s not all. When we fought (and we did, a lot), we couldn’t work together. At all. I even tried to open the designs and screw around with them, because I was so mad at him. I got very distracted as well. Many a times my boss came in and screamed at us to get back to work.
So, when I decided to end it (he was screwing the secretary as well, that dumb ass), I promised myself I would not shit where I eat, ever again. Hey, it’s not that I don’t think you can find true love where you work – I strongly believe that work buddies sometime can evolve to a perfect relationship, even marriage because I’ve seen it. But not all the time.I’ve seen men get so angry at women they work and screw with, they decided to sabotage each other’s job. I’ve seen work be delayed because of this. This is just wrong, coming from one that did all that and many things more.
If you ever, ever, get to glance some way and find your partner, co worker, boss, vegetable or imaginary friend... Dudes and dudettes, think about it. It might be fun for a while. It might be a nightmare forever.
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I am proud to say that I have never dated ANYONE I worked with - EVER in 15 years in the biz. First of all, I've never come across anybody I've been remotely attracted to, and secondly, I've been so close with most of my male co-workers that they have always been like brothers to me anyway. We have had, however, two couples here at the agency start dating and eventually marry. But one of the folks in each couple eventually left, so they didn't have to continually work together. Besides, I love my hubby and all, but damn, I get enough of him at home. I certainly don't want to see his ass all day at work!
It's a touchy subject because in all honesty, most people in advertising spend 60-65% of their life in the workplace, so naturally shit can get pretty hectic if you also happen to be attracted to someone. Relationships can develop, but mor eoften than not... the proverbial shit hits the proverbial fan... It's sad really, but it happens. I've always maintained a credo to not even go out with people I've been in classes with. Why? Because eventually you either mix work and play or the other person gets pissed off that you don't. It brings drama... unnecessary and endless drama to what could otherwise be a semi functional setting (perfect harmony is like a unicorn in this business, and inter departmental harmony... wow... but that's another topic). Don't crap where you eat... Ben Stiller said it perfectly in Dodgeball and it applies everywhere ... It's not that it's impossible, but you can avoid a lot of hassle by just rubbing one out thinking of that person. So by all means, look what's on the menu, but fast in the workplace and avoid drama so stinky you can nuke a skunk with.
In a summed up line:
If at work you want to date,
please think twice and masturbate.
Peace
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