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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 82 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Completely possible anon was a creep and she felt uncomfortable saying no.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 24 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

In what world do you think someone is a creep and then you agree on going on a hike of all things with them, an activity that is basically guaranteed to have you alone with them at some point?

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe she quit because his reaction to her having a boyfriend creeped her out. She didn’t want to be around someone who misinterpreted what were merely friendly gestures.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago

I mean, look at his picture! That'd creep me out too. Grayscale, unshaven smoker looking guy.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's kinda weird to wait until the last minute to ask if someone else can come along on a planned outing.

But the rest? I dunno. Looks like a pretty standard mixup.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I once had a date with someone, when I showed up I discovered she had a boyfriend. Turned out she had expected him to be asleep when I picked her up.

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 23 hours ago

Yeah, it could upset plans such as tickets, amounts of food brought along, seat reservations at restaurants,... so it is a bit rude to keep that to the last minute.

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[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Welcome Anon to the confusing gameshow of "Is she flirting or is that just how she is with friends!" /s

I kinda want to know what Anon and his "female coworkers" thinks counts as flirting. Simply being nice to someone and having fun talking to them isn't flirting, as much as some guys might like to think it is. Now if she was a more touchy person, I can see how that'd be mistaken, as being touchy is also a common way of flirting.

Though find it odd that she waited until the very last minute to ask if her boyfriend could come. And also, guessing "I'm no longer interested" is paraphrased, cause nobody on 4Chan is mature enough to not make things incredibly uncomfortable at work after this.

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OP had a chance at a three way and dropped the ball...

[–] phorq@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 day ago

Definitely sending mixed signals not mentioning her boyfriend and saying she has to do things alone, but not sure how that qualifies as "using". Hiking isn't really something people "use" others for, it's not like he would have been carring her the whole time. If she was getting him to do her job when he was talking to her then yeah, but this doesn't mention anything like that. She could very well have just wanted a friend to talk to at work and didn't know how to bring it up after a while...

Maybe I'm overthinking this...

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Hike sound like 1st date PC to anyone? I mean, it depends on the definition of hike but someone I barely know dragging me to an isolated place in the woods somewhere sounds like a legit way to end up being drug through the woods with a much higher probability than the typical coffee shop date.

Also, who doesn't have work-mances without deeper meaning? I always have beer after work bros and lunch/break dates with my coworkers but that has no meaning beyond. In fact, I've always had a strict rule of never shit in my own back yard. If I was so inclined as to date someone from work, I would not do so until after finding a new job.

[–] clickyello@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

what do you mean by "1st date PC"?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

It's tradition to bring your date a new PC on the occasion of your first date. It doesn't have to be fancy, but it should at least boot.

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[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of women just like the attention they get from being attractive.

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