You're at work, and it's mostly empty of people. You come around the corner and hear a few co-workers talking amongst themselves about explicit sexual scenarios. They stop when they see you (to not be rude). Would you report them, or leave them be?
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Penny The Wise
ANSWERS: 19
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Depending on my mood I might join in lol
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I'd just let it go , if they stop at a local pub they would say it there anyway -- Hi Penny -- + 5
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leave them be, they werent talking to you and stopped when you could hear.
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No. Why would I report them? I don't think I would have enough information.
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Leave them be. They made every attempt to keep their conversatin private. If they continued with you present and you were uncomfortable with it that would make them insensitive but either way no reason to report anything. Nobody likes a rat.
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lol neither.. i'd probably join in!
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I'd mind my own business and pretend I heard nothing.
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I would leave them alone and go one. What business is it of me to report them. I don't find it appropriate of them to discuss such matters at work, no matter how many people may be around. I just know that it would not be wise to get in their business.
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let it go. With workplaces these days they would most likely not be fired. That means that they know you were the one who told. It would be very uncomfortable for you to stay at that workplace probably.
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I've walked in on conversations like that a few times. I ignore them.
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It wouldn't bother me, but I would warn them that their voices are carrying. We've all taken the sexual harrassment seminars and know the rules and there are people in our office that may be offended
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Report them for having what they thought was a private conversation?I think not.
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I don't see any purpose that would be served by reporting them. It would create ill will. If your concern is that they weren't working when they should have been, that behavior will catch up with them in due time, when they aren't meeting whatever deadlines or quotas are required on the job. Whatever is happening between the two of them is really nobody's business.
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In my workplace sexual harassment is not reported, it is graded, though.
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Well, they are talking amongst themselves and since they stopped not to be rude, I might leave them be. It depends, were they on the clock or on break? Were they within earshot of others? Was anyone actually offended? If so, was it on purpose? If not, maybe just a word of caution about tact in the workplace would be in order. If so, there are grounds for reporting them.
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let them carry on. its girls being girls even though you might not be that sort of a girl. show them you're not and don't give it a second thought.
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If they were co-workers I knew and were comfortable with, I might smile and ask what they were talking about. If not, I would most likely leave them be. If we reported everyone who ever talked about sex at work or made a sexual innuendo, none of us would ever keep a job!
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Live and let live!
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oh my gosh, im so embarrassed you heard us! please don't report...provided we don't do this again or make you feel uncomfortable because of this, it was by accident you overheard so don't push the issue if it can be dropped as easily as leaving it be
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