I have a coworker who's a little bit off. He's a smart man; a composer, a talented musician and a technician. The funny thing is, he is definately a little... weird. He can't understand social cues at all, it seems. He'll start a conversation with someone and they will continue to work because they are busy. They will answer him but not become particularly invested in the conversation. He doesn't understand and goes on and on and on. He will, in fact, follow someone around and talk to them the whole time.
For the past year, his person of choice is me. I hadn't noticed, really. I was always really nice to him because he was a genuinely good guy and I recognized that he wasn't wired quite right. Some people avoided him, but I was kind to him always. It's just in my nature. Now he follows me.
ALL THE TIME.
He waits for me outside of the loading dock so he can have his chat. I can have the van door open and have one ass cheek on the seat and he will come over and talk. He'll say "I should let you go..." but then he talks again.
This can go on forever. Nowhere is really safe from him. People at work have noticed that he follows me like my shadow. My very, very tall shadow. He's started watching the t.v shows I watch and listening to my radio programs so he has thing to talk to me about.
He knows I'm married (happily) and I don't THINK he's interested in me, but I'm not sure. Sometimes it seems like he admires me eerily. He always tells me how good it is that I've bought a house so young. That I'm so responsible. He "forgets how young" I am.
It's gotten creepy but I don't know what to do. I've seen him lose his shit on people and completely ostracize them, and when push comes to shove I need him to do his work so I can do mine.
I'm a little creeped out.
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