Guy asks girl out at work, twitter kicks off...

bemerguy3060 · 12 May 2022 at 19:50

dowie said:
To be fair this guy might well be "on the spectrum" a bit; it's a bit odd to throw in a date request at the end of an e-mail like that but on the other hand, his awkwardness aside, the guy simply asked her out no?

It seems like he's a fellow junior Dr, he previously thought she was a senior academic, she's decided not to collaborate with him for whatever reason and he's then e-mailed to ask why and has thrown in his awkward/(autistic?) date request at the end. If they're colleagues (he's not her supervisor or anything) then asking her on a date (once) isn't some super unethical thing to do.

Now she's posted it on twitter and it seems to have been treated as some heinous crime with people going along with the worst possible interpretations of tone, subtext etc. and how she should report him.
Is the seemingly extremely negative reaction to this warranted?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1523593264984903688

I am autistic too and it is totally unfair for us to be treated in this way. Just an entitled woman trying to claim sexual harassment. Reality is very different

Rainmaker · 12 May 2022 at 20:51

They got perma'd for that?! ^

Hades · 12 May 2022 at 20:58

Rainmaker said:
They got perma'd for that?! ^

Harsh moderation!

(I guess he was a returnee, hence the ban

)

Chris Wilson · 12 May 2022 at 21:00

Maybe he can try an alternative approach, the old "Does this handkerchief smell of chloroform to you?"

builder22 · 12 May 2022 at 21:11

this thread's a car crash

Fubsy · 12 May 2022 at 22:58

builder22 said:
this thread's a car crash

The kind where everybody is at fault but all claiming whiplash while those not involved rubberneck?

builder22 · 12 May 2022 at 23:22

honestly - I don't know the answer to that!

jpaul · 12 May 2022 at 23:38

the women has intentionally crashed the car in this case ... like Crash ?

On a more sane note the new steve coogan series chivalry is a great satire on the perils of the #metoo post Weinstock minefield.(yanks won't get it)

Rroff · 12 May 2022 at 23:41

Hades said:
Harsh moderation!

(I guess he was a returnee, hence the ban )

I might be wrong but I think it is like the 3rd or 4th account by the same person to ask random questions - 2 others that signed up today have similarities.

Haggisman · 13 May 2022 at 07:42

jpaul said:
the women has intentionally crashed the car in this case ... like Crash ?

Yup, he might have been driving a bit too close, but she intentionally brake checked him in a crash for ~~cash~~ likes scam.

Are we taking the analogy too far yet?