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[quote=Anonymous]God, we used to have one of these around the office - although he was quite a bit older.  He was widely considered harmless, and incompetent, but a nice old guy.  he invariably had one or two young women singled out for special attention.  It never removed verged on anything physical but it was inappropriate and uncomfortable.  They finally threatened him with some sort of forced retirement when he picked out one of the new support staff, who was barely 21 and kinda freaked.  Not sure if he really improved after that but he definitely stopped harassing the young staff person and was otherwise at least less overt.

Generally:

1 - Document, document, document.  Keep notes for yourself.  email them to yourself, memorializing every inappropriate comment and saving every email.

2 - Have a formal conversation with him where you are not nice or accommodating, nor overtly mean, and tell him in no uncertain terms to stop - that it is uncomfortable, unprofessional and inappropriate.  Don't smile when he responds with a joke.  Follow up with an email.

3 - If it continues, take all of your documentation to HR, and lay it out.  If they don't at least reprimand him then, they're idiots and failing to protect the interests of the company.  they have to know that you would have a reasonably strong claim.

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