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[quote=Anonymous]I mean, being my touched without permission isn’t okay, and some of that stuff is inappropriate, but also there are a whole lot of clueless people out there who don’t know that it’s not okay to pay a compliment to or ask a personal question of a stranger. /s

Seriously, I’m middle aged now and no one looks at me, but up until I was close to 40 that kind of stuff happened to me routinely, and it was way more common when I was in my 20s and worked in customer service positions where I had to interact with people a lot. I am/was average looks/figure and dress pretty modestly.  I do think sometimes that made it worse because I seemed more approachable.

Anyway the workplace harassment is egregious and if that happens again I suggest you report it to HR. When I had a similar workplace incident in my 20s I also quit, but wish I had reported.

It sucks, and our culture is misogynistic and awful, but what you’re describing is pretty normal - both the stuff that is across the line and the stuff that is truly someone trying to be friendly. I don’t think it’s all in your head, but I do think you’re focusing on it to your detriment. You have to let that stuff go, and learn how to end the conversations quickly if someone is bothering you. [/quote]

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