.....can be mistaken as being a real flirt.
I have a tendency to be nice to everyone at work, from my boss's secretary (very important person to apple polish!) to my secretary, to the clerks, to the tea lady, to the office boys and to the bosses' drivers. Long list that it does get a bit tiring after a while.
Once in a while, the office would go out for drinks. They want everyone to mingle as a family (but we know that's not necessarily true!) after office hours but maintain the professional working relationship once the party is over. Bosses sometimes think that karaoke and boozing sessions help a lot. -_-
Not when your boss pretends to be drunk and pulls you into a hug.
Or when you receive late night text messages from the office boys declaring their love for you, saying that you were looking real hot that night.
Holy crap. How the heck do you face them the next day, assuming the party was not on a Friday night?
Once, one of the office boys sent me a text:
"God, I am so drunk right now. I need to f*ck someone right now."
o_O"
In my head, I was thinking, "Er, boss, will this constitute sexual harassment??"
I replied his text: "Go find your girlfriend to help you out! Good Night!"
He replied a minute later.
"My girlfriend got her period lah..."
o_O"
I switched off my phone immediately.
Sometimes I think I should just be the Ice Maiden at work. Another office boy once invited me out to go shopping with him for pants.