How to Deal with a Creepy Coworker

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Office oddballs are rarely dangerous, but they can be unnerving. Before you resort to a restraining order, try this approach.

To complete this How-To you will need:

A creepy coworker
The ability to remain calm
And persistence

Step 1: Identify creepiness

Identify exactly what it is that makes your coworker creepy. Does he stand too close? Stare at you during meetings? Subscribe to more than one magazine about knives? Or more than five magazines about cats?

Step 2: Speak to him in private

Ask to speak to Creepy in private. It might be unnerving, but confronting him in public is not only bad form, it will most likely backfire.

Step 3: Ask for behavior to stop

Speak in a calm, nonthreatening, nonjudgmental way. Simply ask that the specific behavior stop because it is making you uncomfortable. Keep the talk short and direct.

Tip: Rehearse "I" statements, as in, "When you do [insert creepy behavior], I feel [insert creeped-out feeling]." No one can argue with how you feel.

Step 4: Speak to your supervisor

If Creepy isn't open to talking about the problem, or becomes openly hostile, speak to your direct supervisor.

Tip: Tell your supervisor how Creepy's behavior is hampering office productivity. ("When Creepy stares at me in meetings, I can't concentrate.") You want to emphasize that you are complaining on a professional level, not a personal one.

Step 5: File a complaint

If things don't change, go to your supervisor's supervisor or the human resources department and file a complaint.

Step 6: Request a transfer

If the company is unable or unwilling to rein in Creepy, request to be transferred to another department, assuming that's an option.

Step 7: Look for a new job

If all else fails, look for a new job. Continuing to fight and fear Creepy is not worth the ulcer you are no doubt developing.

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[01Lila10]

he was black ? I didn't know he was black I was just thinking that he was creepy O.o people should stop thinking of other people in colours and races its just the results of evolution -_-"

[chinosarah]

OMG YOU GUYS! Does it matter that creepy guy is black! A creepy guy can be black, white, asian, etc.!

[aeroblack123]

Racist use a black person!

[livelobster123]

@chinosarah Yeah, but didn't you see thata creepy guy could be a GAL, as well? Such as yo mama!

[ausp3]

@01Lila10 You are talking to people on the internet about racism... Good luck.

[Suhas424]

you mean "how to deal with a black person"???????

[azzaz691]

give him snikers

[KaylaLoveYaLucas]

@TheN00bslasher no it's not. He jsut seems weird.

[UtterlyNotSure]

*stutters* Cr-cr-creeppyyy Woooo

[tapion567]

Step 1: Get a restraining order

[TheN00bslasher]

its because he was black

[tortoborox]

what a mouth breather hes like that one kid form Hey Arnold that always got punched in the face