Should I Be Concerned?

I will admit this: I am very flirty at work. I feel that my place of work is one where the atmosphere should be light and friendly, and make people want to come in regularly. Look forward to coming in regularly, even. And so I have fun with it.

Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm offering free lapdances or anything. I most certainly charge for those! Usually people get me, I think. The few times that people misconstrued my joking around as an invitation directed specifically at them, I was very quick to set them straight. I am very openly happily married, and have no intentions of starting any type of sexual relationship with anyone, especially at work. But the times that has happened are few and far between.

Anyway, recently the following email exchange occurred with someone in the security department at work. It started with my needing to resend an email requesting some assistance regarding fitness center access for a member. Start at the double dotted line and read up:

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From: Security Guy
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:10 AM
To: BMore Mama
Subject: RE: Stuff

Slow down and think about it.

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From: BMore Mama
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:09 AM
To: Security Guy
Subject: RE: Stuff

143?

_____________________________________________
From: Security Guy
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:09 AM
To: BMore Mama
Subject: RE: Stuff

143 anyway.

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From: BMore Mama
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:08 AM
To: Security Guy
Subject: RE: Stuff

Oh whatever

_____________________________________________
From: Security Guy
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:08 AM
To: BMore Mama
Subject: RE: Stuff

HUH What??????

_____________________________________________
From: BMore Mama
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:08 AM
To: Security Guy
Subject: RE: Stuff

…so I don't have to email you twice.

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From: Security Guy
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:07 AM
To: BMore Mama
Subject: RE: Stuff

HUH????

_____________________________________________
From: BMore Mama
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:06 AM
To: Security Guy
Subject: RE: Stuff

THANK YOU

Next time can you get it done right the first time? ;o)

_____________________________________________
From: Security Guy
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:06 AM
To: BMore Mama
Subject: RE: Stuff


DONE AS REQUESTED………..

_____________________________________________
From: BMore Mama
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:24 AM
To: Security Guy
Subject: FW: Stuff



______________________________________________
From: BMore Mama
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 7:39 AM
To: Security Guy
Subject: Stuff


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I didn't get what 143 meant, so I forwarded the above emails to a Work Friend, who replied with this:


______________________________________________
From: Work Friend
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:15 AM
To: BMore Mama
Subject: RE: Stuff

Uh it could mean…. I love you?

I=1
Love=4
You=3

Creepy….

_____________________________________________
From: BMore Mama
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:12 AM
To: Work Friend
Subject: FW: Stuff

Help?

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I didn't think much of it until later that day, when Work Friend asked how I had replied to it. I told him I didn't respond, and he said Security Guy probably got that Oh, Sh*t feeling. I said that I was pretty sure he was just kidding, given the context of the comment.

Work Friend then offered the following: Then why be cryptic about it? If you were joking around for sure, you aren't cryptic like that. You could say later once it is figured out hey I was just kidding around but maybe if you take it to mean a little more than joking around, well then….the door is open...

I don't claim to understand how guys work. But there's a lot of question in my mind about how this email was intended. I don't know Security Guy well enough for him to be like, It's ok, I love you anyway- which is one way I could have taken that. But on the other hand, I'm not sure I believe that SG was professing his love for me through cryptic emails.