87591 165 Careers & Education Office Life Dealing With Co-Workers true Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:15:39 -0800 /system/videos/0/91/75/08/87591.flv DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, business, work, office How To Deal With a Creepy Coworker http://www.howcast.com/videos/87591-How-To-Deal-With-a-Creepy-Coworker http://www.howcast.com/videos/87591-How-To-Deal-With-a-Creepy-Coworker/edit approved 134 640 480 <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=87591"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=87591" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 16 karmatrain http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/Picture_6_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.png 4321 false false false 50303 1 24 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/24.jpg 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?

]]> 50304 2 40 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/40.jpg 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.

]]> 50305 3 51 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/51.jpg 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.

]]> 50306 4 68 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.

]]> 51532 5 71 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/71.jpg Speak to your supervisor If Creepy isn’t open to talking about the problem, or becomes openly hostile, speak to your direct supervisor.

]]> 51533 6 78 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.

]]> 51534 7 93 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/93.jpg File a complaint If things don’t change, go to your supervisor’s supervisor or the human resources department and file a complaint.

]]> 51535 8 101 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/101.jpg 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.

]]> 51536 9 111 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/87591/111.jpg 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.

]]> 51537 10 122 Fact True crime author Ann Rule worked with the creepiest coworker of all time at the Seattle Crisis Clinic’s suicide hotline in the 1970s: serial killer Ted Bundy.

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