You DecideIs This Harassment For each of the numbered scenarios questions, below, please indicate Yes This is harassment No Leave them alone Additionally, please give a brief, sentence description of why you answered the way you did You've hired a new barista, Melissa She's attractive and single Your other day shift barista, Mark, also single, has asked her out on a date Should you intervene Melissa said no but Mark asked her out again Still, no one is complaining Is this harassment What if Mark is Melissa's immediate supervisor She keeps saying no but Mark is persistent and asks her out again Is this really a problem Guys ask for dates all the time if you're not persistent, you never get the girl, right Is this harassment Tom has been with you for years He's a great barista and an asset to the organization with his outgoing personality He affectionately calls the women in the Bistro his girls and will occasionally give one of them a hug This seems to be stress relief for everyone in the cramped workspace The atmosphere actually improves when Tom is at work and everyone smiles This isn't a problem, is it You recently hired a new team member, Sarah Yesterday, Sarah came to you complaining that she didn't like being referred to as one of Tom's girls, and when she asked you to talk to Tom, you explained that it is just the way Tom is He doesn't mean any disrespect and besides, everyone else enjoys Tom's camaraderie Sarah just needs to get used to him Right

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You DecideIs This Harassment?

For each of the numbered scenarios/questions, below, please indicate:

/_/ Yes - This is harassment.

/_/ No - Leave them alone.

Additionally, please give a brief, sentence description of why you answered the way you did!

You've hired a new barista, Melissa. She's attractive and single. Your other day shift barista, Mark, also single, has asked her out on a date. Should you intervene?
Melissa said no but Mark asked her out again. Still, no one is complaining. Is this harassment?
What if Mark is Melissa's immediate supervisor? She keeps saying no but Mark is persistent and asks her out again. Is this really a problem? Guys ask for dates all the time; if you're not persistent, you never get the girl, right? Is this harassment?
Tom has been with you for years. He's a great barista and an asset to the organization with his outgoing personality. He affectionately calls the women in the Bistro his "girls" and will occasionally give one of them a hug. This seems to be stress relief for everyone in the cramped workspace. The atmosphere actually improves when Tom is at work and everyone smiles. This isn't a problem, is it?
You recently hired a new team member, Sarah. Yesterday, Sarah came to you complaining that she didn't like being referred to as one of Tom's "girls," and when she asked you to talk to Tom, you explained that it is just the way Tom is. He doesn't mean any disrespect and besides, everyone else enjoys Tom's camaraderie. Sarah just needs to get used to him. Right?