# Now that I've reported him to HR, what happens?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ive-reported-him-to-hr-what-happens/536291
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 16, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ive-reported-him-to-hr-what-happens/536291 "2010-04-16T02:33:07Z")
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### Author: ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ive-reported-him-to-hr-what-happens/536291/52 "2010-06-17T22:35:30Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> When I was talking to my HR lady, and she asked for an example, I started off with something vague like “Once after a meeting, he started hitting on me after the room cleared out.” She wanted me to define “hitting on” and asked what, to the best of my memory, did he say exactly.

In all fairness, people have varying definitions of what “hitting on you” means. In a previous job, every so often I would be talking to one of my female coworkers at a happy hour and she would say something like “don’t you have a girlfriend?” I would tell them that’s a bit presumtuous to think that I’m hitting on them simply by talking to them.

Also, “hitting on you” isn’t necessarily sexual harassment. It becomes harassment when it’s repetetive, involves unwanted touching or vulgar and unprofessional language.

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