Sometimes you just can’t help being attracted to people in your workplace and before you know it, you are showing signs you’re developing an office crush.

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For most of us, this can be an annoying little cross to bear - and one which we will never mention to the colleague of our dreams.

This guy, however, decided to not only TELL his female co-worker that he was crushing her, but also to make sure he did so in the creepiest way possible.

Firing off a seemingly innocuous text, he wrote: "Do you think you've got enough time to listen to me for a sec?"

His happily clueless colleague, politely enough, responded: "Okay, what's up?"

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The response she received - which she posted up on Imgur for all to see - will haunt her (and our) dreams forever.

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No, you absolutely are not allowed to change the topic when you tell people you think about them when you masturbate. Absolutely not.

While we have no idea what happened next, we hope it went something along the lines of "I'm reporting you to HR for sexual harassment".

Fingers crossed this creep has learned how NOT to speak to his female co-workers, eh?

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