Will I get canceled for asking my co-worker out on a date?
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I work at a tech company. I have a co-worker on whom I have a crush. We used to be on the same team, but now we are on different teams. There is no reporting relationship between us. I plan to (once, politely) tell her that I like her and ask for her number. Will I face any kind of official or organized blowback or disciplinary action for this? I'll resolve this a week after asking her. I will not bet in this market.

  • Update 2025-08-03 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator plans to ask their co-worker out around the time the market closes. The market will be resolved exactly 7 days after that.

  • Update 2025-08-06 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator has already asked their co-worker out and the market is now closed. Resolution will occur 7 days after the ask as previously stated.

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She said no, but didn’t seem upset about it. I will resolve next Tuesday evening.

Is this a big tech company like Google size? Does your company have any policies against this sort of thing?

How leftist/woke is she? Is she the kind of person that would get you in trouble?


@nathanwei AFAICT, she holds center-of-distribution political views for an early/mid-20s PMC woman in the US (some uncertainty here; we haven't really talked about politics explicitly).

@ookina_inu Honestly I think a double digit percentage of PMC women in their early 20s in the US would get you in trouble. But if she’s in the middle it’s much less likely.

@nathanwei I’m betting on some combination of:

  • nothing ever happens

  • internet examples are selected for drama and extreme reactions

  • irreducible vibes/intuition/gnosis about this particular person and situation

  • a specific internal model of what motivates the modal report that directionally disagrees with what you said above in the set of cases where this is relevant

anyway i asked already and the market is closed so we’ll just have to wait and see

@ookina_inu I think the third is the important point. I guess also the fourth. Like, if it was a totally random girl in this class I'd be 10-15% on priors. But given everything you know I think <5% is correct.

bought Ṁ10 YES

I fully expect you to be fine - this is not a big deal - but on the off chance you're not, I'm cashing in bay-bee

bought Ṁ10 NO

It's sad that men now need support to make these moves but I'm still joining the others in providing it.

By when do you plan on resolving this market (When are you asking her out + 1 week?)

@stevenoblee I plan to ask early next week (around the date the market closes). I'll resolve exactly 7 days after that.

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