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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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nothing has happened so far. thanks for your support everybody

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.

@MaxA Well, some men. Not me tho, because I have a union job.

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.