Then he'd be looking at more legal problems.

Your mom

Ate you kidding me? So people never overreact anywhere else in the whole damn world? Interesting...

Oh yes, this kind of thing only happens in America and nowhere else in this world, full of tons of people. I mean, what are the odds it would happen in any other country? Ok I'll turn my sarcasm off now.

That was a but sterotypical, huh?

It's true. I lived in new zealand and Australia and I have only seen that here. Sorry Americans who think it happens everywhere else too but people are raised different everywhere else.

Other wise they stick you in "Creeper" status

This. I assume that your collegues are not extremely close friends, which is the level at which I would accept a footrub joke from. That was way too intimate for what is probably only casual friends at best and its not professional in any case. It probably wasn't funny either.

Well I think they should have tried asking him to stop if it made them uncomfortable instead of just filing for harassment. And even then if they honestly think jokes and compliments are harassment, then they are idiot prudes. Though there is a chance that it was a third party observation rather than a complaint from the women.

There's a chance that they DID ask him to stop, and he kept going. Some people don't get that "I'm only joking!" is not a get-out-of-trouble-free card. Like my dad. We just tell him to shut up now.

I have worked and interned at places that laid out very clear sexual harassment policies. ANYTHING of a personal nature that makes another person uncomfortable is defined as sexual harassment. You can't get fired for one complaint. You get fired after numerous offenses, numerous complaints. The way this fml is worded, it sounds like op has been making multiple employees uncomfortable. It was awkward for them. It's unfortunate that op didn't realize how he was making them feel and that his intentions were harmless, but it's still a violation of standard sexual harassment policies in the workplace. Work is not the place to be offering foot rubs, end of story.

That isn't exactly a similar situation... someone making a joke and someone forcing themself on you are two different things, and not really similar at all.

Actually, it is similar. With people who don't understand other people's boundaries, and if people are being made uncomfortable they need to stop, it's a short leap from inappropriate speech to inappropriate touch, and he was already making the suggestion of inappropriate touch. I had a coworker at one point who was in a supervisory position who had repeatedly made inappropriate comments to females. He did so with me, too, and then he grabbed me by my wrists. After that he was let go.

says the one whose face is painted like a vampire with blood dripping from her mouth... your ass would probably like to be sexually harassed (0.o)

123- Judging from your profile you're looking to get sexually harassed as well.

When I was in grade shook, the whole sexual harassment thing started at school so nobody was allowed to come within 2 feet of eachother :/ no hugging, holding hands, nothing. It sucked.

Damn, in grade shook?! That had to be rough!

It depends on how it's said really. "oh man my feet are killing me.": "What are you telling me for, do you want a foot rub or something?" Vs "If you'd like, I could give you a personal foot massage." wink wink.

I support this comment!!

Men generalize everything.

121- Proves my point... I was wrong in saying that women overreact to everything, but women do overreact to a lot of things. I think I can speak for my own sex here lol

Society is always trying to hold down the awkward boners. Damn them.

Unless he was wearing sweat pants to work I doubt that's was the issue.