The new resident is so pretty it's actually affecting patient care. Not mine — I'm a professional. But three nurses have walked into walls and one attending tripped over a crash cart while trying to make conversation. He's an orthopedic surgeon. Everyone suddenly has "knee pain." The ER has never been more popular.
HealthcareI LinkedIn-stalked my work crush so hard I accidentally liked a post from 2019. It was a "Thrilled to announce" job post. From a company he doesn't work at anymore. He now knows I scrolled through 5 years of his LinkedIn at 1am on a Tuesday. I am considering moving to a different country.
TechI have a crush on the IT guy who fixed my laptop. He asked me "have you tried turning it off and on again?" and I said "that's the most romantic thing anyone's ever said to me." He laughed nervously and hasn't made eye contact since. I have submitted 4 IT tickets this week. My laptop is fine.
CorporateThe substitute teacher in the room next to mine looks like he walked out of a rom-com. He asked to borrow my stapler and I said "you can borrow anything you want" and then I DIED. Right there. In front of 22 seven-year-olds. One of them asked why my face was red. I said it was allergies. It was not allergies.
EducationMy work crush and I have been in a situationship for 6 months and by situationship I mean we exclusively communicate through memes in a shared Slack channel called "#project-alpha" which does not correspond to any actual project. Yesterday he sent me a meme that said "me looking at my favorite coworker" and I have not recovered. Is this love? Is this HR violation? Both?
StartupI've been "working late" for 3 months because that's when the guy from the 4th floor comes down to use our better coffee machine. We've had exactly 12 conversations. I know his coffee order by heart (oat milk latte, extra shot). He knows my name. I think. Pretty sure he said "hey you" last time but with feeling.
AdvertisingI volunteer to do the coffee run every morning because the barista at the cafe downstairs remembers my name and draws a little star on my cup. I'm in my 30s. I have a 401k. I am blushing over a latte star. This is who I am now.
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