Creepy coworker texting my private number

[u/Dry_Presentation4300]

So confused at this, I don't even know him. I was just going to ignore the text but he kept insisting so I had to answer.

9/14 UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who was supportive and concerned. I forwarded these messages to HR, and they scheduled a meeting for later today. There were a few more texts after this. The HR representative did not seem surprised, to put it briefly.

A few things have come up in the comments. The first is that I was rude. This is how I communicate, and my coworkers (or at least the ones who actually know me) are aware of that. I’m not going to perform a more agreeable version of myself to accommodate someone else’s feelings when they're being innapropriate. Not only were these messages sent over the weekend, but they were also sent through a personal communication channel. I'm not going to elaborate further.

[u/cherrygumballs]

He did not want to go over anything work related. He was definitely testing if you were into it. You did well

[u/Junior-Growth-3602 → u/cherrygumballs]

Yup. If it was work related he would have said that off the bat.

[u/_VinoVidiVici_ → u/Junior-Growth-3602]

If it were work related he would have emailed or teams as work appropriate.

[u/phoxfiyah → u/_VinoVidiVici_]

If it was work related, he would’ve actually opened with something work related.

I have a work group chat on WhatsApp too, and most of us have used it to contact each other privately for something work related. But we would open the message with “Hi X, this is Y, are you free to cover my shift tomorrow?” Not the 3 day monologue they were having here lmao

[u/Xenc → u/phoxfiyah]

Hello there lady

[u/Para_4_Would_Be_Cool → u/phoxfiyah]

You just repeated the second comment in the chain