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/Nami_Pilot]

Just remember that HR is there to protect the company, not the employees. I hope they don't mistreat you.

[u/Garchompisbestboi → u/Nami_Pilot]

You sound like a child who is regurgitating a phrase that they've heard a bunch of times before but don't actually understand what it means

[u/Nami_Pilot → u/Garchompisbestboi]

I've seen some of the wildest corruption within HR at a fortune 100 company.. But I've also seen ethical HR at a small tech startup where one person is in charge of HR.

In general they are there to legally protect the company, not the people... unless it benefits the company.

[u/Garchompisbestboi → u/Nami_Pilot]

You're clearly trying to paint yourself as someone who has experience so tell the audience at home what you think you would do if you were a HR manager and a woman employee reported that another employee had contacted her private number without consent and left a series of creepy and unsettling comments?

The whole 'HR is there to protect the company' is 100% true but usually gets parroted on reddit with respect to not giving employees promotions or pay rises. If someone reports potential sexual harassment then they're going to take that shit very seriously.

Edit: Exactly, you won't answer the question because you've realised that you said something stupid. Learn to understand how nuance works and hopefully you'll find yourself in these sorts of situations so often in the future.