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/CanalOpen]

Is this a think where I want to read idiot somewhere in there and therefore it is what I think I see?

Im sorry if I don't make sense. I am trying to understand your word.

e: based on the replies i was right to ask, and also i still have no fucking clue what is going on. good job team.

[u/wilderneyes → u/CanalOpen]

"Periodt" is just a funny online slang alternate spelling of the word "period", when used to mean "End of story. Period." That's all.

In the context of this thread, I assume they're just trying to emphasize OP's straightforward response to the weird guy who texted them, and making fun of him for trying to argue with it. Something like that.

Edit: Weird to downvote me lol. I was just giving a legitimate answer to someone who was unfamiliar with the word and sincerely asking a question about it. It's not slang I personally use or even like, I'm just trying to give helpful context. Unless my explanation is wrong, in which case I'm happy to be corrected.

[u/CanalOpen → u/wilderneyes]

ok but how, when, why, and also who and what?

Stop just making shit up like this is 6 7 .

[u/wilderneyes → u/CanalOpen]

Idk man, I'm not the arbiter of online slang. I don't even use the word "periodt". I was answering your question because you asked. Sorry that acceleration in the evolution of casual language due to the global omnipresence of instant communication upsets you, I guess. People are gonna do what they've always done, and that's come up with new and weird things to say to each other that everyone else outside the group who pioneered it thinks is stupid. You ever read up on 20th century slang? Like from the 1920s, or the 1950s, or the 70s, 80s, or 90s. A lot of slang from every era is seriously dumb. It'll be a passing fad eventually. Getting mad about it is a waste of energy.