TIFU by asking for the number of a trainee
So to keep it vague for privacy reasons, I'll say that I (F,30s) work with a company that goes to different locations and trains people within a program. The people we train can only take the course once. I've done this job for a year now and I've never seen a past trainee again, even though we go to the same locations. **Also Im a worker in the program, I'm not a lead or authoritative role.
So a few weeks ago, there was a trainee (M,30s) who was cute and was giving me signs: touching my arm several times, heavy eye contact, going out of the way to thank me for small things. Didn't do that with others. My coworkers were like "hes cute, ask him out!" I was weary at first. Lowkey shy, I never ask guys out. I thought if he asked me for my number, id give it. At the end of training he touched my arm again. But since the training was over and we were leaving, I thought fuck it. I asked him for his number (he confirmed he was single). And after he gave it, our nice-to-meet-you handshake lingered.
Later, I texted him so he'd have my #.....He answers 2 days later. We exchanged maybe 6 texts between us, each one taking him days to respond. At one point he doesn't ask a question to cont. the convo and I thought about letting it rock. But I responded and he asked when am I usually free. I tell him... and then I never hear from him again.
Which is fine, I just ended something with someone I really really liked, so I was just looking for a rebound. Have some fun. So after a week of not hearing from him, I blocked him and deleted his number. I thought that would be the end of it.
Except I saw him today. I had training. He was walking with his coworker. I'm in front of him but we all 3 end up taking the elevator down together. I dont look at him, he dont look at me....until I get off the elevator. Then I hear him whisper to his coworker to hold on, as in stop walking. Then I hear him whisper to her and shes like uh huh and then he whispers and she said that's her and laughs and says sorry thats funny.
So yea they were talking bout me.
Yall, I never see trainees after training. Wtf is this haha 🙄 Im feeling embarrassed bc i NEVER ask out guys. Yeah that's not happening again lol I'm more mad at myself for not saying something to him, especially when I was laughed at. Im not mad at him, I just dont need to feel childish bc Im going to be working at that location again and dont need it to be weird if I see him.
TL;DR: I fucked up by shooting my shot with a "one-time-only" trainee, getting ghosted, and then running into him at work...