Accidentally walked in on what looked like coworkers hooking up
I work in a corporate office and because of the kind of work I do, I sometimes end up working in a more isolated area away from the rest of the office. I also come in a bit later and leave later than almost everyone else.
Yesterday, I finished working and walked out assuming the office was basically empty. As I passed the cubicle area, I saw two coworkers sitting together acting SUPER awkward and startled, like they absolutely did not expect anyone else to still be there.
I didn’t actually see anything happen, but they were definitely doing the whole quickly look to the screen and pretend you were working routine. Avoiding eye contact, acting overly casual, looking embarrassed. He was definitely blushing. I could tell by the light from the screen light that the CPU was just waking up
One detail that made it stand out is that they were sitting at his cubicle. I know their departments are currently collaborating on a project together, so technically there’s a normal reason they’d be interacting, but this did not look like coworkers simply staying late to work.
What makes it messier is that the woman already has a bit of office lore attached to her. Before I worked here, apparently she hooked up with another coworker who was married. Enough people have casually mentioned it in conversations. Supposedly it caused enough drama that she ended up moving to another department.
The guy this time is someone I barely know, so I have no idea if he’s single, married, dating someone
I do not want to tell anyone about this. I don’t want to start gossip or become “that guy” spreading rumors around the office. Now I’m activelly catching myself from mentioning it in conversations with my colleagues.
I doubt either of them will approach me about it, and I hope they never do because rather pretend I saw nothing.
I mostly just needed to get this off my chest so i can just stop thinking about it every time I am in conversations at work.