Employees in an open workplace format are busy at work. An employee is speaking with Danica. An employee apporaches Danica.

Case Study Six

The Office Pool

A group of employees in the Service department are notorious for their hazing and practical jokes. This time they have started an office pool regarding the sexual orientation of the new intern Danica. Their goal is to get her to confirm whether she’s straight, gay, bisexual, or asexual and the employees who guess correctly will share the winnings.

Throughout the workday employees from the group randomly approach Danica to ask subtle details about her relationships and dating habits to see if they can get her to reveal anything about her sexual orientation.

One of the employees decided to break their silence and figured it would be easier to let Danica in on the reason behind the prying questions to get a definitive answer.

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