Pretty much what the title says. I work as a line cook in a restaurant chain, I’m also a pretty serious athlete. Since I work so much I find I hard to get all the calories I need so I often bring a lot of snacks to work, like rice, granola bars, trail mix, and…. Bananas.
My coworker is a 27 year old man and I am a 19 year old girl. He is the only male cook in out kitchen staff aside from one male manager.
I’ve been bringing bananas to work almost everyday for about a month and eat them when we have down time. Today he cornered me in the walk-in freezer and asked me to stop eating bananas because he found them “distracting”.
I just kind of awkwardly laughed and walked out of the freezer, but that short interaction made me very uncomfortable. We haven’t spoken or even look at each other for the past 5 hours.
I don’t know what to do. Should I stop bringing in bananas? Do I tell a manager?
If I tell the managers: I’m thinking of quitting if he doesn’t get removed