According to some, workplace romances a bad idea
9:50 p.m. Monday, June 2, 2008
It's early morning here in Downtown Topeka.
Many of these drivers will soon be in their offices, sitting behind a desk or in a cubicle, where a lot of them will sit for the next nine hours, some of them without leaving all day, even for lunch.
It's no wonder so many Americans are finding romance in the workplace.
"Problems at work. Problems at home."
" Yep. It's always a problem," said Rhonda Lamm on office dating.
"I've been through that and it normally doesn't work out," Randy Hughes said.
A survey by the Oscar Meyer Corporation found that 67 percent of single workers have had a relationship with a co-worker at some point in their career.
"Clinton did it and look what it did to him."
"It can cause confusion. It's just a bad decision," Chanelle Brown said.
The numbers say it's a trend but everyone we spoke to said it was nothing but trouble.
"Look at all the politicians. They're all having sexual relations and it's not doing a lot for their careers."
"I think it could cause problems because when I was working, I didn't do it,but yeah, it can cause problems," Giselle Bueltel said.
Did she deal with colleagues that had?
"Yeah, yes, I did," she said.
"Sometimes things get really out of hand. It can cause stalking. It just causes havoc. You get the wrong person and you have a nice fling but that person gets too attached."
The top three cities for single Americans to date a co-worker are New York, Tampa, Fla., and Richmond, Va.
The top three professions for inter-office romance are banking, transportation, and retail.
The survey also showed that power doesn't necessarily lead to attraction. 63 percent of those who responded said they had never been attracted to their boss.
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