poll for legal and emotional reasons: if the person you like very obviously knows you like them but keeps using 'we work together' and 'i used to mentor you' as a shield, do you: A. behave normally like a mature adult B. confess so clearly they can't file it under workplace banter C. transfer teams and become morally impressive D. ask, very politely, how long they plan to keep pretending currently oscillating between B and D. growth is not linear.