Creepiest thing I had happen at work was being victimized by my boss. Really, really horrible.

Too bad I didn’t meet him later in life, when I’d become a much stronger person . . .

My creepiest encounter at work was about a year or two ago. I worked for a law firm which took up the entire 100-year-old, two-story Victorian house we were in. We didn’t always lock the back door, as it led to our only parking lot, where all 6 employees crammed their cars in each day.

In the rear of the house, near the back door, was the kitchen. Due to fire regulations, the owner had had to add tiny staircase to the second floor. (Needed at least two exits from upstairs.) One day, when the only male in the office — my boss, the owner — was gone, we heard scuffling. Someone was coming up the tiny spiral staircase! The paralegal and I both confronted the person at the same time. It was a man, obviously not one who belonged there. Disheveled, creepy looking. He said he was looking for the person who had the job applications. Yeah? Then why didn’t you come in the front door and speak to the receptionist?

Thankfully, he left right away. After that, our policy to keep that freaking back door locked.

I will also add — when I was an attorney in downtown San Francisco, a gunman (disgruntled client) entered a nearby law firm and killed 8 people. The firm closed and several of the lawyers came to work with us. I have never felt completely safe at work ever since.

Creepy, umm, well, scary ….narrowly avoiding being stabbed at 3am by a deranged nurse with a syringe full of morphine (I worked in the hospital too)…. being stalked by a patient wielding a crutch, also in the dead of night… and now I’m being cyber-stalked by former ER (male) nurse who worked for me….

Instinct is a reliable thing, though, don’t you think?