I don't really frequent this sub but wanted to share my experience today with you guys. It's the first time that I've ever gone through something like this.

Today, after lunch, I was asked to step into a meeting with both my manager and a lady from HR. I was told that I had been reported for sexual harassment, which completely caught me off guard because I had assumed this meeting was about the raise I had asked for early last week. I quickly scanned my brain for anything I had done today that could be seen as harassment but came up empty. I walked into work, said hello to a few people, sat down at my desk, put in my headphones, and quietly worked for most of the day. I had a meeting where I said maybe 4 sentences all work related and I had eaten lunch by myself at my desk.

The HR Lady informed me that I had been accused of taking an inappropriate picture of a female coworker. Even though I am still unclear by what they mean by 'inappropriate picture' I was sure I was innocent because I haven't taken ANY pictures with my phone today. Trying to prove my innocence I offered to let them both look through my phone, which would have been a tremendous invasion of privacy but at least would have proven that I hadn't done anything. However the HR Lady was quick to point out that I could have uploaded and deleted the picture by now. I then asked when this allegedly took place, hoping If I had more detail I could clear up this misunderstanding. I was told that since my company had a duty to protect this persons anonymity I could not be told that since it would help me narrow down my accuser. At this point I was pretty livid and pointed out that they had no proof I had actually done anything but apparently that didn't matter. So I sat there while the HR Lady told me, in the most condescending tone possible, that I would have to take an online course in appropriate workplace behavior.

One the walk back to my desk my manager tried to calm me down but all I could think about was how the Lady from HR had talked to me like I was some kind of pervert sicko. I slammed my laptop shut, stuffed it into my bag, and told my manager I'd be working from home the rest of the day. It's been a few hours but I'm still pacing around my apartment. Don't you need some kind of proof to accuse people of shit?