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    The 25 Awkward Stages Of Having A Workplace Crush

    Because work would be boring without them...

    1. You spot them across the office for the very first time

    2. You attempt, subtly to find out their name and what they actually do there

    3. You start making way more of an effort with your appearance every morning

    4. You try (and fail) to catch their attention from across the room

    5. But confronted with the possibility of having to actually interact with them, you panic

    6. So you resort to Googling them instead

    7. And arrange a conference with your friends to discuss everything you've learned

    8. Then one day you bump into them in the corridor and they smile...

    9. You find their contributions to team meetings endlessly fascinating

    10. When they're out of the office, work becomes infinitely less interesting

    11. When they're back, you have to try to conceal how pleased you are to see them

    12. You prepare for their potential appearance at a work night out like this

    13. And decide to finally make your move...

    14. But success! They begin to acknowledge you in the office!

    15. When they reveal details about their life, you have to pretend that you haven't already read it on their Facebook page

    16. You may start to read too much into their actions

    17. When you see somone else talking to them in the staff kitchen

    18. This person now becomes your sworn rival, whom you will never include in the tea round again

    19. You begin to worry you might not be as subtle in your attentions as you'd hoped

    20. Then one day they casually mention that they're seeing someone

    21. And you have to hide your disappointment

    22. Now seeing them in the office makes you feel like this

    23. You get irrationally angry at the unfairness of it all

    24. And decide to give up on love forever

    25. But wait! Who's that new guy/girl...?