Fired for Complimenting Client's Good Looks

My, how nice you look!

by Nancy Ahern

Reuters

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A female receptionist in an office in south Sweden was sacked for sexual harassment when her employer heard she had complimented a male client of the company on his good looks, a Swedish newspaper reported Monday.

"I joked with a client about how handsome he was," the receptionist told the daily Sydsvenska Dagbladet. The man said he had not been offended by the woman's remark.

It is not uncommon in Sweden for women to accuse men of sexual harassment, but the opposite is rare.

The woman's employer declined comment, said the newspaper, which did not identify the company or the people involved.