I need to stop being such a pussy, worrying that I will get fired from a job I really need for going too far with the flirting on the clock, and kick it up a notch. I have top sales metrics that my boss has to praise, and it's no coincidence that I'm the only male at my position catering to a roughly 80% female clientèle. They love me. Well, usually. But at the same time he went and "cockblocked" me today when I met my future other half, the woman of my dreams, that one in 3.5 billion... My new boss is old, bald and fat, and I think he's jealous of my ability to charm the customers. I need to take my boss out and find him a ladyfriend. Or a boyfriend. Or a tranny. Massage parlour...anything to get him off my back and let me do this the way it should be done.
This woman today complimented me on my hair, which is rare in the posh world in which I work, because I look like a beatnik most of the time. So I complimented her dress. So she complimented my necklace, so I complimented her bracelet. This went on a bit more. There was a lot of smiling and eye-contact, and something (thought I don't exactly know what) that would have to be cut by a sharp knife. I was getting butterflies. I think my boss was watching it from a distance and decided that it had to stop.
I know that people have their opinions on asking-out/dating (or not dating coworkers). What about clients/customers to you at your job? Is it okay (ethically, screw corporate policy) to ask a client/customer out if things are going really well?