We work at Sonic, and my co-worker (23M) has a huge crush on our female co-worker (24F). Now, firstly, I don’t think co-workers should date each other. I don’t even think co-workers should be friends—there should be a strict professional line, and I try to keep that.

But our female co-worker (24F) only dates and likes older men—like men who are 10, 15, 20, or even 22 years older. She’s single right now, but our co-worker kept trying to ask her out. She got frustrated and called him ugly and annoying, and told him she doesn’t like guys her age, and that she finds him repulsive and disgusting, which hurt his feelings.

Now, me personally, I don’t care. It’s pretty obvious she only dates and likes much older men—she said this to me and him multiple times—but he kept trying to shoot his shot. At a certain point, cruelty and harshness are the only things some people will understand, so I don’t feel sympathy for him. AITAH?