A thing happened between me and a coworker, multiple times (harmless but unnecessary and after a while, annoying, and then concerning).
Other coworkers have noticed this coworker's "thing" happening, with me and with other people. They pulled me aside to ask me about my experiences.
I stated my experiences.
I was encouraged by a coworker with authority to tell this coworker's department head, as the department head has supposedly been keeping track of incidents with this coworker and their "thing".
I met with the department head. I made sure to state that I was there because the coworker with authority had encouraged me to, not because I wanted to get anyone in trouble.
The department head acted as though this was a one-time occurrence, and rather than document my experiences as I was told they would, they decided instead to handle it right then with this coworker. An email was emailed.
Then another email, saying, "See, this has been handled," from the department head.
GREAT. Now things are gonna be weird. Instead of adding to the information this department head was "keeping track of," I've been thrown under the bus, it feels like. I know this was not the department head's intent, but it STILL SUCKS.
Just keeping my mouth shut from now on. Pretty soon I won't even be working at the same time as this concerning coworker, thank gerd.