I'm hoping you didn't start this by flirting with her,
especially since it sounds like BK1 is terribly scorned. If you
were just being nice by fetching her home and she develops a crush,
then that's understandable. But hey no matter what let's face it,
rejection is tough pill to swallow for anyone. And there are crazy
women out there who will raise hell over the dumbest things.
Imho, that night when she asked you what sort of girl interests
you, was the first sign of trouble. Should've seen it coming and
kept a safe distance. Women ask that question when they're
interested in a man so her declaration was inevitable, maybe you
were the only guy in a long time to have paid her attention and
done something nice.
When BK2 told you not to shit where you eat, did you tell her
BK1 declared her love for you? I don't understand. BK2 should be
showing you sympathy instead.
If I were you I'll consider 2 options.
Sweep the matter under the rug, maintain a polite distance with
BK1 from now on. By that, it means I will have a closed door
meeting with her in a professional setting, tell her I am flattered
by the attention but would like to focus on my work and I respect
her too much as both a staff and a friend to make a relationship
out of it. With that said, in the best interest of this company, I
hope it will not affect our working relationship. If she is facing
problems with her workload, let me know so I can take appropriate
measures.
Then I will never bring this up again, and just keep my personal
life out of all conversation with BK1.
Next ask BK2 to meet. Tell her there was a misunderstanding with
BK1 and the matter has been clarified. No need to tell her what was
clarified, just let her know you mean business and whatever it is,
you act in the best interest of the company.
Let it sink for the next 2 days, then on Wednesday, take the 2
women out for drinks or dinner after work. Say it is on you, a
gesture of thanks for all the overtime work last month. Continue
working with them and hope for the best. If BK1 is still acting
like a brat, try having her transferred because I have done my part
in trying to resolve the conflict.
Option 2, save all that trouble and just have BK1 transferred.
Sometimes you need to be cruel to be kind.
And now that we all know an elephant has a crush on you, lucky
bastard!
