I had something similar happen to me...
I was 'friendly' to a secretary I worked with and she complained about being 'sexually harrassed' ...
I talk to her and told her I was just flirting with her because I was interested in her and we were both single-
She dropped the charges, and then asked me to go out with her...
I said no way after what nearly happened to me...
and she tried to have them re-instated and they told her no way-
I think they found a reason to fire her the next year- I think she filed like 12 of these complaints... all unfounded, and took the company to court, and lost...
but all the time and money wasted, and lives almost ruined...
oh... and all the women out there? stop wondering why men are afraid to speak to you
(I mean besides the usual reasons that we are essentially scared to death wimps...)
Oh... wait... sorry. I'm confusing my fantasy life with reality.
Yes, I won't compliment the way a woman looks at work out of fear of being accused of something inappropriate. I actually had one woman ask me why I never compliment the way she looks. Ask the feminazis...