Friend thinks it's an excuse, I'm not sure.

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We were talking at work on Thursday, my friend got turned down by a man she liked there because apparently he absolutely refuses to date colleagues. A few of us were confused because he seemed keen on her and really went out of his way to talk to her. It's an office of over 100 people and they're in separate teams/in on separate days.
Anyway she thinks it's an excuse, I'm not 100% sure myself. Apparently he was quite adamant about it being a no go for him. In any case we've advised her to move on. Would you reject someone you liked if you happened to work in the same place? (Not even together) i think a lot of people meet at work.

A few of us are quite surprised because he was very keen to talk to her. As I say I've never really spoken to him, but they spent time alone and talked pretty much daily. I know men and women can just be friends ofc, but the cynical side of me thinks men don't usually bother unless they're attracted to some extent to talk to you that much.
I reckon he's attracted but as you say just doesn't think she's worth the risk.

Also the thing with using it as an excuse is that if you see them dating another colleague you'll know exactly that it was an excuse..

Well it can get messy / gossipy so I can see why, but then he’s clearly given off signals to suggest he is interested so it is a bit mean to then do it