Sexual Harrassment?

Hi all,

Sorry for the late entry.

I have a question mark in the title because I am not too sure if it was being considered as a sexual harrassment or not.

Situation 1 - I walked past a regular-visiting outpatient the other day. He was not my patient but we would bump into each other weekly, and would say "Hi" only. He commented: "Hm you smell very nice today". That comment stunned me a little. I was a bit slow at responding to that comment, but came up with "oh, i have just got back from the hydro pool". I am normally not very conservative but I feel he was being a "tad" too flirtatious. That comment was unneccesary and too personal/intimate (even if it's true that I smelt nice).

Situation 2 - I was treating an elderly lady, his son accompanied her to the session. I was trying to explain what she could wear to attend the hydro class. And he jokingly said "in birthday suit, and everyone goes there in birthday suit." "jennifer hawkins has a new bikini range coming out, maybe mom can wear that". I failed to get the joke, so I responded with a cold smirk and hoping he would get the hint and stop the 'joke' right there. I am not too sure if it is his usual way of conversation with his mother or with others.

I normally take the approach of not responding/reacting to those sort of comments on the first occassion and hopefully that will discourage such comments, so that if there is a follow-up appointment, at least the atmosphere will not be awkward. But I would either tell the person directly that I don't find it acceptable or inform my supervisor if that person is re-offending.

Am I being too sensitive towards the situations above?

Chin.