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Jun. 25th, 2010 11:56 pmI was just followed home by a creepy guy.
He caught up with me in a dark corner and asked for directions. I gave him directions, and he told me he had been told to go where I was going. I told him this wasn't the case. He insisted. I told him I didn't want to walk with a strange guy, no offence. He introduced himself, and told me that he'd struck up a chat because I looked friendly. I told him I wasn't friendly, and he asked 'who's told you that?'. I told him that no one had, and that I didn't want to walk with him. He insisted it was his way, and he wanted to chat on the way. I said I'd walk along the public way, a bit, as that would take us both to our directions.
He asked if I were single. He asked if I liked him. I told him no. I told him I didn't like anybody. He tried to give me his number. I told him it would be a waste of time. He insisted. I insisted. I told him he needed to go the other way to get to his destination. He insisted it was the other way, the way I was going. I told him that wasn't the case, and also, I didn't want to home walk home alone with a strange guy. After some arguing, he said he would go the way I had suggested. I started walking down my way, but after a few minutes decided I wasn't feeling safe and decided to walk back and take a bus. On my way back I saw him walk by, walking past as if to follow me. He saw me and didn't say anything. I took the bus.
I'm kind of shaking now, but mostly I'm angry. Why the hell do they think it's okay to hassle someone who clearly and vocally doesn't want company? Why do they insist? Why is telling me I'm 'friendly' supposedly the key to my company? I'm not friendly, and I'm particularly not friendly to random strangers who hassle me. And why did it take me 20 min of aggravating conversation to realise that actually, he's not just being a dick, he's going to follow me home through a dark forest and is kind of dangerous? I would not have thought that I was someone who gave people the benefit of the doubt too much, but clearly I'm too kind.
Fucking men.
He caught up with me in a dark corner and asked for directions. I gave him directions, and he told me he had been told to go where I was going. I told him this wasn't the case. He insisted. I told him I didn't want to walk with a strange guy, no offence. He introduced himself, and told me that he'd struck up a chat because I looked friendly. I told him I wasn't friendly, and he asked 'who's told you that?'. I told him that no one had, and that I didn't want to walk with him. He insisted it was his way, and he wanted to chat on the way. I said I'd walk along the public way, a bit, as that would take us both to our directions.
He asked if I were single. He asked if I liked him. I told him no. I told him I didn't like anybody. He tried to give me his number. I told him it would be a waste of time. He insisted. I insisted. I told him he needed to go the other way to get to his destination. He insisted it was the other way, the way I was going. I told him that wasn't the case, and also, I didn't want to home walk home alone with a strange guy. After some arguing, he said he would go the way I had suggested. I started walking down my way, but after a few minutes decided I wasn't feeling safe and decided to walk back and take a bus. On my way back I saw him walk by, walking past as if to follow me. He saw me and didn't say anything. I took the bus.
I'm kind of shaking now, but mostly I'm angry. Why the hell do they think it's okay to hassle someone who clearly and vocally doesn't want company? Why do they insist? Why is telling me I'm 'friendly' supposedly the key to my company? I'm not friendly, and I'm particularly not friendly to random strangers who hassle me. And why did it take me 20 min of aggravating conversation to realise that actually, he's not just being a dick, he's going to follow me home through a dark forest and is kind of dangerous? I would not have thought that I was someone who gave people the benefit of the doubt too much, but clearly I'm too kind.
Fucking men.
