• Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I sadly get this backwards.

    I’m not a looker and I am autistic, I can be awkward…

    I was just at the grocery store getting ramen and coffee for the night.

    This lady basically looked at me with disgust and went on about how creepy I was and how she’s tired of men thinking they can just “Do whtaever they want”, and how I need to “Keep my fucking distance”

    I was literally just standing waiting to check out, all I said was “Don’t mind me”, and that was in response to her giving me the stink eye when I put my groceries down on the counter…

    I understand she probably had a bad day (All she was getting was a ton of one person size ben and jerry’s), but literally I was just standing there, waiting to buy ramen and coffee. She rushed out of the store like she couldn’t get away from me fast enough.

    I really had to fight the urge to say something like “Don’t flatter yourself, I’m not even the gender you’re accusing me of being.” but that would have just escalated the situation.

    I had just gotten off of work, so I was half-asleep, the coffee was so that I could drive the rest of the way home safely.

    Still, if she’s jumping at shadows of men even when there isn’t a man around, whatever happened to her must have been awful. I hope she’s okay wherever she is.

    • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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      1 month ago

      she probably had a bad day

      People haunted by figments like this don’t stop having bad days, but it’s seemingly by choice so don’t worry