Today, while heading into Wal-Mart to buy a couple of things, I was harassed.
Some skinny redneck, couldn't have been older than 25, was sitting in the bed of his pickup, and when I got out of my car and started for the door, he yelled "Hey, sexy!" at me.
Now, this might not bother other people, but I can't take a real compliment let alone sexual harassment so I yelled "Fuck off!" over my shoulder.
I got my shopping done and went back out to my car- it couldn't have been longer than ten minutes- and he was still out there. He said, "sorry for the disrespect". I said, "Yeah, I'm sure you're real sorry."
"Hey, I was just trying to be nice to your ass!'
"Go fuck your sister, you inbred!" I got in my car, drove to the other side of the parking lot, and went inside to tell someone so that they'd be aware that someone was harassing customers. By the time someone went looking for him, he'd left, but now they know.
This isn't as bad as when G.I. Joe propositioned me, but it's still pretty upsetting. I don't invite that sort of thing- by my age group's standards, I might as well dress like the Church Lady. And it's not like there aren't thousands of smaller, skinnier, cuter girls for him to bother. They'd probably like it.
And this just cements my distaste for guys around my age. That's it. Nobody under 27. If I have to be alone for a few more years then so be it, but I won't deal with anybody who treats me like a piece of property. I may be young but I most certainly am not stupid.
Nobody respond to that last statement...
i absolutely will not tolerate sexual harassment, or 'cat calls'. i'm glad you handled it the way you did and let that shit head know that he was out of line. hopefully he won't be doing that again, but you never know. also, fuck what you said about 'he could find someone skinnier' - there is nothing wrong with fat or being a little heavier that 'average' what the fuck is average anyway?
ReplyDeleteI just meant I don't understand why me. I can't handle it, like I said. Whenever someone says anything nice, I immediately wonder what it is they want from me.
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