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[nekokoban]

Dear creepy man running down the Ave:

Please understand why I'm shocked/pissed off after I try to step aside and you run towards me and you grab me and shake me with one of your hands trying to grab my chest.

No, saying "SORRY" and looking insulted when I don't accept does not count as a proper apology.

NO LOVE,
me

Comments

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

WTF?!?! Dude, are you okay?!?

[nekokoban]

I'm more in shock and pissed off, really -- when he grabbed me, I automatically brought my arm up so he grabbed that instead of my chest, but -- let's just say I'm really glad I didn't take my sweater off like I'd thought about doing in class. >_________________>

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

That's fucked up. Seriously! Damn, I'm glad you're alright. Was he... crazy, or something?

[nekokoban]

I have NO idea -- he kept yelling at me "SORRY, SORRY" as he shook me, but he looked pissed at ME when I didn't say it was okay or anything after he yelled "SORRY" the third time. (And to me -- maybe because I'm still mad? -- it sounded more like that irritated, "I'm only saying this because I HAVE TO" sorry than an actual apology.)

I was on the Ave, so I think if he'd tried anything worse, I could've screamed and gotten attention, but still. X___X

[shuki-ai.livejournal.com]

o_O;; That's...weird. Glad you're okay! ^_^

[nekokoban]

Yeaaaah. I was in a public (and crowded) place and in broad daylight, so ... haha, it could've been worse and I'm glad it wasn't. >_____>

[halcyonjazz.livejournal.com]

holy shit o_____o There's something that doesn't happen every day.

So sorry o____o

[nekokoban]

It doesn't, but I've been having bad luck all weekend with crazy men yelling at me. >____> Thankfully, the other times I was with people, and today I was out on the Ave in a crowd, so. Urgh. >_>

[halcyonjazz.livejournal.com]

I think the most boggling part is that, no matter how many times I reread your experience, I'm having toruble imagining it actually happening. I mean, it's so goddamn insane. ANd the fact that it DID happen leaves ME in shock. And I wasn't the one involved!

Geez!

[nekokoban]

Hell, several hours after the fact, I'm having a hard time believing it actually happened -- but it still creeps me out, with this whole surreal feeling of shock. D:

I'm not a big person, but I'm not that small, either. D: I am not meant to be shaken like a martini glass or something. D:

[sjen.livejournal.com]

GRRR! No freaky mans touch MY kouhai!!! >:(

[nekokoban]

Luckily, I had my arm up and in the way of his hand, but it was still creepy as all HELL. >_> Blaaargh. _o_

[harukami]

Holy shit WHUT. D:

NO TOUCHIES. D: D: (...I'd say 'bad touch, bad touch', but um, no D:)

[nekokoban]

Basically, I was on my way to work, and this guy comes PELTING DOWN THE SIDEWALK. I'm in his way, so I move to the side, thinking he wants to catch the bus (I'd just passed a stop), but he ANGLES RIGHT FOR ME, and while I'm still trying to process this, he grabs me, one hand on my chest (I had my arm up in the way in time) and the other on my back and SHAKES me, yelling "SORRY, SORRY." He then sort of tosses me off, takes off, and I turn to stare incredulously, and he gets this sort of "well, excuuuuuuuse me!" look on his face and says "SORRY" again before running off.

I was like ".... KDFJWU#*R(#%R I SHOULD HAVE KICKED YOU IN THE BALLS," but as always, I don't think about these things till after the fact. D:

[harukami]

That is SERIOUSLY disturbing. What the FUCK is wrong with people? D:

[nekokoban]

I don't know, but it creeped me out. D: I would've just sort of chalked it off to normal rudeness if I didn't see him CHANGE HIS TRAJECTORY towards me, or the yelling in my face when he shook me.

It was oogy as all hell. D:

[harukami]

I am so sorry you had to deal with that, hon. D: People are SCARY.

[crazy-toffee.livejournal.com]

But... THANK GOD you're okay! O_O

Why, or WHY are there creeps like this around the place? *snugs*

[nekokoban]

I don't know -- I was in the university district! There were people all around me, and it was broad daylight, and I was just sort of "... oh my god WHAT DID YOU JUST DO TO ME?!" and he ran off. X_______X

[hugs] It's just. Arrgh, I've had such bad luck with creepy guys this weekend, I don't know WHY. >____>

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

...the FUCK.

[nekokoban]

Man, that's what I wanna know. D: Having boobs =/= invitation to touch them. D: D: D:

[torsui.livejournal.com]

o_O;

glad you're okay. i second the 'should have kicked him in the balls' notion.

[nekokoban]

I really wanted to, once I stopped and actually THOUGHT about it, but when I get tossed into situations like that, I just freeze and don't think to react until the moment's passed. Geh. x_x

Thanks, though. @_@

[inarticulate.livejournal.com]

o__o Eeeep. *hugs*

[nekokoban]

[hugs] I'm better now, but woooo, I was so pissed when I recovered from my shock. |D

[lilisin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, getting sexually harassed is the pits. I've had it happen to me and it really can make you feel just horrible. Luckily I got to kick my assailant and although it wasn't in the nuts I did get him good. Ha soccer legs!
Plus I shouted thousands of obsenities as loud as I could with word of "wretched man" and "pervert" so that people would see him as a bastard.

But it sucks when it happens. I know how you feel. Damn what we have to put up with as women.

[nekokoban]

The saddest thing is, this is the second time it's happened to me -- not anything serious, but a grope is enough to make me uncomfortable. The first guy, I have the potential to come back into contact with, but on the other hand, all I have to do is just actually SAY something next time, and I have something like four people who've promised to rip him a new one, haha. |D

It's just creepy, and it was worse that I was in broad daylight in public. x_x

[sigelphoenix.livejournal.com]

Yes, do remember that my pointy cat-claw fingernails are always at your service. :P

I'm glad you're not hurt, and I'm sorry you had to deal with a crazy pervert bastard. *kicks crazy pervert bastard in the balls*

[dyxlisa.livejournal.com]

What the HELL??? .....?????????

I have no clue what to think of that. Bad pick up lines are bad enough. I'm afraid I would have punched him. ;-; Either that or I would've accepted his apology because I was so confused, which is kinda just as bad. I think you handled it very well!

...he sounds mentally challenged. No seriously. Or at least I'm hoping that's what he is, because if there's relatively intelligent people running around doing stupid crap like that I'm going to cry.

[nekokoban]

I was so shocked that I couldn't even accept his apology, such as it was. >_> My only real thought at the time was "BUH?!" and he seemed SO insulted that I didn't say it was okay or anything.

And I don't know if he was mentally challenged or not, though from the minute or so of interaction I had with him, he seemed fairly together, except for the whole implied "how DARE you not ACCEPT my APOLOGY?!" thing.

I'm just really glad it happened in public in the daytime, haha. I'd like to think my survival instincts are better than reacting with dumb shock if this happened in more unpleasant circumstances. >_>

[dyxlisa.livejournal.com]

He didn't deserve to have his apology accepted anyway. Jerk. I'm sure if it had been in different circumstances though, you would have had been more alert and would have reacted differently. Somehow having weird stuff like that happen in broad daylight makes you act more 'buh?' than you normally would, because you wouldn't expect it in a million years, so you wouldn't be on guard against it. ...or at least that's how it is for me!! I'm very alert at night or in sketchy areas of town, but around my campus?

[jpegasus.livejournal.com]

....wow. There are just...some bonkers people in the world. Maybe it was a really, really bad flirting technique? Like when you accidentally bump into someone and they drop their stuff so you help them pick it up and you fall in love. It happens all the time in movies, so it must be true >->

Only he's a crazy jerk, so it didn't quite work out *kicks him, puts puppy in a box and carries it off safely*

[nekokoban]

If I can have a moment of utter and sheer shallowness, can I just say OH GOD I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT IN A MOVIE because this guy, he sort of that that buggy fish-eyed thing going on. D:

This puppy-inna-box is seriously considering an investment in pepper spray or something right now. D:

[ontogenesis.livejournal.com]

Pervert. We will kill him with our mind.

I hate those sorts of people. You have to be a real idiot not to realize that women don't like to be touched by strangers. Actually, most people don't, but it scares women.

[nekokoban]

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME. D:

I mean, with my friends, I don't really have much a concept of personal space, but when it's a total stranger (and when he's grabbing and yelling), that's a totally different story. I hope he missed his bus. >___>

[ex-naye320.livejournal.com]

Um. WTF? I have no words. Just... why? What kind of world do people like that live in, that it makes sense to them? And why do they drag YOU into it? Um. Yeah. I'm sorry to hear people like that exist, and even more sorry that they went after you! Hope you're okay!

[nekokoban]

I ... have the suspicion that he was some guy in a hurry that thought it would be funny (or something) to toss a girl smaller than him around a bit, but ... ugh. >_> I'm fine, just vaguely RRRRGH about the whole affair. _o_

[azremodehar.livejournal.com]

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT DUDE.

...I'll toss in another vote for 'shoulda kicked him in the balls.' Because, seriously, wtf. >__>; That's... icky. *hugs*

[nekokoban]

[hugs] It was ... highly not-expected, I'll give it that. >_> Next time, honestly, next time, I will react violently. :p

[azremodehar.livejournal.com]

Good. *nods firmly* Want I should get you a really good beating stick?

[lukita.livejournal.com]

Dood, next time someone runs at you, bring your knee up toward their general direction and brace yourself for impact, either that or turn on your side and stick an elbow out.

[nekokoban]

Yeaaaah, sounds like a good idea. _o_ My big problem is that I just don't think about it when it's happening -- it just shocks me that it COULD.

I need to start becoming more aware of the world. >_>

[emmling.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're doing ok - shit like that just shouldn't happen to anybody. The times I've encountered sukebes and crazies here, I've generally frozen up and wished really really hard they'd go away. Twice I've actually managed to do something defensive before running/exiting the train. But first reaction is still just a shutting down sort of shock, and then I get angry. Damn sukebe salarymen.

[nekokoban]

Oh, jeeze, I'm so sorry to hear that. :x It's really not cool when it happens to anyone -- but at least you've been able to get away? D: But I'm definitely with you in the shock-->anger thing, because it's just "... WHAT? ARGH!" thing you can't help.

BLARGH.