When trying to pick up a woman, do not do the following:
- Stare at her as she walks into Office Depot like she’s a slab of lamb.
- Mutter “hey pretty lady” as she walks by in a “I want to wear your skin” voice.
- As she leaves the store, corner her and (just in case she didn’t hear you the first time) say “hey pretty lady” in a “I want to wear your skin and play with your bones” voice.
Seriously. Nothing about Buffalo Bill is attractive. I’d appreciate being left alone during my shopping adventures in Office Depot aka The Promise Land.
This is the third time I’ve had to ignore this certain employee. I go out of my way to avoid him. I walk around the store a couple extra times when he’s outside smoking. I “talk” on my cell phone to make it look like I’m busy.
I hate having to go there, but it’s the closest store to work and when I need supplies, I need em! Just because an attractive woman walks into a room doesn’t mean you can go all Hannibal on them okay?
Eff.
What’s the creepiest way someone has tried to get your attention?
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ew ew ew, if this is an ongoing problem someone at that store needs to know that this guy is a creepaziod.
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The blatant crotch rub is pretty bad…
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ewwww. I hate creeps.
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I’m not sure anyone has ever chatted me up or tried to get my attention…how sad is that? Am i missing something?
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I always assume that when guys act this creepy it is because it has worked for them in the past. So the question is – who the HELL fell for this?
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Love the reference, but does he do the tuck? If someone wants my attention, usually I get a “hey white boy” or they throw something at me.
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I had a guy attempt to pick me up at a blood drive once. I’m lying on a cot, watching the blood drip out of my arm and into a very big bag and I look up…. he kindof does that little “how you doin?” head nod and says “hey.” The creep factor was off the chart.
I wanted to say “c’mon man, I’m just here to help some people out and eat a cookie and drink some juice.”
What I did do? I turned away and then tried to sit as far away from him as possible when it was time for cookies and juice boxes. I guess he figured that giving blood made him look altruistic, but hitting on me in my vulnerable state just made me think that he had a terrible sense of timing.
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Ewww, that is creepy! Why won’t guys learn? That’s really not the way to a girls’ heart.
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ew! I would probably send an anonymous note to management or call on the phone and let them know he makes you want to shop somewhere else and that this is an ongoing problem. I’m sure you’re not the only one he does this to either and it needs to be fixed!
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You might think about telling his manager since that is waaaaay not ok.
The guys who say things while they drive by in a car…I don’t get that. I mean, what are you going to do? Pull over if I give you the eye?
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The other day I was walking back from lunch with my bff and the guy stopped in the middle of a major rode and just followed us with his eyes as we walked down the street. it was SO creepy.
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When I was on spring break in Puerto Rico senior year of high school, my 2 friends and I were walking down the street in San Juan. There were a lot of parked cars on the street obviously, and we were walking past a white van which we paid no attention to because, hello, it’s a parked car. In a split second as we passed the van, the door slid open and some guy yelled “SOOOOOOOO PRETTY!” and we all nearly had a heart attack because he scared the living bejesus out of us.
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This happened at OfficeMax or OfficeDepot? I love the Max, and if they are employers of creepers, I can not take it. The Max is like my Mecca.
Ugh, so creepy.
I love me some office supplies….
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Remember when I said I liked the old header? well, I LOVE THIS ONE more than life. Way to go, you made your blog that much cooler.
About buffalo bill, some boys never learn! I have dedicated posts to creeps but my all time favorite is still when a pretty lady is walking and a the creepy man either drives by and honks (what is she suppose to do, run after the car?) or he slowly drives next to her in a I’m staring at your ass type way and says something completely idiotic like “hey baby” in what i like to call, the trucker voice.
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hahahaha that’s too funny. Gym Stalker stares at me WITHOUT BREAKING EYE CONTACT until I look away. At least he doesn’t dare to talk to me.
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eww…that is slimyness at its worst. you MUST tell the manager just so they are aware of this person’s actions.
well i guess it’s better than being cursed at in a mall parking lot simply because you refuse to acknowledge ignorant & sexist comments that are being yelled at you.
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I love the new layout. Love it.
It puts the lotion on the skin.
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how abouttt cornered by an old man at a bar who asks my friend ‘heyy if you were wearing a low cut shirt like your friend there would your cleavage be as nice?’
i hate dudes. (with terrible pickup lines and creepy ways)
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I never got anything too bad. the convo’s a pretty typical one. i get asked if i’m single by a man, i tell him i play for the other team, and then it goes on to him trying to convince me that i just haven’t met the right guy. argh. so now, to avoid all of that, i just say that i’m seeing someone.
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I work in a bar in Wrigleyville. Pick a creepy thing, any creepy thing, and I guarantee it’s been directed my way at least once. I got to have someone thrown out a few weeks ago for trying to stick a hand up my skirt.
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it drives me crazy when a guy comes up to me and starts talking about himself. obviously i don’t want to know about him because i wasn’t the one that walked over and started the conversation in the first place.
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A guy walked up to me at the grocery store and said: “you gots purty hair!”. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gross out!!!!! And I love how I cannot think of any weird times a man has tried to get my attention. Perfect. Now they will all come to me at a weird time, like when I’m showering or cleaning my kitchen floor.
Sigh.
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seriously some guys are just so gross and i don’t know how they think stuff like that would work, it’s ridiculous. i think the creepiest way a guy approached me once was that he hopped out of his friends car and walked over to me in the middle of the parking lot and then said some dumb ass line. luckily matt was walking over right about then and the guy got the hint. eck.
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I once had a guy “hit on” me by asking if I was Amish and if my “cute little skirt” was going to get me sent to hell. He offered to join me there if that were the case.
I told him he’d be going there all by himself with an imprint of my foot on his ass. Waitressing jobs can be interesting.
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Ew. That’s so gross and nasty and just plain revolting. Ick. Not attractive.
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Nasty. You need to talk with his supervisor – that is just wrong!
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Eugh! Just reading this gives me the heebie jeebies. I’ve gotten the “hey darling” in the sort of voice that sounds like he wants to take me home, chop me up, and serve me with fava beans and Chianti. Blegh. That’s when I covertly move my confirmation ring onto my ring finger and make sure he sees it.
Love the new header, btw.
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This is just wrong. Obnoxious men should be caged like animals when they act like this. Its so damn uncomfortable. I mean should you really feel uncomfotable when going to a hardware store? Fuck.
I have those damn 1st floor stalkers who bang on the windows to get my attention and take the elevator to the third floor with me for no apparent reason.
I also play the “I look busy..”
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OMG, that is just sad but it also made me laugh. Honestly, I’d tell a supervisor. It’s basically sexual harassment and it’s giving you trouble just trying to shop there. Insane! I would say the worst way a guy tried to pick up on me once was a guy casually came up to me and we got to talking—-then he threw in the middle of our conversation that he was good/creative in bed. Um, yeah, take a hike buddy!
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uhhhh report him quick..lol so many creepy guys, especially the ones in clubs forcefully trying to dance with you and compliment you way too much..acting all cool but ended up getting needy..
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I just don’t get guys! More often than not, they come off being creepy instead of attractive.
Case in point: Yesterday, I had to photograph a 103r birthday party. This guy came up to me and asked what my name was because ‘those people over there’ wanted to know who the pretty girl was. Later on, he came up to me and told me I needed to take his photo. I said he had to be doing something for me to run it in the paper, and he said I should take it because he was single. And the only thing I could come up with was, “Umm, I don’t think we run personal ads…”
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skin and bones. shudders.
talk to the manager. that behaviour is unacceptable.
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