Chatted up by strangers
A few days ago I was on the train home from a friend’s birthday weekend and this boy (he looked about 14) sat opposite me and said Hi. I was pretty shocked because normally people don’t say hi to strangers on the train. Then he asked me where I was heading to. I answered him with the station name. He then asked for my age. I said “22″ then he didn’t say anything else after that. Either I took super young for my age or he look mega young for his. He wasn’t exactly attractive either. He was pretty large and ginger and spotty xD
Last year at my work Christmas party I got chatted up by a complete stranger. My friend & I wanted to grab some food so we headed to the cloakroom to get our jacket. This random guy came up to me and started chatting to me. I can’t remember exactly what he said to me but it was along the topic of me being oriental and how he think oriental girls are really cool. He kept following me to the cloakroom and talking to me. I responded really coldly and tried to walk away but he didn’t get the idea. Luckily my friend was there (and also a guy) so I quickly grabbed his arm. Cleverly he knew what I wanted and quickly said “Are you ok honey?”. That stranger got the idea (finally) and apologised to my friend.
- Have you ever experienced random strangers chatting you up?
- How did you/do you deal with them (if you’re not interested)?
I definitely have! There was this one time I was at the mosque to pray and next to me was an old lady. She was quite friendly but I got irritated when she started asking me about my personal details. I didn’t understand her motives until she mentioned her son. Apparently she was looking for a partner for her son. Since I wasn’t interested in that I decided to keep quiet throughout the time until she stopped bugging me. I think she understood my meaning.
That’s really nice of your friend to do that. Luckily he understood your meaning and played along with you. Hehehe. It is annoying when people just don’t seem to understand that you’re not interested in them. And because sometimes we’re just too nice to tell them off directly, it makes it harder for us to try and make them understand our meaning.
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Sometimes it’s quite interesting to chat with total stranger, unless of course if they are creepy then that’s another story.
* Have you ever experienced random strangers chatting you up? Yep! At a CD store. This guy who was standing beside me suddenly asked what CD i was looking for and we ended up chatting for a while.
* How did you/do you deal with them (if you’re not interested)? If I’m not interesting, I’ll pretend that someone’s calling my phone and leave the scene haha.
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strangers are so scary! I would have been freaked by that cloakroom guy. (sidenote: I love that you use the term “cloakroom”.) I’ve had a few strangers approach me in public setting to talk to me. I usually just ignore them if they’re freaky.
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Oh God, that sucks. Being chatted up and followed by a guy you don’t really know, pretty creepy. How I deal with strangers, I just answer very coldly hoping that the person would get the idea that I’m not interested. I also grab one of my guy friends and have them pretend to be my boyfriend until the stranger leaves.
I should’ve just bought Canon 500D, I want to be able to shoot some videos too. Try browsing this site: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/ I learned a lot from reading their articles.
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Looks like they want to date you or something. Heheh.
Have you ever experienced random strangers chatting you up?
- Yep. Lots of times. Filipinos do that a lot XD
How did you/do you deal with them (if you’re not interested)?
- I give short answers and then walk away. If I was in a public ride, I’d put my earphones on and show them I can’t hear them XD Sometimes pickpockets do that to distract you so you have to be careful next time D:
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Wow, that’s weird. It was nice of your friend to take the initiative.
I don’t think I would be interested with a complete stranger trying to start something. I would want to introduced to him by someone.
I’ve never had that happen to me. And I’m shy so I don’t know that I even want it to.
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lol, “ginger and spotty” is a hilarious description of your potential suitor. and i’m pretty sure i wouldn’t think that’s attractive either, but really… lol.
and the experiences i’ve had with strangers have all been shady! why can’t a handsome (and awesome) stranger near my age ever talk to me? it seems i only get hit on by shady looking men who are 40 years + and soo not well-meaning-looking people. when this happens, i usually just tell them i’m meeting my boyfriend (most of the time a lie, sigh) or try catching up with my friends again – safety in numbers!
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I think the correct title would have been “Flirtatious Strangers.” xD LOL. But gosh, sorry that they kept bothering you. I mean, I understand you want my phone number and everything, but get the message that I don’t want to give it to you. -_- Some people are quite thick-headed though.
* Have you ever experienced random strangers chatting you up?
Yes. Sometimes I’ll be sitting in the doctor’s office and these little kids – or older kids – will start talking to me. And, I’m always in a bitchy mood when I’m in the doctor’s office, so I don’t really want to talk. xD
* How did you/do you deal with them (if you’re not interested)?
Ignore them. I mean, what else can I do? “F*ck off?” No, that’s just rude. O_o But, I think if they persist to get my attention in such a way that bothers me, I’ll tell them to leave me alone. There’s no reason they can’t get a message of silence.
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And it also doesn’t help that our gym teacher gave us a website in case we want to know how many calories are in what we’re eating. Now it’ll take them quick clicks to start calorie counting. Great freaking job.
I would love to be skinnier, but I’m going to be skinnier in a healthier way, or not skinny at all.
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