All of a sudden I’ve been dealing with an influx of men who tell me to smile as they pass me on the street.
What is this?
When did this start?
I’ve had guys DUCK INTO MY LINE OF VISION, their face an inch or two from mine as I’m walking past them, and go, “SMILE, BABY!”
GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE AND DO NOT TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK TO DO.
It’s startling, it’s weird, and it pisses me off. What, am I supposed to just grin like an idiot to entertain you as I go grocery shopping? BUYING STUFF FOR DINNER IS SO FUN OMG GUYS TEXT IT <3 Shit, let me just call you up and ask you to make sure you approve of my expressions next time I go out!
I just… it’s been happening every so often over the past like year. It’s baffling. Ridiculous pleas for my number, I can deal with that. Following me for a block or so trying to chat me up, I can deal with that. Weird “damn girl how you doing” questions, I can deal with that.
But being told but a scroungy-ass dude in the middle of his scroungy-ass friends on a corner in the tenderloin that I NEED TO SMILE just makes me want to rip someone’s head off.
Do. not. speak. to. me.