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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:17 PM
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What do you do when people stare at you...
and you're not in the right environment to just yell, "What the $#&@ are you looking at?!"
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:20 PM
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1. Boobies, we are looking ab Boobies damnit
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi: :hug: :loveya:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:21 PM
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3. Shut up!
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:20 PM
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2. I just stare back, and slowly start
making a goofy face.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:23 PM
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4. That might imply I don't mind the staring,
might it not?

Doesn't it irritate you?
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:28 PM
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5. Sometimes
the last time it happened to me, it was at the store, and they just double blinked and looked away(when I stared back/made goofy face). It only irritates me when its so obvious/or the person is trying to intimidate me/stare me down, but I'm a big large man, who is really still pissed off over GWB's 8yrs of hell, so I welcome the confrontation....:evilgrin:

:D

My wife gets stared at from time to time, last time it happened to her it scared her. Dude at the restaurant was staring at her for a whole hour or so, and when my wife and her co-workers left, he got up and followed them. The ladies got the host fella from the restaurant to walk them out to their cars.



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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:42 PM
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6. depends on why they are staring
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:48 PM
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11. Yeah...
well I'm not sure... so... :shrug:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:56 PM
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14. ask them, if they need help? or do they have a questions? or something innocuous
that points to the fact that you know they are staring
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:44 PM
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7. Check to see if my fly is unzipped
And then wonder what the hell else I could have done to provoke the stare
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:50 PM
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12. LOL... I know it's not that...
but yeah, I used to wonder if I had a booger hanging out or something. Now I just get annoyed and don't really care I just want them to stop!

GRRRR! He just did it AGAIN! AAAAA! :P
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:46 PM
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8. Sometimes I make a fish face.
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:47 PM
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9. Pick my nose and make eye contact. nt
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:50 PM
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Eye contact doesn't seem to do anything to stop the staring.
:shrug:
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:48 PM
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10. I don't know, I don't ever remember anyone starring at me
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:50 PM
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13. stare back
And if they keep staring, I can't imagine very many environments where I wouldn't ask them WTF they are looking at. But then again I can be an uncouth bastard. :rofl:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:57 PM
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15. Last night that is exactly what I wanted to do.
The staring back did absolutely nothing.

I would have said it but I had my daughter with me.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:01 PM
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17. I understand that
Having my daughter with me is the time when I tend to bite my tongue a bit. Otherwise, I'll rip into somebody's ass in a hot minute ;)
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:58 PM
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16. If you can't ask "WTF are YOU lookin at??" you can always ask,, "Can I HELP you?"
IF you use a really snotty tone it is every bit as effective as a "WTF" can be. Seems to work in just about every setting.


Laura
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:05 PM
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19. Well in the case of the co-worker...
I've done it. He just takes it as an invitation to chat.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:04 PM
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18. I stop and stare back. nt
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 03:05 PM by Captain Hilts
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:08 PM
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20. It depends on how they are staring. Lick my lips and stare back?
I don't know. Ask them if I have a booger?
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:12 PM
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21. Can you just ask him "Please quit staring at me. You're creeping me out" or ...
or, failing that, shoot him?
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:14 PM
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22. LOL
I'm about ready to yeah.

He's done it now and then since he started here, but it's really getting to be a bit much.
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