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Potential Serial Rapist??
May. 5th, 2006 | 01:06 pm
Every week I go to this local graphic design meetup here in Charlotte, NC. We get together at a bar, talk about design, look at each others work, give job leads, etc. It's a great networking environment, and the people are really down to earth and friendly.
The last time I went, there were several new attendees, which is always good because it brings new topics to the table. However, there was this strange guy there. What I mean by strange is he could not take his eyes off of me for more than 30 seconds at a time. All I could see out of my peripherial vision is dude just gawking like a 13-year-old boy seeing porn for the first time. It was VERY disturbing. I tapped my friend on the shoulder and asked her to observe him for the next few minutes, just to make sure I wasn't over reacting. About ten minutes goes by and she says, "Yeah, that's really creepy."
After ignoring the entire announcements portion of the meeting to gawk like a serial rapist, he comes up to talk to me. He introduces himself, and I mumble my name and turn to talk to someone else. He didn't bother me again to talk, but he continued to stare. I waited until about half an hour after he left to walk to my car because I was so fucking creeped out. I was worried he was waiting for me to leave or something. Not to mention his behavior was odd anyway. The topics and questions he brought up were ignorant, not things anyone with a design background would ask.
Now he's already RSVP-ed to go to the next meeting, so I told the group organizer about it.
Am I being paranoid, or should I truly be creeped out by this?
The last time I went, there were several new attendees, which is always good because it brings new topics to the table. However, there was this strange guy there. What I mean by strange is he could not take his eyes off of me for more than 30 seconds at a time. All I could see out of my peripherial vision is dude just gawking like a 13-year-old boy seeing porn for the first time. It was VERY disturbing. I tapped my friend on the shoulder and asked her to observe him for the next few minutes, just to make sure I wasn't over reacting. About ten minutes goes by and she says, "Yeah, that's really creepy."
After ignoring the entire announcements portion of the meeting to gawk like a serial rapist, he comes up to talk to me. He introduces himself, and I mumble my name and turn to talk to someone else. He didn't bother me again to talk, but he continued to stare. I waited until about half an hour after he left to walk to my car because I was so fucking creeped out. I was worried he was waiting for me to leave or something. Not to mention his behavior was odd anyway. The topics and questions he brought up were ignorant, not things anyone with a design background would ask.
Now he's already RSVP-ed to go to the next meeting, so I told the group organizer about it.
Am I being paranoid, or should I truly be creeped out by this?