Speaking of things that are politically incorrect (like submitting a Help Desk ticket for someone to take a drink of water, for God’s sake, how hard is that?), over the weekend I went to Staples to recycle my printer ink (yes, I am a hippie), and this woman in back of me was standing SO CLOSE TO ME.
I’m sure you can see where this is going.
After awhile I couldn’t take it anymore, so I turned around and was like “Excuse me, can I just get you to back up?”
I know. I KNOW. AWKWARD, right?
She clearly was put off by this, but oh well, at least I got my space (for about 90 seconds), and then “creeper” decided my transaction was over, and started creeping up on me again. The transaction WAS almost over- maybe I should have let it go, but really? Why do some people have to stand SO CLOSE like that? In this age of identity theft, can’t I just get some personal transactional space so that I don’t feel like I have to put my hand over my credit card information? Geez louise. Also, I MADE MY NEEDS CLEAR, so step off out of my space.
But she didn’t care, and she was suddenly back, so close I could feel her breathing on me, and I was like “I’M NOT DONE,” and she’s like “OK, GOODBYE,” and then by the grace of God I got my receipt, and then I took the moral high ground and left, even though Creeper was still crowing about me and how rude I was.
So—where are you on this issue? Are you the Creeper? Do you just tolerate getting creeped? Do you say something? Are you completely mortified by this story?
This is my role in your life—blurting out my discomfort so that you won’t have to.
