Gyah...cabbie come-ons...

[lupo pazzesco]

So, I finished my only class today around 11, and took the bus to a grocery store to pick up a few items. As I'm walking through the parking lot I hear a "Hey!" Being called out. After the second time, I turn around and it's a cab driver, hanging out of his window.

He tells me he'll take me where I want to go, what direction am I headed in? I tell him no, thank you, I'm fine, I'm just doing a bit of shopping, and go inside.

I'm in the store for about a half hour, and come out with my bag o' stuff (I love reusable bags, btw. SO much more room than the plastic ones, so all my stuff condenses down and is easy to carry! But I digress...)

I'm making a beeline for the bus stop when, you guessed it, a cab comes pulling up beside me. It's the same cab driver. And he again says he'll give me a ride. I say no thanks.

Then, he tells me it'll be a free ride. I again refuse because he's getting on my nerves, and say no thanks, I'm fine.

He leans out his window, until his entire torso is dangling out and LEERS at me, looks me up and down pointedly, then says.

"Are you sure, beautiful? My free rides are the best. And I don't offer to just anybody..."

Ewwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tell him sorry, and gee, I forgot something in the store, bye!! I go back inside, hunt up an employee and ask for a manager. I explain the situation, and tell him I know cab drivers are independent operators, but he's sexually harassing women in his parking lot and could he please fix it? Like, now?

Manager goes out with me, cabbie takes one look at him and drives off. Manager then escorts me personally to the bus stop and asks if I'll be ok. I tell him I'll be fine, but I really really needed to restock on my pepper spray.

So yes, Creepy Cabbie Come-ons in a Kroger parking lot. And now I shall shudder whenever i hear the words "free ride" in the near future...

[blas]

Oh no. It all makes sense now. No wonder all the cabbies waiting by the bars at bar close are smiling when the bars empty......

[crazylegs]

I've never understood why (some) men think that a good ole' letch is the way to pick up a woman..

[One-Fang]

Same reason some girls think a hypermini and showing your tits is a good way to find a decent man.

His approach probably works on skanks.

[Gabrielle Proctor]

Gross! What an asshole! That's one of the reasons I have an exacto blade on my keychain.

[Amina516]

Same reason some girls think a hypermini and showing your tits is a good way to find a decent man..

Psh.There went my outfit for the weekend....

[PCGameGuy]

Psh.There went my outfit for the weekend....

/LEER MODE ON That outfit looks great on you, but it woud look better on my bedroom floor in the morning! /LETCH GIGGLE hehehehe

[Becks]

That's one of the reasons I have an exacto blade on my keychain.

Besides that and my glare of doom (patent pending), I also usually carry a few box cutters, fingers scissors and my bodice dagger.

[lupo pazzesco]

Besides that and my glare of doom (patent pending), I also usually carry a few box cutters, fingers scissors and my bodice dagger.

I had a bodice dagger once.

But, given my proclivity for accidental self injury, (see my thread where I welted my chest with an empty bag...) combined with a sharp pointy object and....I'm sure you see where this is going...

Thus, I don't carry a bodice dagger anymore...

My pepper spray is pretty cool. Has a safety latch so I don't accidentally nail myself with it, that disengages as soon as I need to use it seriously. I don't know how to explain it, actually, but it rocks. It's called a Spitfire.

[blas]

I have an old fashioned nail file I keep in my purse. If it's dark out and I'm alone walking in a parking lot or somewhere, I slip it just up my sleeve enough to where it's not visible.

I also carry my keys Wolverine style. I also wear very pointy heels.

Not to mention I bite and kick very hard.

[Pezzle]

I carry these amazing new weapons. They're called fists, forearms, elbows and thumbs. Have you heard of them? ^-^ Ever since my unfortunate sexual assault years ago, I've learned that I should no longer be afraid to squish someone's eyeball like a grape. That's why when you see me, only my thumbs have slightly longer fingernails.

[Nashida]

Lucky you, Lupo. I can't even carry pepper spray on campus. It's illegal, and if CAMPO catches me with it I could get kicked out.

Stupid, right? And there's hundreds of registered sex offenders in the area, and I have no means of self-defense. Unless I SING.

(please tell me someone gets that joke...please....)

[lupo pazzesco]

Lucky you, Lupo. I can't even carry pepper spray on campus. It's illegal, and if CAMPO catches me with it I could get kicked out.

Stupid, right? And there's hundreds of registered sex offenders in the area, and I have no means of self-defense. Unless I SING.

(please tell me someone gets that joke...please....)

Solar plexus, instep, nose and GROOOIINN!!

One of my favorite movies.

I'm a Gracie, to some extent. Really I am...

I got a pepper spray refill today! It's red an' shiny!! Now, if I can only keep my mom from blowing this one up...

[Snowbird]

Lucky you, Lupo. I can't even carry pepper spray on campus. It's illegal, and if CAMPO catches me with it I could get kicked out.

So... would a dollar store knock off spray perfume(heck, any chemical type spray) have the same effect?

and on topic, hopefully that store will do what it can to discourage that cabbie from returning. Ugh.

[Chromatix]

I don't actually know what pepper spray does, but I think it's more than your average "gets in your eyes and stings" job. But if you need a deterrent, that might just be enough to work - ie. to kick him in the 'nads and run away.