Creepy Guy in Downtown Lansing
After my jokes about the Afterschool specials, I feel pretty weird about what happened today. A guy tried to get me to take a ride in his car -- just like they do in those specials! Seriously, I thought that was a 20th century way to try and rape women. Luckily all that TV helped me to recognize the danger signs and say NO. Never mind the fact that I was out for a casual walk and enjoying being outside...
I was taking a walk. I had rolled up the sleeves of my shirt to get some sun, and was walking down Kalamazoo St. with a water bottle in my hands. I'm wearing sneakers, gym shorts and a baggy shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, and carrying a water bottle. CLEARLY I am out for a walk.
Then, as I get close to a corner, a car pulls out onto Kalamazoo, and pulls right up to the curb next to me. I figure the guy is looking for directions. So I stop, and he rolls down the window and says "Hey! Do you need a ride somewhere?". SERIOUSLY. It was like something straight off the script of "Did you hear what happened to Andrea?" So I came up with my excuse and said "No thanks, I live right down the street". Which isn't true. And before the word 'thanks' was even out of my mouth, he was rolling up the window and driving away. What a CREEP.
Lets imagine how he hoped it would go:
"Hi, you clearly are enjoying your walk. Would you rather hop in my car so I can rape you? After all, you're out in your gym clothes, so you won't have a phone on you to call anyone, and no one will notice if you're gone for a while, since they think you're on a walk anyway."
"Oh gee, that sounds like fun, thanks! Are you sure you want to rape me? You could also murder me."
"Yeah, I thought about that, we'll have to see how it goes"
"Okay cool. Say, mister, do you have any candy?"
BLECCCCH
Needless to say, I had a great run on the way back to my apartment after that. Motivation is a bitch.
I was taking a walk. I had rolled up the sleeves of my shirt to get some sun, and was walking down Kalamazoo St. with a water bottle in my hands. I'm wearing sneakers, gym shorts and a baggy shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, and carrying a water bottle. CLEARLY I am out for a walk.
Then, as I get close to a corner, a car pulls out onto Kalamazoo, and pulls right up to the curb next to me. I figure the guy is looking for directions. So I stop, and he rolls down the window and says "Hey! Do you need a ride somewhere?". SERIOUSLY. It was like something straight off the script of "Did you hear what happened to Andrea?" So I came up with my excuse and said "No thanks, I live right down the street". Which isn't true. And before the word 'thanks' was even out of my mouth, he was rolling up the window and driving away. What a CREEP.
Lets imagine how he hoped it would go:
"Hi, you clearly are enjoying your walk. Would you rather hop in my car so I can rape you? After all, you're out in your gym clothes, so you won't have a phone on you to call anyone, and no one will notice if you're gone for a while, since they think you're on a walk anyway."
"Oh gee, that sounds like fun, thanks! Are you sure you want to rape me? You could also murder me."
"Yeah, I thought about that, we'll have to see how it goes"
"Okay cool. Say, mister, do you have any candy?"
BLECCCCH
Needless to say, I had a great run on the way back to my apartment after that. Motivation is a bitch.