Jun 25, 2006 01:46
So is it so wrong if, coming home alone at 1:30am, I don't want to let in the shady dude loitering outside my building, who can't even move to let me get to where I can buzz in b/c he's too busy leering at my tits? Uh yeah, you obviously don't have keys, and maybe I'd give you the benefit of the doubt if you weren't so busy leering. I wasn't as much of a bitch about it as I could have been, I just asked if he lived there, and he said yeah, so I asked where his keys were, and he said he didn't have them. So I ended it with "well you know we're not supposed to just let people into the building." I didn't shut him out, I just went in and he just stood there holding the door staring... all while I went to check my mail and then get in the elevator. Ok, what the hell? Obviously if you're not being shady you wouldn't care. And uh, can you not stand there holding the front door open so any crackhead can run in? I mean we do have a small park-ish area in front of the building where some homeless people congregate, including the one woman I think I may have caught in the middle of a drug deal in the basement one night.
I"m still creeped out by the stare down in the doorway. Don't get what that is about, but I feel like if he really lived in the building he'd understand. When my entry key wasn't working, and one of my neighbors questioned me about tailgating I had no problem with her not wanting to let me in and was glad of it - I did show her that I had keys, and they weren't working and she was satisfied with that and let me in. But I wasn't offended! I think if he weren't leering I would have been more sympathetic, but his leering made me uncomfortable.
I just get so annoyed b/c of the nature of this neighborhood. There are many things I like about it, but I hate the men around here. I find that when I'm walking around I keep my eyes to the ground and my arms crossed tightly over my chest, b/c they leer and catcall as it is, and God forbid if I look up, then it's on. They make kissy noises, growl at me, stand in front of me and stare me down... k, none of that is a turn-on. That is making me want to kick you in the groin and run.
But that's my rant. :p