Territoriaism and rude weird people...not necessarily related...
Okay, I will admit it, I'm kind of territorial. When I pick out a spot, that's where I want to be and I DO NOT want to share or be relocated. (Exceptions are made on bus rides when it's pretty obvious that someone seriously needs that spot...that's totally different...)
When I'm at restaurants, I prefer to sit with my back against a wall and facing the door. I have a pretty large personal space bubble, to be honest, and it bothers me to have people walking behind me. I think that part of it has to do with my night blindness, because when I'm walking around without a light on, I can actually feel that I am close to an object or a person without actually being in physical contact with it. It's hard to describe, but it's sort of like my skin is buzzing or vibrating when I'm getting to close to something. It's not like the hair standing up on the back of my neck, or goosebumps, it's a different kind of feeling-almost like an uncomfortable effervesence that warns me of proximity. People walking past me when I'm facing away from them sets that feeling off, as well, especially if the tables are too close together. If they pass that waiters' tray over my head, that makes it even worse.
At lunch today, I decided that I needed chocolate and some extra caffeine. So, I left my book sitting on the table right in the middle of the spot where I was sitting and went downstairs to get the necessary supplies. When I got back, this woman who works in the same department (but not the same division), had taken my spot. I was pissed. I grabbed my book and snapped, "Well, I guess I won't be sitting back down there, will I?" Which actually shocked the other people sitting there. The woman just looks at me and goes, "Oh, yeah, well, I moved your book." She didn't even say that she was sorry or anything. A couple of people there gave me this look like I was being unreasonable, but the thing is-I've worked there for five years. In that time, I have NEVER left my book behind if I wasn't coming RIGHT BACK. This woman KNOWS that-but she blatantly ignored it and moved the book and she's done this to me four or five times now and she NEVER apologizes. She's just rude and thoughtless and it completely irked me today because I am so tired of it.
Then, tonight on the way home, my roommate and I grabbed some Chinese food and caught the bus and this girl kept not only blatantly listening to our conversation, but she kept staring at us the whole time. My roommate and I just carried on like nothing was going on but it was really unsettling. It was also more than a little creepy and weird.
Oh well, tomorrow will be better. It has to be.
When I'm at restaurants, I prefer to sit with my back against a wall and facing the door. I have a pretty large personal space bubble, to be honest, and it bothers me to have people walking behind me. I think that part of it has to do with my night blindness, because when I'm walking around without a light on, I can actually feel that I am close to an object or a person without actually being in physical contact with it. It's hard to describe, but it's sort of like my skin is buzzing or vibrating when I'm getting to close to something. It's not like the hair standing up on the back of my neck, or goosebumps, it's a different kind of feeling-almost like an uncomfortable effervesence that warns me of proximity. People walking past me when I'm facing away from them sets that feeling off, as well, especially if the tables are too close together. If they pass that waiters' tray over my head, that makes it even worse.
At lunch today, I decided that I needed chocolate and some extra caffeine. So, I left my book sitting on the table right in the middle of the spot where I was sitting and went downstairs to get the necessary supplies. When I got back, this woman who works in the same department (but not the same division), had taken my spot. I was pissed. I grabbed my book and snapped, "Well, I guess I won't be sitting back down there, will I?" Which actually shocked the other people sitting there. The woman just looks at me and goes, "Oh, yeah, well, I moved your book." She didn't even say that she was sorry or anything. A couple of people there gave me this look like I was being unreasonable, but the thing is-I've worked there for five years. In that time, I have NEVER left my book behind if I wasn't coming RIGHT BACK. This woman KNOWS that-but she blatantly ignored it and moved the book and she's done this to me four or five times now and she NEVER apologizes. She's just rude and thoughtless and it completely irked me today because I am so tired of it.
Then, tonight on the way home, my roommate and I grabbed some Chinese food and caught the bus and this girl kept not only blatantly listening to our conversation, but she kept staring at us the whole time. My roommate and I just carried on like nothing was going on but it was really unsettling. It was also more than a little creepy and weird.
Oh well, tomorrow will be better. It has to be.