I was driving with my sister on I-55 to Midway airport to pick up my grandparents. We had the windows down because it was the first beautiful day we had seen this spring in Chicago, and we were enjoying ourselves. Traffic was at a near-standstill when I heard noises coming from the white van next to us. Two men in a van were cat calling my sister and I. They were complete idiots; they whistled and kept hollering at us for well over 40 minutes in this traffic. I was concerned that traffic was moving so slow that they might try to exit their vehicle and approach.
I told my sister to ignore it and I also attempted to ignore it as best I could. I didn’t turn my head to look at them a single time, but they hollered at us for 40+ minutes.
It was demeaning, annoying, and incredibly rude. I didn’t want to roll the window up because why should I have to do such a thing on a beautiful day? Certainly not because of two jerks.
– Katrina
Location: Chicago, IL, USA (on I-55 WB before Cicero)
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