“You have a beautiful smile.” I was talking to another person, so the remark didn’t quite register the first time. He said it again, and then a third, insisting that I acknowledge his compliment.
Why he felt that my replying to his compliment was more important than my conversation with another person is beyond me.
It’s not a big thing, in that he wasn’t hollering obscenities at me. But still, we are complete strangers, and I did not owe him my time.
– Anonymous
Location: San Diego, CA
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