When I was walking towards the metro station, a guy leered at me the whole time. As I walked by, I didn’t turn when he said something to me. After I was a few feet away, he said, “Stuck up bitch” repeatedly. I was just trying to catch a train.
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– Anonymous
Location: Suitland Metro, Maryland
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Jessica says
That sucks, Then he would have gone about his day like nothing happen but at the receiving end it sticks with you. I once had a car fill of 20 somethings pull up beside my car and give me a rating i’m a zero apparently, It was a good old time for them for me as a young women at the time so damaging.