I was driving in north London yesterday afternoon by myself. It was a bit stuffy in my car so I opened my window. It was a two lane road and very shortly after, two men drove by in a white van and started cat calling me. They asked me lots of questions to which I didn’t reply but it made me feel very nervous. I did my best to drive carefully and as the lane merged into one, I thought I had been successful in getting away from them. However, shortly after the lanes became two again and somehow they were right beside me again. Although all my windows were now up, they made me feel terribly anxious as they were shouting out and me and laughing. It was such an uncomfortable experience for me that it has given me anxiety.
– Anonymous
Location: Hanger Lane Road, north London, UK
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I was being stared and smiled at creepily by a staff from McDonald’s. This incident happened when I go to McDonald’s and this harasser was outside of the store, not greeting me when I arrived but he stared at me in an intimidating way and smiled creepily. While I was in the restaurant he would walked around and continued to stared and smiled at me in a very creepy way. I don’t think that’s the kind of friendly warm smile I should be receiving. I felt very very intimidated by this staff. I already raise my concern to the management however it seems like it was not taken seriously and I never heard from the McDonald’s management ever again. Just that if you are curious which McDonald’s I went to. I went to the McDonald’s in Malaysia, Penang.
I am 15 years old, and I have been verbally harassed by the same man about three times, in the same place. This man is tall and quite large. He will often say things such as, “How you doing sweetie” , “Can I talk to you beautiful”, or “Psst, come here”.
I was at my college campus and I’d like to make something clear: I’m only 15 years old. So when this man shouted “cutie-pie” at me I felt disgusted because I am a child and he is an adult. He even knew my age because I had spoken to him before and I told him. That didn’t stop him. It was humiliating.
I was walking home from school and suddenly I hear a strange noise. I look to the right and I see a man shaking/rattling with his keys to get my attention. I keep walking and then I hear him whistling on me so I automatically turn my head around again. Then he screams, “Your ass” and smiles at me.