I was waiting for a bus as far from other riders as I could. A man came up behind me and wanted cigarettes. I ignored him the first few times he asked and as he persisted I turned around and asked him when he was planning to quit and looked at the baby stroller he was pushing. He made me repeat it, and then said, “really?” and I was like yes really, that’s a (expletive for bad) example for your kid, and I walked off.
He followed at me yelling at me telling me he should beat my bitch ass, pointing aggressively at me, yelling bitch and ho, telling me he was going to f*ck me up. This went on for awhile. We both got on the bus (no other way for me to get back) and when I got off I put an iron fence between us and tried to wait. He kept yelling threats, calling me a bitch and a ho’, telling me I can’t tell him how to run his business (really? because if he’s handling his business he’s either so smart he doesn’t smoke, or buying his own cigarettes) and telling me I was disrespecting him (!) I told him to leave me alone several times, and told him I was trying to get away from him. I’d walk away and he’d follow, and that would happen again in the other direction.
Finally I ran away and called the police. They took the information, and then told me things like keep yourself safe (if that was working I wouldn’t have been calling them). They said there would be a delay in coming out. I watched a car turn the corner near my location and never come to investigate. When they finally made it out, he had vanished. I’m afraid to take this trip again, considering a weapon (not a gun) if I do. But really has it come to this. A grown young man out with his child decides to threaten and follow and say vile things to a 61 y.o. woman, right over his child’s head, and there are no consequences?
– Anonymous
Location: Vancouver
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