I was walking down a city street looking for FedEx. My head was swiveling from side to side as I scanned for the right building. Two women were walking a bit ahead of me chatting. As I drew near, a truck went by and the two men in the truck made some rude suggestive remarks to the two women in front of me. I happened to swivel my head towards them just as they were making their rude remarks.
One immediately shouted out to me, “Not you, Ugly.”
I felt embarrassed and outraged that they thought I was paying attention to them, sorry for the women in front of me, hurt and angry that these men felt entitled to put me down or make rude remarks to the cute girls. I felt amused that they were so stupid and obvious but weird (shamed? humiliated?) about being publicly called ugly.
– GT
Location: Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA
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