Sometimes I don't say things to people because my knee jerk response is, they'll yell at me or make me feel uncomfortable. My voice teacher had told me once, if you feel you're being followed there are 2 good tricks: walk out into the street, obviously carefully; you'll attract attention and dissuade your follower from following, or start yelling out the physical characteristics of the person following you really loudly.
I know this is a far cry from staring at someone in a bar, but if it ever escalates, I'm told this is a smart thing to do. That's a good idea to nip it in the bud by saying, "You're staring," or something like it.
I think the part that would make me feel the weirdest is doing it in a spot that I felt comfortable in, like that I considered 'my hangout' where the other people there might perceive me as a bitch. I don't know. I also like to think that I would say something, and I might now that I've gotten older, but I always worry that I wouldn't, because of my fear of provocation.
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Date: 2005-11-04 06:05 pm (UTC)I know this is a far cry from staring at someone in a bar, but if it ever escalates, I'm told this is a smart thing to do. That's a good idea to nip it in the bud by saying, "You're staring," or something like it.
I think the part that would make me feel the weirdest is doing it in a spot that I felt comfortable in, like that I considered 'my hangout' where the other people there might perceive me as a bitch. I don't know. I also like to think that I would say something, and I might now that I've gotten older, but I always worry that I wouldn't, because of my fear of provocation.