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It's usually pretty clear what you sign up for when starting a new job. But there are always circumstances that are out of our control, and even if you do everything right, something could always go awry. It's disturbing, it can put you into a fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, and it can give you paranoia for a long time. Being at work doesn't protect you from life just happening.

Since we spend a lot of time at our jobs, it's not that unlikely that something bad can happen. Reddit user u/ThePugMan123 asked people what the creepiest/most disturbing thing that happened to them at work was, and people were eager to share their stories. Hopefully, they can be learning moments for others, so there's at least some good coming out of these awful things happening.

Almost 1,000 replies later, Bored Panda selected the creepiest accounts from people, some of whom are lucky to have lived to tell their tales. Upvote the submissions that resonate with you the most, and feel free to share any unsettling stories of your own in the comments. I hope you don't get too freaked out.

Bored Panda also reached out to Dr. Rebecca Cowan who is a mental health practitioner in Virginia, specializing in trauma and recovery, to get a better understanding of what to do in case of a traumatic event.

#1

30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I worked 4pm to midnight at a mill in a small town. Very physical work so there were way more men than women.... One night there was a guy from the department connected to mine who would stand in the doorway closest to my machine and just watch. After a few nights of this happening I told my manager. The guy didn't watch me for about a week and then I noticed he would frequently walk by or linger by other machines. I would do my best to ignore him and stay aware of my surroundings. Well after a month of asking for management to do something about and them not this guy approached me and asked me for a ride home. I told him no and asked him to stop coming near my job bc he was making me uncomfortable. A coworker would walk me to my car each night just to be safe and wouldn't ya know that same guy was leaning up against my vehicle. He walked away when he saw my coworker with me. A few days later this happened again when I was alone (coworker wasn't there) so I walked back in the building to find someone to walk with me. The next day while at the local grocery store this man pulls up behind me and blocks me in. I lock my doors and rolled my windows up. My vehicle is 2003 so no electric windows or locks. My 2 kids were with me so I grabbed my work scissors from my console and he came to my window claiming someonthing was wrong with the back of my vehicle and I needed to get out to see it. I told him no and to leave and started honking my horn to draw attention. Then he left. Fast forward two weeks, the creepy man was arrested for kidnapping, assaulting and torturing a woman from the next town over. Him and his brother were caught and arrested. They held her for 3 weeks before they were caught

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Green Machine
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the stuff of nightmares.

Agnes Jekyll
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Follow your gut every time. Shame on her job for not listening to her, and bravo to the coworkers who took action when management would not.

Amanda Lawshe
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This story is actually terrifying.

Seabeast
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holy sh**! This woman really dodged a bullet. Good on her for trusting her instincts.

Id row
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You should have sued your place of employment for ignoring your concerns against a very credible threat.

Amber.exe (She/They)
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's actuall nightmare fuel. Thank god she trusted her gut and the coworker that helped her

WantsBalsamNCold
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm reading this in speechless terror. OP, so glad you escaped from harm! What a f-ing loony.

Kat Min
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can we just take a moment to applaud this woman for listeing to her gutfeelings, trying to get help, not letting herself be gaslit or ignored and consistently doing the right thing in fending off a predator. Kudos to you!!

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If you ever get into an emotionally disturbing situation, Dr. Cowan suggests seeking mental health help right away: "Look for a therapist who is trauma-informed and has experience working with trauma survivors. Therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive Processing Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing are best."

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    #2

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work Sexually harassed and ultimately fired after complaining. I was a 16 year old high school student (and male). This was in 96-97 and no one cared until I told my mom and she told me it was sexual harassment. I now know why women keep that stuff secret. The shame and embarrassment I felt was insane. Thanks for helping me, mom!

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    El Dee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, happens to young men too. And it's taken even LESS seriously for them. One day society will stop shaming victims..

    Heather Resatz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God bless you and your wonderful mother

    VonBlade
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mom's are (generally) great.

    FLUFF
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your mom deserves to be on top of the world 🌎. She deserves to be the winner of mom of the universe award 🥇

    #3

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I remember working as a security guard for a hospital. I watched certificate of need patients. These were patients from our local asylum who were completely out of their mind. I did my third shift ever for that company watching a guy who had picked up some pencils and stabbed a worker with it a couple times before turning a fresh one on himself and stabbing his own stomach six times. I took the third shift 7pm to 7am. All I did was sit in the hallway outside his door in a mostly dead wing of the ICU. I maybe saw one person an hour. It was just me in a chair in the middle of a dead hallway for 12 hours of the night. I'm freshly 18 at this point and had little experience with anything like this. I made it to about 3am before passing out in my chair outside his door. I was awoken by the guy I was watching himself. He had broken his own wrist to slip out of the handcuffs keeping him on the bed. He ripped his catheter and I.V. out. He tapped me on my shoulder to wake me up. I turned and looked at this man who was completely naked and bleeding from two places holding his wrist and he just said "I need to pee" I decided to try and play it off like everything was normal as to not escalate the situation. I walked him to the bathroom and immediately called my CO while he was inside. My CO got there before he got out and we used restraints to put him back on the bed. Nurses came back in and set him back up. My CO, not knowing that i fell asleep, said I did the right thing and that I'd do great at the job. He said he needed more people like me who didn't panic in situations like that and make things worse. I thanked him and then left at 7am.... I never came back to do another shift for that security company. I'm so lucky he didn't use his I.V. to stab me in the neck while I was sleeping.

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    Lady Luna
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP actually did the right thing, he didn't panic and called for back up. But a 12 hours shift with nothing to do but sit? That's insane, of course you would fall asleep.

    Zeema Bobina
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Side note about IVs: (because I didn't even know about this until I was taught how to place one) there's no needle once it's in, just a flexible plastic sheath

    Cafesinner
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you! I'm usually the one pointing this out haha

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    Kitty1019
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How can they have an 18-year-old doing that job?

    NotAnotherPanda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kudos to OP, situation well handled! Sorry as I side note, correct me if I'm wrong - but if he needed to pee, why did he pull out the catheter?

    Ponyo (they/them)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he probably did that bc he had impaired decision making skills at the time. i’ve been in that situation and mental illness completely distorts the world around you. one time i was hot and instead of turning on a fan, i climbed into my fridge. i have no idea why but it made soooo much sense at the time

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    Telepathetic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knowing what this guy did and...you Fell Asleep ? !

    Floor V
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You díd react in the best way possible! Stay calm. But one thing; you can't stab someone with an IV. In your vein it's just a plastic little tube. No needle.

    Kylie Burgoyne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read "working as a security guard at a hospital" I knew where this was going.

    Pizzagirl 91
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhm... Wasn't the door locked or sth.?

    Erin S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not how IV's work buddy. You wouldn't get hurt.

    Telepathetic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At the beginning of the article it said the patient Stabbed a Guy with A PENCIL

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    She also said joining a support group is a good idea: "If the individual experienced a mass shooting, there are survivors groups that have been formed throughout the U.S. and virtually, such as the Rebels Project. These can be good to get plugged into as it helps to be able to connect with others who have had a similar experience."

    #4

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work When I was 15 I worked in retail and an older man (probably 40s) was following me around sizing me up. I seriously did laps around the store just to see if he really was following. Eventually fed up I said (politely) “can I help you with something”, and he said “maybe. What time do you get off work?” I laughed thinking it was a joke and just dead stared at me, “what time do you get off? Will it be dark?” I told him it’s none of his business and he said “well you want to help me don’t you?” And he wrapped his arm around my waist. My co-worker, a man around his age, saw what was happening and “assaulted” the dude, punched him in the face and swore him out of the store. He wrote the guys license plate down and said he didn’t hear the conversation but I looked scared, and he asked if I wanted the cops called. I was freaked out and didn’t want to acknowledge it even happened so I said no. Regret that every day. Who knows how many people he did that to after

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    Becklass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You say you regretted not reporting it. What he did to you and possibly others it his responsibility not yours. You aren’t to blame in any way.

    Ramya Raja
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was walking to my home 3 km from bus stop 2 guys crossed in a motor bike in another road linked to the road I was walking. My village is in industrial area at noon only we can hear is industrial sounds other than that dead silence. Those guys stopped the bike they rode the bike fast at first they slowed down while approaching me I was terrified. Ready to attack slowly standing near big rock pieces and sand. I was really scared terrified yet fully I attack mode. When they reached me and said "how ugly she is". And laughed. Lady with cow came out nowhere asked me what happened and then the guys went away. Fyi I wore a big golden glass very slim had lot of pimples. I never felt I was ugly at that time. I felt both happy and sad.

    Tina Smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be happy the lady helped you but please don't be sad at what some jerks said! I'm very, very sure you were not ugly then and aren't now! (I'm a Mom - we know these things:) They, on the other hand, were ugly on the inside then and probably now.

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    Nikki Angulo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet the co-worker was a dad or uncle to a girl about the same age! Dad instincts kicked in! Good for him!

    CultOfBambi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm hoping that even people who aren't dads/uncles would have been as kind and protective. As humans we need to look out for everyone more vulnerable than ourselves, regardless of whether or not we can identify with them or they remind us of a loved one.

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    Annabell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need more people with coworkers cojónes.

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    #5

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work When I was about 22 (F) I worked at a group home for developmentally disabled individuals. The house manager was a man named Mark. Mark had some kind of god complex. He was mad that I had my time off to visit family in Oregon approved by the main office - he didn’t want to find someone to cover. He had weeks to plan. He told me I couldn’t go. I told him the time was approved and I WAS going to go. He wordlessly picked me up and slung me over his shoulder like a rag doll, walked quickly to a client’s bedroom, and slammed me down on the bed. He stared into my face for a few seconds, then got up and left the house. Worst part? I never told any higher ups, and only told my boyfriend years later after it was far, far too late. Why? I still wonder why.

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    Praecordia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why indeed. Mark needed to be fired and charged with assault.

    Cathleen Cummings
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sheer terror has a way of debilitating a person. Don't be so hard on yourself.

    CultOfBambi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add to that, she's female and he's male - and by the sounds of things, her direct 'superior'. I think it's easy to see why she didn't say anything. And also what Boopsie said... a generational issue.

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    Boopsie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is only within the last generation or so that girls are taught to fight back. My generation was raised not to cause problems or draw attention. So much c**p happened that never got reported to anyone.

    Agnes Jekyll
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shame. Fear that we won't be believed, Fear that higher ups won't support us, thinking that it is somehow our fault. It was never your fault.

    Callie Ge
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most women don’t report sexual harassment or assault in the work place because they are 1. Afraid of losing their job ( so many Women get fired for reporting managers for this) 2. Not being believed ( so many are counter accused of Lying, being scorned/jealous lovers, or crazy) It’s 2022 & justice for sexual harassment or assault in the work place is still meted out like it’s 1922.

    Mary Kelly
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i think it has something to do with how we (women) are raised...we are the ones who feel shame and embarrassment when men assault us...and too often, society -- men and women -- reinforce the view that we are to blame...i hope you found a way to let that part of your trauma go away

    tara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My God if that creep treated you like that, imagine what he would have done/did to someone that he wasn't worried about telling on him.

    Etch-A-Sketch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seem like Mark should have been one of the residents of the home.

    Allison B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree. Mark doesn't seem to be developmentally disabled just an absolute creep. Please don't lump all people with developmental disabilities in with him.

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    Lola Atkinson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never understood why victims of violence and abuse feel embarrassed or guilty - were they raised to feel weak if they complain?

    CultOfBambi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's more that they feel shame, rather than weakness, or they think that they somehow brought it on themselves - and yes it is how woman have been raised and judged by society up until recently, even in the 'West' - but even more so in developing countries. Was/is it not like this where you are from?

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    We also wanted to learn what others can do to help people who've been through something traumatic. "There will be people in the survivor's life who do not understand the recovery process and expect it to be quick," said Dr. Cowan. "It usually takes some time to recover from being involved in such a traumatic event. Knowing what to expect and being patient with the survivor is critical. Help them to get connected with a trained mental health practitioner that can help them throughout the recovery process."

    #6

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I worked at Home Depot and a guy came in looking frantic and desperately asking us how to get a LOT of blood out of concrete. Took him a bit, but he finally explained that he did not in fact murder someone. He was a contractor working on a house nearby and one of his guys had tried to rip a 2x4 down the middle and had instead ripped his hand and a good portion of his lower arm down the middle. The guy was carted off to the hospital and the contractor was desperate to get it all cleaned up before the homeowner got back. There were pictures, both of the guy's arm and the general carnage of the scene.

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    BasedWang12.7
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interested, but also happy the pictures aren't here

    Ms. Human Being
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a question that is unrelated to this post. Why doesn’t bored panda have a better system to deal with bots? On every post, I see a bot, and report them every time. But it doesn’t stop. I was curious if any other pandas know what is going on?

    Shyla Bouche
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're using the app, blocking them does nothing.

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    Id row
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Power washer. Or a sand blaster.

    Ghaniyah Verma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I at first thought this guy DID murder someone.

    Quitethedilemma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Morbid curiosity would have gotten the better of me and I would have looked at the pictures.....and most likely regretted it.

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    #7

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work So I work for a company on the second floor of the building. There's an elevator in the lobby, but you can't get to the second floor without a code. There's a Ring camera & guests can buzz up to the receptionist to be let in. One day, the receptionist goes out for lunch & she asks me to watch the Ring for her while I'm out. I say okay. During my watch, the Ring goes off. I answer & it's a gentleman in his mid-30s. I ask him how I can help. He asks if he can speak to someone in management. I ask what about - he mentions he has a complaint about one of the stores our company owns. Rewind to a few days earlier, I happen to have spoken earlier in the week to that store's manager who told me a story of a guy they had to kick out for being creepy around kids... I won't go into detail, but I'll just say what he was doing was technically legal, but still very creepy. Anyway, I'm curious about the guy so I do a little sleuthing, figure out who the guy is, and look him up on social media. Back to the visitor downstairs at my office: it's the same creepy guy - I just happened to recognize him since I'm a nosy SOB. I stall for time, telling him I'm locating the appropriate management to meet with him, and while I'm watching him on the Ring, he turns just right so I can see that he's got a gun of some sort tucked in his waistband. I call 911. Cops arrive immediately. He does have a concealed carry permit, but we do have a "no firearm" sign posted out front, and the cops ask him what he's doing bringing a gun to an office building. In the end, they sent him on his way and nothing really happened, but it makes me wonder what would've happened if I hadn't been answering the Ring that day.

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    Id row
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You may have saved lives that day, including your own. Very unsettling.

    Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was probably just there to complain and nothing more. If he was there to k!ll someone, he certainly would have made the concealed gun more concealed.

    Fish Fingers
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Allowing weirdos and perverts to legally secretly carry guns in public sounds fake, but here we are...

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    Dr. Cowan noted that it's also important to "help the survivor learn and utilize stress management techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation and deep breathing. You can find videos of these techniques for free on YouTube."

    #8

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work About a year ago I was at work, it was early, like 5AM and we were setting up to open. There was a new maintenance guy going around, changing empty trash bags, mopping random spots that didn't need it. After a couple hours the police showed and arrested him. He had murdered 2 people in the middle of the night was thought he could dodge arrest by pretending to be a maintenance cleaner.

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    #9

    Disturbing: 14 years or so ago... A newer temp employee made a foolish mistake and mildly injured himself while damaging property. He got fired. He showed up the next day with a rifle and went berserk. One shot was fired, nobody was injured. Police arrived, he surrendered. I was in my office when it happened and had no clue what was going on. I didn't find out until I was walking down one of the halls and noticed everyone was giving "finger guns" and laughing it up. I inquired. Everyone moved on pretty quickly from the incident. Creepy: 20 years ago, a regular customer arrived, as usual, on a Saturday morning. He was an older guy, maybe in his late 70s, early 80's. He handed my coworker and I a box and said "they wouldn't accept this at church donation, so you can have it." He then left. We looked in the box. It was all Disney movie sleeves, but the VHS tapes had hand-written titles with dirty wordplay playing off the original title. My coworker took it home for "sampling." He came back the next day, horrified, and told me what it was. It was Nope-territory, bad. He said he burned every tape. Probably should have handed it over to the police but he was too scared to be implicated. We never saw that customer again. Yes, this happened.

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    BasedWang12.7
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why in the hell would you not hand these over?

    angry_waffle
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because that nope is so nope that it is possible they would have gotten in trouble as well, for unknowingly possessing it.

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    WhiteClawOfDeath
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    Weird the church didn't want them...

    Id row
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Burning VHS tapes? I'm surprised the co-worker didn't get some kind of toxic poisoning from that.

    Via Hawk
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can someone explain please???

    Literallyaeasybakeoven
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The post said they had dirty word play written on them, so my guess would be really disturbing porn

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    666Slay.Com
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    imagine if this passed and went in...the family who decided to grab a copy of 'beauty and the beast' and had watched in horror as those scenes played out. the poor children, scarred for l i f e...

    Ghaniyah Verma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason I'm interested about the titles and movies.

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    scared of the police, good boy

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    #10

    Working in some bad neighborhoods at a previous job and while speaking with a crew foreman heard gunfire break out. Happened fairly often so we just casually sat down behind the equipment and kept chatting until the offending vehicle drove off. I looked up and asked if everyone was ok and saw a young girl (10-12 I'm guessing) laying on the ground with her mother staring in shock. The girl had been hit with 3 rounds so I grabbed my trauma kit and went to work while the foreman called 911. She took a hit to the femoral artery so I applied a tourniquet, one graze on her arm and one to the lung so she had a sucking chest wound. I applied chest seals and just kept talking to her as calmly and casually as I could while another crewman talked to her mother. The look in her eye of fear and confusion has really stuck with me, I hope she made it but I've honestly been too afraid to follow up in case she didn't.

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    Booklover<3
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is really scary, I'm glad the OP helped in any way they could.

    brandyy17
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the OP should think of it this way....bc the OP went to help her instead of just waiting around for help to arrive the girl had a higher chance of survival. the OP was a big part in saving that girls life and should keep that in mind. i respect the OP for stepping up to the plate to help.

    simply.Taz
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. Today, many people would just record it to post on social media! Thank you for being there for that little girl!!

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    Kat Min
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jesus christ. Once again - as so often on BP - I am just so fcking glad, I don't llive in the US

    Sanchi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “ Happened fairly often so we just casually sat down behind the equipment and kept chatting until the offending vehicle drove off” I love america

    Ami
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Land of the free home of the brave huh /s

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    Dawn Sky
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm writing a policy report on gun violence prevention to give to my local senators and reps for school, hopefully will prevent scenes like this.

    CultOfBambi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good luck with that. I would be very surprised if anything is ever done about the gun violence in the US - it's way too profitable for the people making the guns and they're the ones with the real power (lobbyists, particularly). And then you have the 'right-to-bear-arms brigade'... It doesn't seem like there's any way to reason with them.

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    Dawn Sky
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm writing a policy report on gun violence prevention for school

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    #11

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I work for a tv/internet company and we had a guy who would say that he would only allow women technicians in his house. At the time, we had very few working in my area and we certainly weren't going to send one out anyways. We did have a manager tech who was a woman who called him and said "sure. I'll be right out." (She's tough in general) Still wasn't leaving anything up to chance, so I rode out with her as her "trainee" for that job. He was none too happy.

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    Gwyn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for going with her!

    Callie Ge
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only want a f email tech translates as “ I’m a rapist & I want my victim served up on a platter”

    StarlightPanda!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They shouldn't have complied. Good thing everyone was safe..

    Ghaniyah Verma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, dude was sus. Glad you went.

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    #12

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work This doesn’t really compare to most, but I’m from and lived all my life in TX. I moved to Boca Raton, FL for a year to get clean when I was 18. I was working at an assistant manager at a party city. Some Karen New Yorker reached across the counter and grabbed my shirt and pulled me forward because she was pissed off about something and she “wanted to see my name tag.” I could not believe it. Nobody would do that from where I was from and not expect trouble. When the shock wore off, I calmly told her to get her hands off me or I would beat her unconscious. She looked at me like I had ten heads.

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    boredatwork
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you work in retail or in a restaurant you should be allowed at least once a year to fight a customer legally with no repercussions

    Seanette Blaylock
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And call center staff should be allowed to go off on one caller per year, same deal.

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    SeaLouse
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There would have been a punch to the face so fast if someone ever grabbed me like that.

    Ghaniyah Verma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Over a name tag? Also, that is scary.

    UserCompromised
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very happy my fellow texans are getting some good representation on here

    VonBlade
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    3 years ago

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    Ah yes, threats of physical violence, truly the most sane reaction to grumpy customers.

    Praecordia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When random people put hands on you sometimes threats of violence are very warranted.

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    #13

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I’m a realtor and showed a creepy old 19th century Victorian home (think the Addam’s Family house) on Halloween night. It was one building but originally two units which had since been conjoined so it was a real maze. Multiple kitchens and living rooms, easy to get turned around. It was a foreclosure with no power so we only had our phones to light the way. Foreclosures always have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors chirping away due to low batteries. But this house had ones that said “low battery” in a mechanical voice. But the battery was so low it came out like “llllooooowwww baaaaaattttteeeerrryyy” in a dying robot voice. So there we were, three of us on Halloween night inside a dark home that’s creepy at noon in July getting all turned around then somewhere we hear “llllooooowwww baaaaaattttteeeerrryyy.” Man we f****d out of their quick.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist,there were no batteries in the alarm the next day..

    Seabeast
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Double plot twist, there were never any batteries to begin with.

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    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At one place I worked we could adjust the ring tone for our office phones. One of the options for the ring tone was a flat sounding man's voice saying "Are you there?". It was freaky!! And it would keep going - "Are you there? Are you there?" My department all sat in a big open group of cubicles so we could always see each other. We were all friends and we like to play jokes on each other. So one day my coworker was away from her desk and I reset her ring tone to the creepy man's voice. I had forgotten about it and was just sitting there working, until she got a call and practically jumped out of her seat. :) I wonder who thought making that voice a ring tone option was a good idea?

    brandyy17
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    m i the only one who noticed they said on halloween night at noon in JULY?

    Phillip Hart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They said the house is even creepy at noon in July so you know to add additional creepiness on account of the date and the darkness.

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    VonBlade
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then we learned Johnny 5 was chained up in the basement.

    David Leick
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want this house. Super spooky smoke detector and everything.

    Laur@$truthers
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I hear is a very cute Baymax from Big Hero 6 'loooooowww baaaatttteeerrryyy'

    sylvantic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My old house had a detector like that! I found it funny, but I was a child at the time and it wasn’t a foreclosed Victorian mansion.

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    #14

    2 guys over at Saint Rosh Technoglass where both moving a large glass window sheet by hand because it was to big for the crane. Than it snapped one guy managed to throw the part he was holding away from him self the other guy got the bigger part and could not hold it and dropped it slicing his body and right arm from his right shoulder down to his left hip. I could literally see his hearth beat in the blood that was pulsing out of him

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    Via Hawk
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OH MY GOD. At first I imagined just his arm and a bit of his hip got dismembered. And then I read it again and realized did that man get cut in half?! OH LORD

    brandyy17
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that is some real final destination stuff

    Destinee Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My boyfriend who used to work on commercial fishing boats tells me a story about a line that was straining (3 or more inch thick metal wire) it finally snapped when they were trying to fix the problem and so everyone hit deck as to not be hit by this wire flying around the boat deck one person didn't notice and got cut clean in half by the wire.... After that story I was an anxious mess anytime he went fishing (the boats don't have reception so we only talked every few weeks if we were lucky...) Thankfully the only injuries he got was a broken arm during a tsunami and a bad case of fish poisoning.

    Allison B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I rarely get nauseous reading things but this one... 🤢

    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s quite enough internet for today…

    simply.Taz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear God!! How horrific!!! :(

    SCamp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ‘Moving a glass sheet by hand because it was too big for the crane” ??? 🤔

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    #15

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work Was working for the day in a government building I hadn’t visited before. Our company had one floor in it that I was told was the last floor in use. The company were planning to vacate at the end of the year. At lunchtime I decided to explore and got off the elevator on a random floor. It was an open plan office. All the desks still had work on them and a large table still had the remains of a party. Paper plates and food. A lot of the desks had slices of cake sat on them untouched. A party banner was still up that said CONGRATULATIONS. One office was open and the walls were covered with X-ray slides of different people. Every surface covered with more on the floor. To my untrained eye they all seemed to have large shadows growing in them. Weird. This was years before social media or camera phones so I had another quick look around and got back in the elevator. When the doors opened on my floor I was met by an armed police officer (this was London and seeing an armed cop was very rare)who asked me why I’d been on the other floor. I told him I was just curious and on my lunch break and he warned me that I was only allowed access to this floor and to not break protocol again. No one in the office I was visiting knew anything about it. No one had ever seen police there or ever explored the other floors.

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    Amanda Lawshe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes me think they were evacuated due to a suspicious package with white powder, maybe?

    Your Neighborhood Alien
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, if they were, they never returned. When asked if the cake was still fresh , OP said, "Nope. Rotten. Weeks if not months old."

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    JessG
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand the x-Ray thing..."growing shadows"? Like tumors? Like smuggled drugs? Why were they covering every surface in that one office? This is such a weird scene, and it would probably eat away at my curiosity until I went insane if I didn't find out more info

    Your Neighborhood Alien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's the only extra piece of info OP supplied. When asked if the cake was still fresh, OP wrote, "Nope. Rotten. Weeks if not months old."

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    Id row
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, this one is freaky. I'd love to know the story.

    Owen Jarvis
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am from the UK. The UK government has a lot more secrets than most. We really are masters of keeping things quiet, and that's not a good thing. Stiff upper lip. Keep calm and carry on. I worry about our secrets. 🧐

    Knitting Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now this one has me concerned and I'm not even from the UK.

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    Ursula S.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They could have locked out that floor on the elevator, so you have to have a keycard or actual key to unlock that number on the panel.

    Your Neighborhood Alien
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When asked if the cake was still fresh , OP said, "Nope. Rotten. Weeks if not months old." 😳

    Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl)
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    Sounds fake. If he had set off an alarm, they would not have known what floor he pressed when he got off.

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    #16

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work There was a dude I was supposed to meet up with from fetlife. Years ago. *Spoiler; f**k that site* I got real creepy bad vibes from just his texts, so I said no two days before he was going to be in town. He was pissed. Took on a shift that night at a store I worked at and during the whole day he sent me texts trying to convince me to meet up with him. He texts me, "Wow you look really great in that orange dress!!" I never told him where I worked. Never even saw him because I was working. I called him out on it and threatened to have security called on him if he got any closer. Then tried to convince me to meet him at a local WALMART where he was hanging out with his little NEPHEW for a few hours because he didn't have a car and his brother drove him!! So many red flags!! Never agreed to ANY of this. Had security walk me to my car after my shift. Never saw him again (that I know of). Blocked him after I drove home with countless ridiculous detours.

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    moon_magic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty standard encounter for that site TBH

    Alaina Bleakley
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just googled that website and I gotta say seems like a terrible idea to sign up even if that is who you are

    Your Neighborhood Alien
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BP didn't copy the exact text he sent. It was, "Wow you look really great in that orange dress!! 🥵🥵🔥"

    tara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Were you wearing an orange dress??

    Cait W
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, geez, I remember that site. Had a coworker that I never interacted with before message me with something very dirty. Can't remember what anymore, but I remember being creeped out. Luckily I never saw that coworker ever again.

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    #17

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work There was a dad from my son's school who found out where I worked, what car was mine and that I was going through a divorce. He asked me out and I said no. After I said no, (I said no and gave absolutely no hope for any future dates/conversation/contact. I said NO) he started showing up at my job to see me and cornering me so I couldn't get away. A couple work friends would see him coming and send me off to the staff room to get me away from him. He left flowers on my car while I was at work. I was incredibly creeped out and a single mom with young children. I got a guy from work to stay by my side as often as he could and after awhile of seeing work guy around me, stalker guy started to leave me alone.

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    Gardener of Weeden
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Society has taught these men that they can "wear her down" by being persistent isn't that romantic that he is following you? He must really like you... you should give him a chance. And my favorite... "there was no on her lips... but yes in her eyes"

    simply.Taz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh God! This is so true and so disgusting!!

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    brandyy17
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that was a smart play. ive done it myself. i had one of my best friends thats like a brother to me act as if he was my boyfriend. a guy from a club i said no to tracked me down and was very persistant i date him so i turned to my friend. at first hed go up to my friend and say things like "i saw her first" "thats my girl" "hands off" etc. i had do that for a whole year before he gave up. in the end me and my friend ended up actually dating cuz he admitted the reason he agreed was bc he actually wanted to b my boyfriend but protecting me took priority. we did break up but nothing has changed we r still best friends and he tells me constantly that his proudest best friend moment was being at my wedding bc i finally came across a guy who is willing to protect me the way he constantly did from many bad exs and try hards. i think my husband has a funny way of going about tho. being proud that guys look at me and stuff yet they lay a finger on me and their dead. its like flipping a switch. he always said im too good for him so i guess its like a compliment to him but its look cant touch. idk all i kno is if a girl goes for him they got another thing coming.

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    #18

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I worked at a bank. We were giving kids a tour. One of the parents was in the lobby and played a “prank” on me. He passed me a note and pretended he was robbing me. I hadn’t seen him before he did this, and for about 10-15 seconds I thought we were being robbed with a boatload of children behind the counter.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next they had a tour at the airport? "I have a bomb in my suitcase"???

    Gardener of Weeden
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then the kids got a tour of the police station when "funny" parent gets busted!

    MimSorensson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate pranks. I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE pranks. A “prank” is being dirt mean and not wanting consequences for it. “Pranks” are a pìsspoor excuse to hurt people, often people who previously trusted you. Fυck pranks, they’re unfunny and prey on trust. There, I said it, and you can find me boring and downvote all you want.

    Shana Hay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a bank teller long ago. A guy came in, went to the little deposit desk, wrote a note, walked up to me and slid it across the counter. We had been robbed a few weeks before, so I was freaking out. Turned out, he was deaf and all was good but I almost had a heart attack!!

    CultOfBambi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked as a bank teller for a while in my twenties. A couple of months before I started, another nearby branch had been robbed by a gang that took one of the staff hostage, poured petrol (gasoline) over her and threatened to set her alight if the manager didn't open the vault and give them everything. So this was mentioned as part of my induction/onboarding for the job. It stuck in my mind the entire time I worked there. To say I was constantly uneasy would be an understatement.

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    tara
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "And that's when I punched him in the face Your Honor."

    C C
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    u should have reported him to the police. banks dont take “jokes” very well. im sure he would have been arrested.

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    #19

    I'm on the scene of a house fire with a girl that's like 5ish years older then me. The whole time I'm getting orders from my captain she's giving me the "take me eyes." I get placed on crowd control until hose lines are set up. That whole time this women WHO'S HOUSE IS BURNING is flirting with me saying things like "Can you put out that fire for me big strong fire man" Jesus I was so creeped out. I told my captain who took scene command that we might want to call police down for a drug test on her and I asked him to keep me as far from her as possible. Police actually came and tested her. She was clean. Nope! NOPE! I'm out. This girl flirted with me while her house burnt and she is 5 years older then me. Next day I'm on station duty mostly just chores and EMS calls and guess who shows up that lady. She is just staring at me while I organize the trucks a bit better. I ended up calling my chief to ask her to switch shifts with me due to the lady. After I left she followed me home then when I went back on duty she got arrested when one of my fellow firefighters asked her to back off for me and she hit him. Lots of paper work to say the least

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    simply.Taz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get all of the creepiness; however, five years older than you, I don't find creepy. Am I missing something?

    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Though the woman had plenty of creep factor, her being five years older than the OP isn't the serious issue the OP is making it out to be. Try being a fourteen-year-old girl being hit on every other week by a different man old enough to be your father or grandfather.

    Ms. Human Being
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it’s more of the fact that she’s an older, more mature person than him.

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    Gwyn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was waiting for this story to end by saying she set her own house on fire!

    Ricardo Ferreira
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read somewhere (don't remember where) that the threat of imminent death makes people go love, sex-crazy. Like, it's now or never! I could be dead tomorrow! Maybe she had something like that.

    MockingbirdTheWolf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get why the 5-year difference matters so much- I mean if you're over 18 it doesn't matter if someone who is 5 years older than you is flirting. I mean, that's barely an age difference compared to others out there.

    StarlightPanda!
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't see how the "5 years older than me" is relevant in this.

    Ilda Dias
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact there's people that are giving excuses for her behavior its ridiculous🤦🏻‍♀️ It doesn't matters the victim's gender. Stalking someone isn't okay!

    Bryn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe she was flirting to take her mind off it? Or stressed? Stress can make you do crazy things.

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    #20

    A loud, boisterous man often came into the Whole Foods I used to work at, requesting only I make his sandwich the way he likes it. Overtime his interactions with me got creepier. He would film me, call me his little Filipina sandwich lady, flirt nonstop with me, even as my boyfriend worked right next to me. He was extremely aggressive and rude to everyone except me. I tried to tell my supervisor but she brushed it aside, got security to like….stand there lazily for a day but that’s it. I finally lost him when I quit.

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    Seabeast
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AGGGHHH! This makes me so angry! Who are these creeps who think that women in public-facing jobs owe them their attention!

    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seabeast: Because women in public-facing jobs are the only ones obligated to remain in-place when these incels make their moves.

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    pp horrendous
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah whenever someone says s**t like this, fetishizing a race or ethnicity, makes me want to spill my f*****g guts

    Ilda Dias
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact there's people that are giving excuses for her behavior its ridiculous🤦🏻‍♀️ It doesn't matters the victim's gender. Stalking someone isn't okay!

    MockingbirdTheWolf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry but- "Filipina sandwich lady" 💀💀💀

    #21

    Older male customer slid his hand down my back and squeezed my butt when I was answering one of his questions (I was a minor at the time). Then started talking about how women are servants to him. His wife was two aisles down from us. He read my name tag and always asks for me whenever he comes in.

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    Sathe Wesker
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have been fired for my reaction to that.

    Tamra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously, wtf? What the hell is wrong with some people?

    Asphalt Bubblegum
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have firmly dotted his eyeballs with my fingers.

    StarlightPanda!
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a male customer who was older than my grandparents (I was like 20 at the time), and he harassed me. His wife apologized to me, and he told her it's ok because I was over 18. Harassing anyone is wrong. Just because someone is an adult does not give guys the ok to harass women!!!

    Ghaniyah Verma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...this just reminds me. When I was little, like, in third or fourth grade I think, this dude in my class sat next to me and put his hand in my pants. I pushed him away.

    C C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nope. punch or knee him and call the police (whether ur employer agrees or not). wut that a*****e did was sexual assault

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    #22

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I was living and working at a commune, a farm and restaurant in one. I had been there for quite some time, and the owner started insinuating that I was castrated, and that the whole world was some kind of sect that functions around prostitution. He also started hinting towards cannibalism at this place, and that human meat was to be compared to pork... There was "someone" of his "acquaintances" that, during one of the dinners, started talking about how "traditionally" pigs are castrated because of how the testosterone made the meat taste "bad". They also kept on talking about guns, and they kept bringing guns around to the area. I did not feel safe there.

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    Hex Gurls
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what the f**k?? it sounds like a horror novel

    Ellie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda reminds me of Midsommor tbh

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    BasedWang12.7
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well they do call human "long pig"

    LK
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Traditionally male pigs were not castrated, they were butchered before they hit puberty. When pigs, and many other male animals reach puberty the meat does indeed taste bad.

    corgiobsessed00
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    was the owner Hannibal Lector by chance?

    Mel Colley
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You didn't feel safe there... How long have did it take you to get to conclusion?

    Spocks's Mom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds pretty wholesome to me. 🤔

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    #23

    One day I was tired and fell asleep on my desk at work. The next day I got a picture of me sleeping and a text from an unknown number to leave a $50 under my desk or they will send the picture to HR.

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    LK
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take the picture to HR, and apologise for falling asleep during work hours.

    Jill Hojnacki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With luck they might even help you identify your blackmailer so you can bring charges against them.

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    VonBlade
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So ring the number and see who in the office has their phone go off.

    Asphalt Bubblegum
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take the picture *and* the text to HR.

    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At one of my first office jobs when I was younger someone came in and tried to bribe me to type a letter on our letterhead. (It was a university program) Apparently his job asked him to verify the degree he falsely put on his resume and he was hoping I would make a fake confirmation for him. He handed me a $100 bill and a business card with his name on it. I was so naïve I had no idea what the hell he was talking about and why he was giving me money! Fortunately my boss came out of his office and tossed the guy out, telling him never to come back. I hope he got fired! After that my coworkers always jokingly asked me how much it would cost for me to do various tasks for them. So I put up a sign on my desk with prices. :) Fake degree? $50,000. And the prices went up from there.

    Via Hawk
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take the picture to HR yourself, apologize for sleeping on work hours, ask if you could do something to make up for it, once someone else brings the picture to HR, show the text, then you know who it is :)

    Oliver
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is blackmail. It is also called I really hope you didn’t do what the person asked you to do

    Sweet Taurus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you pay the blackmail or call their bluff?

    Me Gravy
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...someone tried to do this at my hosp - turned out the person with the photo (one that took the pic) actually got the write up and put on a "final" bc it's against our policy to take pics in the hosp! The person that was caught sleeping was not reprimanded... At ALL!

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    #24

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I work for a school. 3 active shooters response events. Only one turned out to be an actual immediate threat and the guy was arrested before anything bad happened. But the atmosphere was rather eery. The campus was deserted with the exception of a couple dozen cops in full gear looking for the suspect and helicopters overhead.

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    BasedWang12.7
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bet I know what country this is..... And I live in it

    Owen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *star spangled banner starts playing*

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    David Leick
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎵America, the beautiful🎵 Don't @ me. You know damn well where this happened and how frequent it is. 😡

    Rhyleigh Beer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in second grade, (SECOND GRADE!!) someone threatened to come to my (ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,) and shoot up the place. We were told to get into intruder drill lineups, because we were so little, but then they told us it was real. Our faces went from bored to terrified. Friends were hugging eachother, etc. Thank gosh it was just a threat. Those kids got arrested three days after.

    FLUFF
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in 6th grade (only 11!) we had at least 3 actual lockdowns. 1st time a shooter almost got in. Second time the same shooter broke out and held someone hostage. Third time the same shooter and another person only got as far as the main office by shooting the glass doors open. We were crying and huddling with our friends . I had quite a few panic attacks with my friends. God dammit. I am so jealous of the kids that transferred this year. They did not suffer at all . They did not get trama. But I am happy that they did not get any trama.

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I were inclined to be a school teacher, the prospect of working in a potential abattoir would put me off teaching for good. Yes I'm in the US.

    brandyy17
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    honestly i wish school shootings would just stop. i kno so many teachers a good portion of them r family members. every time i hear about another one i pray its not a school one of them work at. its a horrible thing in general but i cant help but worry one day itll b one of their schools

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    #25

    I had a man come in for an interview who was obviously in the middle of an intense episode (either dissociative or psychotic I'd say). He was talking out loud with no-one else in the office, got the date wrong by two years, didn't know what city he was in. He looked very disheveled. He also admitted to being very edgy and was close to snapping at me at one point. I felt very sad for him, but also unsafe at that moment. I know how debilitating mental issues can be. My supervisor didn't help me at all: she let me stay with him and handle it all on my own. She didn't call anyone to help or warn emergency services. She just said we weren't going to deal with the problem and there were no measures in place to deal with those situations anyways, they just happened sometimes and you waited for them to be over.

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    Seabeast
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That supervisor should be fired.

    Kat Min
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She might not know better. She needs training.

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    Jcusack
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder what kind of company OP worked for where this "just happens sometimes," but has yet to put any measures in place for employee safety...

    Jeffery Dahmer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F**k that supervisor. Anyone who says something like that should get fired immediately.

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    #26

    I worked stocking cheese and deli meat at a grocery store. Not the worst job I’ve ever had. I was stocking and this older woman, prob sixty, walks by and says “I love my men on their knees.” And just kept walking. She was a cashier, on the clock. Imagine if the situation was flipped and I said that to her? I was honestly so shocked at the entire situation that I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t bring it up with my boss right away so I figured no one would believe me over a kind older gal who worked upfront and wouldn’t hurt a fly. Situation still gives me pause sometimes as I still work in retail. People have little aversion to inappropriate touching I’ve found. Why anyone in public would try to touch a stranger without their consent is just weird to me but…it happens a lot.

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    Agata Fronia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when i worked at a small store an older guy walked behind me when i was stocking beer and...oh god he i do not know how to describe this, he led his finger near my bum to a middle of my back on my backbone, i was so shocked i thought i was sweating for a second. i turned around and he was all smily and asked me a question i answered it quickly and moved to a till. he yelled after me not to be scared, i just smiled and said that i do not want for him to wait for me, as i have to log in... i do not know how i kept my cool. and as it was a small store and i loved just two doors down i kew all the people, i saw him first and last time that day, oh yeah i was 18.

    readingthequibbler
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I honestly would have turned and hit him with a beer bottle. Even if I got in trouble, would make him think twice before doing it again. And I understand getting nervous in the situation, I'm 18 myself. My last job, totally would have just dealt with it. My current one, my manager makes the point that it's our bodies and if someone touches it inappropriately, to react without too much thought. She apparently had a manager get mad at her for just snapping at someone touching her when she was 19, so she tries to do her best for us. And sorry for rambling

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    ViFi
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at sixteen i've had a man ask me at my fastfood job if he could have my breasts on his sandwich. not f*****g around- literally the interaction goes: "hi, welcome to ******* how can I hellp you?" "Hi ill have a diet coke, two kids meals, one chicken sandwich" *leans out of car window towards me* "and can you make that extra spicy? put your boobies on it." I stuttered thru the rest of the interaction, then immediately told my supervisor. she did nothing about it but my coworker noticed and made a sign with his face on it (he was on the SO list) that clearly said banned from ******** for inappropriate conduct. I was f*****g 15.

    StarlightPanda!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked in a grocery store and was even touched by another employee and management treated me like c**p.

    C C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it happens a lot n many situations. hence the “me too” movement. look how long it’s taken to bring the harvey weinstiens and bill cosbys to justice.

    gbic 3548
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    Was she hot? Just curious...

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    #27

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work Caught someone recording/photographing me under the bathroom stall.

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    Seabeast
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *STOMP* __ Oh, I'm sorry, did I break your phone and all the fingers on your hand when I "accidentally" stepped on it?

    Ms. Human Being
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While you were ‘accidentally’ recording me

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    Via Hawk
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take the phone and put it in the toilet and then s**t on it

    Asphalt Bubblegum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Maniacally grins as I body slam the stall door.*

    StarlightPanda!
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here. In like 2017. It was a teenage girl who was on a video call with her friend. She slid her phone under the stall into mine. Creepy as hell. I mean a teenager?

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    KindredKiller
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do you mean "F or Ws?" Female or Women's? I'm so confused!!

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    Me Gravy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😰 No way! That is my worst nightmare! Jebus!

    RavenTheCat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I caught someone showing me pornography and the company did nothing until I said I f****n quit and left. They actually stopped me and got the police involved, but cops around my area don't do jack squat. Anyways I was really uneasy and actually did come back but the company for a while was scared to loose me. It went viral on local social Media what happened and I hear this same guy did it at drive thrus too

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    #28

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I worked gy in a hospital pharmacy…and it was just me and one other running it for the hospital and we’d like to turn off like 80% of the lights because hospital lights are offending to the eyes especially during hours your body normally would want to sleep… well I came into the pharmacy after delivering something and I saw my coworker in the medication pick area… which was enclosed and only had one way in or out.. and I was talking to him about something that had happened on the floor literally seeing him like look at the medications as I was talking but then my coworker goes “What?” And he poked his head out from all the way in the back of the pharmacy… and I looked back and there wasn’t anyone in the med pick area.. I 100% saw someone standing there and talked to them for a few min… the pharmacy was located in the basement… along with the morgue… and it’s locked.. only pharmacy employees have access to the hospital pharmacy… not even security has access…. Scariest experience I have had… I told a coworker about it when morning shift came in and she told me a week prior her water bottle started moving from a dead standstill.

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    Lola Atkinson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The supernatural is real. I've had some experiences that can't be explained scientifically.

    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bingo. Like my sheer existence (look at my username lol)

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    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ya sure you weren't just really tired? Lol

    C C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sorry. found this story difficult to follow. don’t know if it was punctuation or wut.

    Aqualia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably "..." every line and a half. I just gave up half way through, my brain can't work with this punctuation

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    the_harbringer_of_doom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NOPE i got enough paranormal s**t thats already happened, i do not need more

    Me Gravy
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...one night shift in the hosp. @ 3AM - I freaking watched my coworker walk into the bronch suite - i saw him... Completely from down the hall. I'm like "great! We have an emergency and it's about to get busy AF!!" Get back to the dept, peek in the suite and the lights are off, "nobody" there. I had eyes on the room the whole way there! My coworker is sitting in a chair reading! I said "dude i just watched you walk into the suite!" ...and BOOM this heavy lead lined door (litterally 5+ inches thick for fluoro) SLAMS so loud like a firecracker! He jumped up, threw the book, grabbed my hand, and we ran all the way up to the 12th floor! Lmfao! Why the top of the d@mn bldg I'll never know, but we both checked our pants for cr@p! I can hear that door slamming right now! ...and i have goosebumps all over me arms! Nobody else was there, or could have been there but us! UGH... Edited: spelling errors - Lols!

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    #29

    Got sent a 12 page essay with someone confessing their love for me and how they liked XYZ that I wore on XYZ day.. turns out it was an ex boyfriend from 9th grade!!!!!!!!!! I was in 9th grade in 2011 it was very disturbing

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    Ghaniyah Verma
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    12 page ESSAY?! How did he not DIE?!

    Andreas Prince
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    3 years ago

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    So an ex who is still in love with you and wrote you 12 pages to express his feelings? How disturbing, yeah...

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    #30

    I’d get random bouquets of flowers sent to me at work and I later found out it was from a dude from tinder who was stalking me.

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    Isabella Ramos
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In case this dude in the comments doesn’t know, stalking is a type of crime in a lot of places. You should know better than to pretend that someone stalk and send “gifts” to somebody’s work place unsolicited isn’t weird and undesired as s**t

    C C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thank you for reinforcing the reasons why i will never try online dating.

    Andreas Prince
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    3 years ago (edited)

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    So, a dude from Tinder sending flowers to a woman also from Tinder...can you see my concerns here?

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    #31

    I was working at a hotel when a colleague took a room service meal up to a room. She came back and said there were drunk bikies (Motorcycle gang members) in there and they made her feel really uncomfortable. They called 10 minutes later and ordered more food, laughing and acting weird on the phone. I insisted I'd take it up this time. I took the food up, entered the room full of men who were annoyed it was me and asked "where's the pretty girl"? I just said she'd knocked off. As I put the food down, in the reflection of the window, one of them was naked behind the door. I don't know for sure what would have happened, but I told my manager and they sent her home straight away. I still get chills to this day to think what could have happened to her.

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    StealTheFruit
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm glad you were there for her :( <3

    tara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope your manager sent THEM away

    Daffydillz' Cold Contagious
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a very unwelcome surprise they had waiting for her. So glad they sent her home so she wouldn't be anywhere near that situation. That's horrifying.

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    #32

    Around 1974, was working the night shift at Western Electric (pre AT&T) on a military project, using computer graphic stations, (8 of them in the room). It was an air conditioned room, raised floor with lots of huge cables underneath, with the server and tape storage next to it. Lots of power needed. We had a thunderstorm roll into the area, and if there was a power flicker, everything would shut down. Most of the people in the computer room had left the room during the worst part of the storm, and I was getting up to leave, when we had a huge lightning strike nearby and we lost power. At the same time, emergency power lights came on, and we heard a popping sound coming from one end of the room. Looking at where the noise came from, a ball of lightning about the size of a basketball rolled slowly across the coom from one power outlet to the other at both ends of the room. It went at walking speed and was a popping sizzling sound. We froze, and when it disappeared, we quickly left the room.

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    Tamra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be amazing to see. Frightening, but also amazing.

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    #33

    Worked for a short period of time processing refunds for a company, part of which involved following up with clients to confirm details and to ask all sorts of questions to see if they had done their due diligence and harassed the other companies involved that could potentially give them money. Basically I was the a*****e that you had to fight with to get your money. One day I had to call a woman who we owed substantially and had owed for a while. She fell through the cracks or was passed around, I’m not sure. I called the number on file and asked if I was speaking to Mrs Jane Doe, she confirmed. Banking information, address, date of the encounter, etc. Everything comes out dandy. At first she was upset over having been waiting for so long for her money to be returned to her account, but soon she was joking and laughing about how all of her refund would be going to buy treats for her spoiled Labrador. I quickly figured out she’d really dotted her I’s and crossed her T’s, so we could move forward. I thanked her for her time and gave an estimate of when she can expect the money. I even tried to do what I could to expedite it. I got home that night and there was news coverage about a house fire. After a bit of digging in articles I found that it was the house of the woman I spoke to not even four hours before, an electrical issue. It was the most damn surreal feeling. She was older. Didn’t have any other contacts on her file. Gives me shivers to wonder if I was the last person she spoke with, and to wonder if maybe she’d have updated her wiring if she had her money given to her on time.

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    Amanda Lawshe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was on the phone with my daughter one day and heard a gun shot, which isn’t unusual in my general area but it was really close and I’m in a residential neighborhood so I mentioned it to her and continued our conversation. I found out later a neighbor had shot and killed his father. It really creeped me out to think I heard the shot that ended someone’s life, so I can imagine feeling like I was the last person to speak to someone would be a really awkward and uneasy feeling

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    #34

    I worked at a maker space. I greeted people as they came in, people told me about their projects, and I tried to help them make their dreams come true. This guy comes in and starts telling me about his project, then says, "I have it in my car can you come take a look?" So I oblige. We go to his car and there's a dead dog in his car. He then tells me there's no project and he actually just needs money to bury his dead dog. I ripped into that dude for luring me away from work then ambushing me with a dead f*****g dog. I was so disturbed. Imagine if he was trying to do something more nefarious. Anyway I learned that day to never let people take you to a second location. They gotta bring their projects inside

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    BasedWang12.7
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that should be common sense, but I am glad things didn't go worse for this person

    #35

    I used to work in a building that had a landline phone network installed. It was quite old and had been installed before the company I worked for moved into the building if I remember right. Sometimes, for no reason, you would hear a woman's voice coming from the phone system, saying "help" in a calm voice. You could hear it all over the building; I'm still not sure where it came from, but according to my boss, it was some kind of bug in the system. No one ever figured out what the trigger for it was or why it was happening. Most of the time it didn't bother me that much, but once I was at work late with one other person and the voice in the phone wouldn't stop saying "help," so we both noped out of there as fast as we could. Not super creepy, but definitely a little uncomfortable.

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    VonBlade
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turned out his boss had someone in the basement and you didn't help them.

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    #36

    Work at Taco Bell closing shift. My store manager was forced to close that night since a person no-called no-showed. She’s tired and clocks out a tad early (she opens as well so no big deal). A few seconds later I give a doordash driver a meal and then I hear: pop, pop, pop. The driver then goes. “Those be gunshots.” In a rather worried voice. I turn around and there’s a cop car quickly getting into a shootout with a speeding car. No idea what happened. But my store manager almost crashed into the speeding criminal car.

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    BasedWang12.7
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When gunshots rang out from behind the liquor store I work at, my dumbass goes to look out the screen door to see the van flying thru the street and three other cars kicking into gear to chase. Safe to say, I didn't have my survival instincts that day

    #37

    I work as a therapist. I was working in a substance abuse clinic in the early 2010s and had only been licensed a few years. There was a colleague of mine I went thru my master program with who I was in my supervison group with (required for your first 2 years being a masters level clinician in my state) who got me the job there. We found out he had gotten fired on a Friday. WE were all in shock, clients included, because he was fired with cause. Then on Monday I was having session with one of my clients who said "I know why, because he was dating my daughter"... who was one of HIS clients. Turns out, when I reported it to my supervisor, this allegation from my client became #5 in a case we had to report to the state. He was having sex with a few of his clients, and in other cases threatening to withhold take home privileges for medication if thru did not. We had other clients who would not go on record with the state say he made sexual advances on them while in session, including trying to touch their legs, in his office on site... This was all happening right down the hallway from me. Fortunately, the state licensing board had a review, found the allegations substantial to revoke his license, then turn the case over to state police who charged and convicted him with 4th Degree Criminal Sexual Assault. He's did his time and has tried to keep working in the field as an unlicensed "consultant" or something. But gas gotten in further trouble with the State for misrepresenting himself. *On that note, 2 things 1. All of this is now in the public record in my state, I don't want to disclose where as he already tried intimidating us when I told others in my field what was going on 2. If you ever see a therapist, always make sure they are licensed, and look them up. Your state should have a database where you can search someone and see if their license is active or if there have been any complaints. A good therapist will make that info accessible *

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    #38

    I used to work at a photography studio. Had parents spank their kids for not smiling in the middle of our photo shoot. Had a mother put her finger over her soda straw so that she could lift it out and drip cola into her newborn's mouth. Had a woman straight up slap her teenager while sitting next to me. I worked there for almost a year and I can only think of two families who were happy.

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    OnAFreakingRollercoaster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh the irony that they were all coming in for a smiling happy family photo 😏🤦🏼‍♀️

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i feel bad for the newborn tho

    #39

    Used to work at a pet shop many years ago. One morning as I'm walking through the carpark to get to the store, I see this giant Akita just chilling in the carpark with its owner. I slowed down a bit to talk to it as I passed, but he immediately let out a warning growl so I quickly moved on. I mention it to my shift manager as I'm clocking in, and she goes "yeah, that guy was in here with it yesterday. It was getting really aggressive and I eventually got him to leave, but he obviously decided to come back." A couple of days after this at my next shift, I found out that the dude brought his dog back the next day, and things got so out of control that the dog ended up biting another customer who had to go to hospital and ended up needing 13 stitches. That so could have easily been me. Scary stuff.

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    #40

    Was working at a nursing home from 10:30pm to 7:00am. Had a pager incase an apartment needed any assistance. My boss had actually left lil ol me for the weekend. I got paged by a closet that didn't even have a ringer to shut off, so it paged me every 15 minutes through out the night. Got to the second floor & all the hallway doors (4) simultaneously opened wide & the apartment buzzer intercom turned on with just static. I freaked out, pulled snapchat up & recorded the doors closing. Jumped in a discord call with my bf & 2 friends, explained the situation, sent them the video, took a pic of my pager, then recorded myself going to that exact door, opening it, just for it to be a closet. I searched for that stupid emergency system switch but nothing was there! Mustered up the courage to clean the rest of the building, went off to the caf, turned on the lights and stayed there unless I was paged. That morning i asked the nurses why i was getting paged by [Door #] & they were confused, they knew it was a closet, they told me I must have been wrong & guess what buzzed my pager ? They found it very odd, reset the whole pager system. I went home & that s**t gives me the chills. I don't believe in that stuff, but it didnt make it any less scary lol

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    #41

    I’m a massage therapist, there are a ton of clients that make inappropriate comments or request, usually I just tell them no/ that’s not appropriate. They’ll typically drop it and I just don’t reschedule them. but 2 in particular come to mind as actually creepy one started grabbing my leg (they were kicked out immediately) and blocked from the sceduling system. And the other was a typical client during the session but after wards they left a “care package” on my car. Nothing bad just snacks and a bunch of bible quotes. They messaged me later (business phone) and asked if I got it I told them that’s not appropriate they needed to stop, they asked why, I tried to explain that there are client/ therapist boundaries they said they’d rather be a friend then a client. And I was just done so I told them i wasn’t interested in being their friend and to find other therapist and blocked them. Maybe it was a bit harsh but idk it just really weirded me out.

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    #42

    My boss decided I was his higher power and began stalking me. After he showed up at my home at 3 am(this was after I was very clear about his behavior) and got seriously scary, I quit and moved across the country. This was before cell phones so the stalking was following me in person.

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    KombatBunni
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve been stalked twice in my life and it seriously can make you paranoid..

    #43

    Some random guy thinking it's ok to grab my arm to look at my tattoo. Don't f*****g touch a stranger like that.

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    #44

    30 Disturbing Things That People Saw And Experienced While At Work I had a customer who told me he wanted go pay me to be his date for new year’s. Then he chased me down the road in his car (we were both driving)

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    #45

    I was doing the trash at my previous job. i worked at a gas station in a little town. some random dude started flirting with me and creeped around the outside of the store until my shift was up and followed me home because at the time i had to walk to and from work. this was at 11 pm too.

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    Sweet Taurus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the exact reason I carry mace on my keychain.

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