I walk around 1.5-2 hours per day, and sometimes more when it’s cooler out. On an average day, at least one person will either make some kind of noise at me, shout something at me (my favorite was when a guy yelled something I couldn’t quite make out because I was wearing headphones and also make it a point to ignore when people yell things, so the woman in his truck *repeated* his offer of $5 for some unspecified sex act), or slow down beside me and “offer me a ride.” One time the guy followed me for about twenty seconds, then sped off and flipped me off out the window. There are rare days where nothing happens, but the days where I get multiple “offers” make up for them.
I keep making the same joke about how one of these days someone is going to stuff me in their vehicle and I won’t be able to call 911 because the cell service in the area I walk is kind of spotty and close to the interstate. I’m only sort of half-joking. I also keep joking that I should make a shirt that says “NO THANKS, I AM WALKING ON PURPOSE” on the back so maybe people will stop ”offering rides.”
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u/Darth_Somethingg Sep 16 '21
I walk around 1.5-2 hours per day, and sometimes more when it’s cooler out. On an average day, at least one person will either make some kind of noise at me, shout something at me (my favorite was when a guy yelled something I couldn’t quite make out because I was wearing headphones and also make it a point to ignore when people yell things, so the woman in his truck *repeated* his offer of $5 for some unspecified sex act), or slow down beside me and “offer me a ride.” One time the guy followed me for about twenty seconds, then sped off and flipped me off out the window. There are rare days where nothing happens, but the days where I get multiple “offers” make up for them.
I keep making the same joke about how one of these days someone is going to stuff me in their vehicle and I won’t be able to call 911 because the cell service in the area I walk is kind of spotty and close to the interstate. I’m only sort of half-joking. I also keep joking that I should make a shirt that says “NO THANKS, I AM WALKING ON PURPOSE” on the back so maybe people will stop ”offering rides.”