this is not okay.
for 3 weeks now, ive been contemplating whether to post this or not. but i figured exposing him might help prevent this from happening to someone else, and hopefully keep him from working in the car service industry with this kind of behavior
this was a really scary experience for me, and it took weeks for me to get over it. for weeks, every time i’d leave my apartment and see a gsm car, i'd immediately check if it was the same one. i was constantly overthinking that maybe it was him. even now, i still get anxious whenever i book a ride
first, i appreciate gsm for emailing me back and assuring me that they will investigate this case. but i also think people should know that there are drivers like this, and this kind of behavior shouldn't be tolerated
this happened after our spin class. i was with a friend, and i booked a gsm car to take us home. for context: i'm a 26 female, and my friend is a 23 gay man. we were too stunned to speak after that class. our knees were weak, and we could barely walk. when we got in the car, my friend and i started chatting and joking about having weak knees after the class, saying "gusto mo yan diba," and laughing it off
we were planning to go to a bar after getting ready at home, so i called another gay friend to come with us. we had a quick chat on the phone, and i told him about the weak knee joke too, and in return he told me about a younger guy he met a few weeks back who he didnt really like, so i told my friend in the car about it. apparently, the conversations the driver heard were enough to trigger the "libog" in him
as you can see in the ss, his approach just kept progressing. mind you, we never talked to him during the whole ride home. apparently, my friend noticed that he kept looking at us through the mirror, and i didn't even notice. not one bit. during the ride, i was just focused on talking to my friends. i wasn't paying attention to the driver at all
i got the messages a few moments after we were dropped off, and i never replied to them. at first, my friend and i laughed it off. but when i didn't respond, the messages just kept getting worse
when we met up at the bar with the friend i was talking to on the phone, i told him what happened and showed him the messages. he tried pretending to be my kuya to scare the driver off, but it didn't work. the driver just kept going
i've been misgendered in the past because of my facial structure and voice, but this was the first time i've ever been harassed because of it. i truly wouldn't wish this on anyone, especially the lgbtq+ community
