— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
I was walking down Mission Street yesterday and observed a showstopping conversation between a maybe young woman and a catcaller:
Catcaller: Heyyyyy baby. Baby. Oh nice ya ya
Woman, turning towards the catcaller: Give me money.
Catcaller, voice softening: Whaaaa… baby?
Woman, holding her ground: Give me money.
Then the catcaller kicked the ground, turned away and walked off.
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This is why I like to wear headphones on low volume. Cuts down a lot on the random comments but I guess asking for money would work too? Lol…
I usually go up to them and say “Please don’t talk to me”, and they often respond something like “Damn girl, it was a compliment!” and I say “That’s fine, I’m just letting you know that I don’t appreciate those kinds of compliments”. Sometimes if they’re in a car or something I’ll walk over and say “Oh, are you talking to me? Sorry, I didn’t quite catch what you said, can you say it again?” or “I’m so sorry, I don’t remember when we’ve met! Can you remind me of your name again?” and if they say they don’t know me, I say “If you don’t know me, please don’t talk to me”