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  • Matthew J

    I think this really depends on the situation. You as an older guy, might not necessarily have been creeped out, whereas if it were a young woman, she might’ve been. Also, if the person who was being so intrusive was male, that might also change how you view that situation. I think in your situation it would not have bothered me, being a guy, and having the person helping/being a little bit forward, be a woman, that’s okay. You’re unlikely to be in a particularly bad situation with that combination. Reverse those roles, and it’s an older guy being solicitous with a young woman, and the game completely changes.

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  • Doug Lee

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  • DevilishAnthony

    It was near Christmas of 1998, and the temp was near 0° F. A lady knocked on my door and asked if she could use my phone. I grabbed my cordless phone and handed it out the screen door to her. I closed and locked the door, but she picked the latch and came in. It was very very cold, so I just directed her toward the couch just inside my door. I was thinking that since this is a secure building, I probably didn't have anything to worry about. She pressed 2 buttons on the phone, put it down and started walking through my apartment. That's when I noticed that my guide dog Sandy was not in the apartment with us. She asked me to get her a drink of water, and told me to be sure to take my time. When she left, she had taken several things, but I didn't know it at the time. Later that night, she and someone that she said was her brother came back and robbed my neighbor at gunpoin. So yeah, I'm a bit leary.

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  • 🇨🇦🍁Nocturnal Feline

    Secure buildings don't mean anything. You should see how many people just open the door in my building, just because someone taps on it. I'm glad you weren't hurt. When I still had a landline, I didn't allow strangers to use it, partly because of the possibility of being robbed or hurt.

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  • Doug Lee

    Wow Anthony that's quite an experience! I was mugged once out on the streets of Minneapolis, including being knocked out cold in the process; but I haven't seen something like you describe.

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  • Calum

    Replying to  @bermudianbrit: I think this really depends on the situation. You as an older guy, might not nec

    That’s interesting, but I do wonder if blindness changes the dynamic somewhat because I would have probably agreed with you a year ago, up until that point I had never considered myself to be particularly vulnerable and I would often travel wherever I wanted And did what I liked but then I had a pretty scary experience in a well known train station that I’m sure you’ve been to before, and it just reminded me how much of an overwhelming advantage sight really is.

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  • Weird James

    Yes that is creepy but common, like twice a year. The intensity with which people hang around, like they can't believe I could do it would surprise me. I have to be stern. If she is just hanging around I just say "Well have a good night." with a little more oomph. If she doesn't get it I'd either go inside or tell her plain and simple to please go.

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  • Jim,man of GOD, friend to GOD

    surely, matthew, you're not saying that men are more devious and nefarious than women are? Or that women aren't capable of being devious and various as men? So if those combinations that you're talking about were abroad about are you telling me that it isn't possible that a woman may do the things that you think it is possible for men to do who have criminal intent in mind? It's not stereotype, or label. You've got to be on your guard for all people, men or women, who you don't know as strangers who are coming to AU.

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