birthday. i was so excited because they had a ms. pac man console. so i
head over to the corner to play and just as i am beating the high score
on the game, i feel something brush against the inside of my upper
thigh ( i was wearing a dress). i turn to look what was going on and some
dude who works there was on the ground. now, to be fair he may have
also been cleaning up but i'm not sure why i should have felt light
brushing against my skin. in what was a completely instinctive reaction, i
pushed the guy and yelled for him to stay away from me and walked over to
my friends.
I feel I should mention that i was COMPLETELY sober and hadn't had a
drink in days! so i was very aware and alert of what was going on.
the next thing i know i am being escorted out by the security only to
be scolded by one of the owners (a fellow female, nevertheless). she
goes on to tell me that i am kicked out for 'ASSAULTING' the guy. i
explain what happened and was told that i shouldn't have reacted. that
instead, i should have 'ASSESSED THE SITUATION BEFORE RESPONDING'. yeah, in
the future when i think i'm being molested i'll be sure to pole the
audience for their thoughts and opinions. basically, i was the victim and
was being told that i had been the one in the wrong. immediately after,
i'm getting dirty looks from some lame old hipster in a nasty ugly suit
and when i ask him what his problem is he proceeds to call me 'honey'
and tell me how wrong i was when he hadn't even heard my side of the
story. he looked strung out but that is a different story. He was the
owner!
so my friends and i (about 20 people) promptly headed out and as much
as i loved the ms. pac man i won't solicit a location that let's their
employees molest women and then accuse the woman of being in the wrong.
And no worries ... I'm fine and even ran in a 5 k race with my best
time yet. Maybe molestation was just the motivation I needed.
and here is a reenactment...
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Thanks for writing this.
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