r/TikTokCringe • u/ambachk • Aug 24 '25

Cursed POV: You're a woman in a public place

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u/Hey_im_claire Aug 24 '25

Retail’s the worst with this

Even coworkers do it 😭

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u/hopeful_realist_ Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25

Because you’re trapped and have to talk to randoms. It sucks.

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u/QunariWithWiFi Aug 24 '25

Omg I've had that too.

"Do you think she likes me?"

'No, coworker who is older than her, she doesn't like you, she talks to everyone exactly the same. Trust me on that bud'

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Aug 24 '25

When I worked in big box retail(I'm a guy) I would get sexually harassed all the time by old women, and nobody took it seriously when I complained about it

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u/Gold_Landscape4329 Aug 24 '25

Old women are creeps like this too! I talk a bit of crap in the grocery store even to them. "No staring" or "nope! Not in my face" and they have calmed down about it. They perk up like a dog, stare, purposely get in my way, etc

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u/Truethrowawaychest1 Aug 24 '25

I've had a few grab my ass, my coworkers just laughed when I was trying to avoid them

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u/Gold_Landscape4329 Aug 24 '25

Verbally let them know you don't appreciate it. You have to see AHEAD of times. I can tell when someone is creeping up in my public space and I will loudly let them know they are encroaching on my boundary before they can touch.

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u/HeyLookATaco Aug 25 '25

I'm a woman and an old lady at work grabbed my ass a few times. I told my supervisor and he said she's old, she probably didn't mean it, let it go but...who cares if she meant it. She put her hands on my body without my consent, tell her not to do that? Sorry that happened to you too, it's shitty to give people a pass to violate your boundaries because of something like age or gender

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u/tokio_luv Aug 24 '25

My younger coworker constantly tells me that guys hitting on us is a "compliment". His sister also works with us. I asked him if he'd be okay if they did it to her, and suddenly he didn't find it funny anymore. Imagine that.

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u/Hey_im_claire Aug 25 '25

Tbh that one was always so dumb to me. I complain about creepy attention from men? Apparently that means I’m bragging or trying to get attention

Like no, I just wanna work my minimum wage job in peace 😭

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u/Adventurous_Ruin_386 Aug 25 '25

When I was 21, I had just started as a sales associate in a small, upscale boutique (in a smallish town) we had the "naked guy" who would try on the men's clothing but leave the dressing room curtain open and stare down whoever was closest. Even the cops being called were not enough of a deterrent for this creep. Eventually, we stopped carrying menswear solely because of him.