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I usually would write a whole entry about how crazy my day was or how I learned something new but I'm going to skip that and jump right at what has genuinely upset me.
While riding home on the train today, I was harassed by a guy who was clearly on some sort of drug. He kept talking to me so I put my headphones in and turned up the volume. He reached up and had started to put his fingers up to my glasses and tried to poke at them but I stopped him, glared, and held up my hand (aka, the universal sign for get the fuck out of my face.) Fine. He did. As I look up, a guy give me a look of sympathy and I just nodded back and minded my own business.
Just when I thought it was going to be the end of it, he starts harassing the lady next to him. But it didn't end there. There were six guys standing around me and they turned their backs not wanting any part in this confrontation. Surprised, I just looked at awe as no one did something while this clearly drugged up guy started to move himself on top of her while she cringed. I finally couldn't take it anymore and yanked off my headphones and asked him to stop.
Instead of just stopping, him and I got into an argument as bystanders just watched. No one came to our rescue. Even at one stop, a couple got off, too scared to be around this situation. Again, I was surprised no one even went to go ask for the train conductor to help us. Finally when the arguments got worse, the lady finally said she was uncomfortable and he started to scream at me since he lost his 'game' while I just glared back at him.
The rest of the train ride was tense. He kept doing stupid things and the lady finally move and went closer to me.
When my stop came, she got off with me and quickly said to me that she was so glad I was there since it seemed no one was going to help her and she was really scared.
To be honest, I was kind of scared myself since I'm not strong. But when you're faced with a situation like that, you can't be scared even if you wanted to be.
I am going to admit that I'm proud that I helped her out since if I was in that situation, I would like if someone could help me. But the fact that six people who witnessed this turned their back infuriated me.
That's it for this post. I'm absolutely exhausted and filled with such mixed emotions. I want to cry, I feel like screaming, I just don't understand how to feel right now since I don't understand how people can be such idiots.
While riding home on the train today, I was harassed by a guy who was clearly on some sort of drug. He kept talking to me so I put my headphones in and turned up the volume. He reached up and had started to put his fingers up to my glasses and tried to poke at them but I stopped him, glared, and held up my hand (aka, the universal sign for get the fuck out of my face.) Fine. He did. As I look up, a guy give me a look of sympathy and I just nodded back and minded my own business.
Just when I thought it was going to be the end of it, he starts harassing the lady next to him. But it didn't end there. There were six guys standing around me and they turned their backs not wanting any part in this confrontation. Surprised, I just looked at awe as no one did something while this clearly drugged up guy started to move himself on top of her while she cringed. I finally couldn't take it anymore and yanked off my headphones and asked him to stop.
Instead of just stopping, him and I got into an argument as bystanders just watched. No one came to our rescue. Even at one stop, a couple got off, too scared to be around this situation. Again, I was surprised no one even went to go ask for the train conductor to help us. Finally when the arguments got worse, the lady finally said she was uncomfortable and he started to scream at me since he lost his 'game' while I just glared back at him.
The rest of the train ride was tense. He kept doing stupid things and the lady finally move and went closer to me.
When my stop came, she got off with me and quickly said to me that she was so glad I was there since it seemed no one was going to help her and she was really scared.
To be honest, I was kind of scared myself since I'm not strong. But when you're faced with a situation like that, you can't be scared even if you wanted to be.
I am going to admit that I'm proud that I helped her out since if I was in that situation, I would like if someone could help me. But the fact that six people who witnessed this turned their back infuriated me.
That's it for this post. I'm absolutely exhausted and filled with such mixed emotions. I want to cry, I feel like screaming, I just don't understand how to feel right now since I don't understand how people can be such idiots.
