LimeGrass
sarNie Adult
I'm not sure where to post this topic but this place seemed right so here it goes.
This happened to me recently and every time I think about it, I get shaken up. Anyways, I was just going to the corner store, right behind my building. While walking across the almost empty parking lot, I noticed a suspicious man coming from the opposite direction, he glanced at me for a moment and went his way. And it looked like he was about to jump over the fence to get to the other side.
After I finished with my purchases, I left the store and noticed the same suspicious man walking the path between a line of low trees and the fence (that separates the building from the small plaza). I figured he was a resident. Again, he glanced my way while I made my way towards the path.
Since my mom told me that some people like to sit and hide in the line of overgrown trees, I made a detour. Instead of turning right, I walked straight ahead for a few more steps and wanted to turn right towards the small steps that lead to my building, yet again I see the same suspicious man walking my way. This is where I began to really panic. He thought I was going to walk up the stairs to enter the building so he went up first. I didn't need to look, through my peripheral vision I saw his actions.
So, I decided to keep walking forward and yet again, he slowly walks the same direction. This time, I had to turn right and the man was slowly inching closer so I walked further away off the lawn and onto the sidewalk. Luckily there was someone with a dust blower nearby, otherwise, I thought he was going to follow me there. Slowly, I walked on the sidewalk, and made sure he entered the building first, waited a few minutes and entered cautiously.
I was about to have a heart attack when I saw him waiting around the corner in front of the elevator, leaning against the wall with arms crossed. There was a woman and a child in the lobby so I felt safe, somewhat. But when the kid went outside and the woman left I began to panic again.
There, I only had two options, either take the elevator or the stairs. Now, it would be logical to take the stairs but he stood directly beside the door which led to the staircase and directly in front of the elevator. He practically blocked all my escape routes. Unless I went back outside and waited for the small group of people who were sitting leisurely outside to go in.
I didn't want to cause a ruckus and I needed to get home so I had to deal with it on my own.
I quickly pressed the button to call for the elevator and waited, knowing that he was just a few paces behind me. Once the elevator came, I made it look like I was going to enter, and quickly stepped back when he entered. Quickly like my life depended on it, I made a mad dash towards the stairs.
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Now I ask you this, am I paranoid?
From the routes I passed, there are three entrances to the building. One at the back (which I first avoided due to the line of trees), one at the side, and one at the front.
Initially, the man could have entered from the back, but instead he followed me halfway around the building. Does this seem logical to you?
This happened to me recently and every time I think about it, I get shaken up. Anyways, I was just going to the corner store, right behind my building. While walking across the almost empty parking lot, I noticed a suspicious man coming from the opposite direction, he glanced at me for a moment and went his way. And it looked like he was about to jump over the fence to get to the other side.
After I finished with my purchases, I left the store and noticed the same suspicious man walking the path between a line of low trees and the fence (that separates the building from the small plaza). I figured he was a resident. Again, he glanced my way while I made my way towards the path.
Since my mom told me that some people like to sit and hide in the line of overgrown trees, I made a detour. Instead of turning right, I walked straight ahead for a few more steps and wanted to turn right towards the small steps that lead to my building, yet again I see the same suspicious man walking my way. This is where I began to really panic. He thought I was going to walk up the stairs to enter the building so he went up first. I didn't need to look, through my peripheral vision I saw his actions.
So, I decided to keep walking forward and yet again, he slowly walks the same direction. This time, I had to turn right and the man was slowly inching closer so I walked further away off the lawn and onto the sidewalk. Luckily there was someone with a dust blower nearby, otherwise, I thought he was going to follow me there. Slowly, I walked on the sidewalk, and made sure he entered the building first, waited a few minutes and entered cautiously.
I was about to have a heart attack when I saw him waiting around the corner in front of the elevator, leaning against the wall with arms crossed. There was a woman and a child in the lobby so I felt safe, somewhat. But when the kid went outside and the woman left I began to panic again.
There, I only had two options, either take the elevator or the stairs. Now, it would be logical to take the stairs but he stood directly beside the door which led to the staircase and directly in front of the elevator. He practically blocked all my escape routes. Unless I went back outside and waited for the small group of people who were sitting leisurely outside to go in.
I didn't want to cause a ruckus and I needed to get home so I had to deal with it on my own.
I quickly pressed the button to call for the elevator and waited, knowing that he was just a few paces behind me. Once the elevator came, I made it look like I was going to enter, and quickly stepped back when he entered. Quickly like my life depended on it, I made a mad dash towards the stairs.
___
Now I ask you this, am I paranoid?
From the routes I passed, there are three entrances to the building. One at the back (which I first avoided due to the line of trees), one at the side, and one at the front.
Initially, the man could have entered from the back, but instead he followed me halfway around the building. Does this seem logical to you?