Thursday, September 4, 2008

Apparently My Forehead Says "Welcome, Creepy Old Men"

At the Americana in Glendale, I was fiddling with my iPhone while waiting at a crosswalk. A 70-ish year old man standing next to me struck up this conversation:

Old Man: If you give me your number, I'll call you.
Me: Uh, no thanks.
Old Man: Just kidding. You're too old for me, anyway.

As soon as the crosswalk signal changed, I booked it out of there. Thinking back, I should have snapped a photo of him with my phone, and threatened to post it online with PREDATOR as the caption. But alas, I always think of the "better response" long after the matter.

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  2. I don't know, I give the old man props for approaching you! (Yes, I just said props.) He's got some serious guts sloshing around in there. I bet he was a looker back in the day and had girls throwing their numbers at him... eh, then maybe again he's just a creepy old man with a sense of humor!

    (Sorry for the deleted comment- there was a spelling error and I tried to leave it alone, but I just couldn't!)

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  3. Boy I tell ya, the old guys these days aren't holding back in the pickup lines. Damn attention seekers! Always having to have the last say!

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  4. i guess at that age, you're not afraid to put it out there in the creepiest way possible.

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  5. My forehead says, "Welcome, America's freaks" :) At least it sounds like he kinda had a sense of humor. I think. Be careful out there!

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  6. I always think of the better response later on in the day and it kills me! In French it's called Esprit de l’escalier, which is a witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs.

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  7. Eeeewwwww. Maybe you could have given him the number to Predators Anonymous. (oh well, next time)

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  8. I'm sorry for laughing, but hahahaha! That is VERY creepy, indeed.

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  9. it seems to happen all too much...like that time at kaahumanu theatres. and dont tell me you don't remember that creepy experience!

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  10. was it hugh hefner? because then i would have said give him your number, seriously! haha.

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  11. bahaah that shit happened to me.. i got accosted by like 5 men at albertsons when i was sick! stuffy nose and all!

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  12. Man, I totally wish the awesome responses way after the fact too. Some times if I'm in the same company, I still say it. I then get laughed at.

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  13. It's like the pervert I encountered on the Metro! What is WRONG with these people????

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  14. lol!!!!!!!!!!!! omg, this one reminds me of the time a girlfriend and i were at one of our usual bars down in burbank.
    some older (we think russian, judging from his accent) came up to us and said...(brace yourself larissa):

    "eef yew gehrls everrr neeed a keed-nee, aihm deh guy to cawhl"
    (if you girls ever need a kidney, i'm the guy to call).

    now THAT'S something you don't get every day.
    i give him points on originality, but minus 100 for creepo factor!

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