Actual conversation with a coworker, commenting on how when I walk to work by myself, I wear headphones because it soothes my anxiety of being alone in public. My walk to work is a straight line along an extremely busy street in broad daylight, if it wasn’t that, I would have to deal with not wearing them, but it still makes me want to panic.

Him: Don’t you get lost in the music and like, accidentally walk into traffic?

Me: No. I can’t afford to not pay attention to my surroundings.

Him: Why do say that?

Me: Because someone tried to kidnap me in broad daylight so I HAVE to pay extra attention on top of wearing headphones.

Him: I wish someone would kidnap me.

This legit made me so angry, if I didn’t have a “work self”… which is FAR nicer than my regular self cause I’d get fired in a heartbeat for telling nasty tempered old racist white ladies to shove it. Like, he wasn’t even kidding. He really wanted someone to kidnap him. Not even concerned that someone actually tried to kidnap me before, or anything. Just “I wanna be kidnapped too.”

TYPICAL. FUCKING. MEN.

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