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As I was walking home from class i walked past a man who very obviously looked like a tourist because he was filming the street as he walked saying everything he was walking by. Many people who passed him were holding back chuckles at his approach to documenting his trip. I walked past him and […]

I was heading east on S Street, half a block away from 18th Street, when a tall, mid-30s Caucasian man wearing a big sweatshirt and jeans approached me. He asked me if I could give him a hand with something, and then lifted up his sweatshirt to reveal himself exposed. I ran to the other […]

I recently started taking the Metro to work. There’s a guy who hands out the Metro papers near the entrance. There’s a long approach to the gates, so he has a long time to talk, if he wants. Usually, he says good morning, I say good morning. He offers me a paper, I say no […]

I was walking down 14th St coming home from work and as this guy passed me he looks me up and down and says “you’ve got pretty legs” in a leery, sing-songy way. Wasn’t expecting to hear that one – I have a big bruise/scab on one of my knees from a fall I had […]

As I was waiting for the train to head downtown, a man approached me and asked me for my name. I told him, and he responded “that’s nice.” The man, who was smoking weed at the time, didn’t seem to be going anywhere, so I asked him if I could help him with something. He […]