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A guy followed me around the grocery store when I was around 20. I didn't have a car and didn't want to walk home with a stranger following me, so I just walked around the store for ages.
At one point some guy asked me if I noticed anything strange about the guy following me. I don't remember what I said. At another point, a friendly stranger started making small talk with me, and asked my name. I was nervous but that's really common around here and I didn't know how to leave the conversation.
I saw both guys reporting back to the guy following me.
Don't know what they wanted. I ended up hiding in the women's restroom for a few hours.
They might gave been loss prevention. This is pretty common to see around here at places like Walmart.
Unfortunately not. I left out some stuff because it's an unpleasant memory but on my walk there I saw him driving, and he pulled over to beat a dog in the backseat. Animal cruelty isn't really prosecuted here so it's weird he'd be that bothered by a witness.
I was nervous and keeping an eye on him after that and sometimes I wonder if he thought I was up to something and got his buddies on the defensive. Or maybe he was a garden-variety creep and saw a fem-presenting person walking alone.