9/20/08

I was out running errands, and I had gone by my employment agency to pick up some paperwork so I was dressed somewhat professionally (nice shirt, khaki pencil skirt, etc). I mean, I was not dressed in casual teenage-ish clothes which could make me look younger than I am (I already look young for my age, which is 22). So it's around 5pm and about an hour after the middle school close to the library has let out, so there are a bunch of kids with nothing better to do hanging around the slightly ghetto strip the library is in, which is really annoying. Anyway, I walk up to the library entrance and there's some kids sitting on one of the benches in front of it.

I'm walking up, with no one else around me, and I hear "Hey ___my name___!!! ... got a shorty?"

I am pretty much completely shocked. This is a MIDDLE SCHOOL KID. I am DRESSED PROFESSIONALLY, e.g. recognizable as a twentysomething!! And you still think you can holla at me?!?!

I honestly can't believe this happened outside the library, too. Is nowhere safe?? And why doesn't this middle-school kid have any respect for those older than him? It honestly scares me that not only did I get harassed outside the library, but it was by a middle schooler, and I was not dressed like a teenager. Ugh.