Gamely lurching from car to chemist yesterday, when I noticed a schoolgirl, maybe 10 years old, just staring at me. She even turned around as she was walking to keep looking.
She didn't appear to be mentally challenged.
I have never been aware of anyone doing this before, though I'm sure they look and then look away, which is fine, I suppose.
A few people have said something stupid in the past about was I drunk, did I know I was lame etc, to which you can reply if you're in the mood.
Most children just ask what's wrong with me, in an innocent, genuinely interested way and I tell them.
But this staring child - (apart from "get over it", you're an adult) what should I have done? I would have liked a word with her mother about general good manners, but she was on her own.
She didn't appear to be mentally challenged.
I have never been aware of anyone doing this before, though I'm sure they look and then look away, which is fine, I suppose.
A few people have said something stupid in the past about was I drunk, did I know I was lame etc, to which you can reply if you're in the mood.
Most children just ask what's wrong with me, in an innocent, genuinely interested way and I tell them.
But this staring child - (apart from "get over it", you're an adult) what should I have done? I would have liked a word with her mother about general good manners, but she was on her own.
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