This Chicago woman is shaking as she recounts a recent experience she had. She says that while in downtown Chicago, grabbing a smoothie, she was harassed by a man who grew more and more intolerant, even after she was nice to him, ultimately resulting in police getting involved.
“Seriously, be careful … and always, like, try to look for an exit plan,” Sid (@lavendermilftea) explains at the end of her video. She urges women to be careful as she shares her frustrations with how everything went down.
‘He Has Me Pressed Up Against a Pole’
Sid says that while walking downtown after getting her smoothie, a man tells her she is beautiful. She says thank you. Sid explains that men say these kinds of things to her all the time, and sometimes she ignores them; other times she says, “Thank you.” She mentions that sometimes you have to gauge your level of safety in the situation before responding, and saying “Thank you” is sometimes the safer bet. However, it seems that no matter what Sid would have said, this man would have caused trouble.
The man, whose name is Donnell, asks Sid for her number. Sid says she told him she has a boyfriend, but Donnell says that they could be “something else” and insists…