• Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      I was out walking once and this woman got out of her car to talk to me and wanted to know what I was doing there. I said I was taking a walk, but then she demanded to know why I was standing in front of her house, looking horrified as she did so.

      She was relieved and felt silly when the answer was.

      “I was walking along the street and I happened to be walking past your house, when you stopped me to talk, and now I can’t really leave while you’re still talking to me.”

      She apologized and realized she was just being paranoid.

      I can perfectly understand, I get paranoid too sometimes.

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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      I once followed someone about 30 miles down the interstate, off the exit, through multiple turns, and then down my street. Turns out they live 2 houses down from me. I was shitting bricks as we made the turn to our dead-end street as I figured it could get ugly if they were overly paranoid about this mystery car behind them for the past half an hour.

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        I once had someone follow be for 45 minutes, from a major highway to back roads, all the way up my driveway in the middle of the night. I was ready to back over them if they did anything funny, but it turned up to be my brother’s friend. I told him it was a good thing he didn’t try pranking me.

      • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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        I’ve done this, but I recognize most the cars on my street, so it’s not weird when I see them following, or end up following them.