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What shall I do with gawkers?

moxin

I live on a main road near a traffic lights at a junction and occasionally there does be traffic backed up with people in their cars waiting on a green light as far as my house.
Thing is when I start leaving my house or arriving there is always one gawker who is sitting in traffic staring at me watching me as I come and go. It is always men.(LOL)
One time I was pulling out of my driveway and there was this serious gawker with a beard wearing 70's style shades in his 142 jeep and who kept looking at me and I was gawking back with a look "wtf are you looking at", he drove off still gawking at me when the lights went green for him.

Another time when I parked my car in the driveway, another dude in a big blue transit van parked in traffic opposite my gates started a staring match at me. I looked back with that usual look "wtf you staring at" and the bloke kept staring to his right at me even as he drove off when his green light beckoned, just so fecking obvious!!. By the way, the vast majority of drivers do not stare!.:)

Now I ask the faithful of AH, how do I combat such gawkers in future?

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fenris

I think that you need to make yourself more attractive to female gawkers, it is unfair that you only get men gawking, pretty sure that there is equality legislation on quotas or something that states that you need to accommodate male and female gawkers equally.

--LOS--

If it's just the odd driver doing this it doesn't sound like a problem. We all like a bit of people watching, theyre just extreme people watchers. Whatever look you're giving them you seem to be encouraging them more :P are you sure you're not mixing up your c'mere to me look, with your wtf you looking at look?

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Footpath gawkers are the worst.

Walking along and the person approaching starts gawking.

I will do time.

lulu1

fenris wrote: »

I think that you need to make yourself more attractive to female gawkers, it is unfair that you only get men gawking, pretty sure that there is equality legislation on quotas or something that states that you need to accommodate male and female gawkers equally.

I think you are right better be careful or the next thing you know op will be taken up for discrimination

moxin

fenris wrote: »

I think that you need to make yourself more attractive to female gawkers, it is unfair that you only get men gawking, pretty sure that there is equality legislation on quotas or something that states that you need to accommodate male and female gawkers equally.

Hmm, female gawkers haven't gawked yet, hopefully i'm thinking equality is in their genes

artful_codger

Look through the Doors peephole and wait until the traffic starts moving.

FizzleSticks

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lulu1

I have a disability and a few months a little girl of about 8 followed me round pennys looking at me what could I do but give her a big smile

punisher5112

Op serious action needed here.

Walk out with hockey mask followed by chainsaw and a white t shirt with bloodstains on it.
I would guess they would be driving through anything in front.

If you have big balls do walk out naked and see response.

Egg the next person that keeps gawking.

Run out screaming alah.

Run to their car and car jack their ass.

Grow a huge hedge and erect a gate. Big sign on gate gawkers will be shot repeat offenders will be shot again.

Ruu

Stop being a sexy bastard!

lulu1

punisher5112 wrote: »

Op serious action needed here.

Walk out with hockey mask followed by chainsaw and a white t shirt with bloodstains on it.
I would guess they would be driving through anything in front.

If you have big balls do walk out naked and see response.

Egg the next person that keeps gawking.

Run out screaming alah.

Run to their car and car jack their ass.

Grow a huge hedge and erect a gate. Big sign on gate gawkers will be shot repeat offenders will be shot again.

Dont think third paragraph applies to op

Charlie19

At least they're not peeping.

Sprog 4

Whats strange about people in traffic looking at whats around them? I live near a traffic lights too - people always look out their windows when they're stopped. People driving past in busses look at you for a bit longer than if they were walking past you on the street. Its the same as when you walk past a house in the dark and they havn't closed their sitting room windows. Of course your gonna have a glance in as it's something new. If you were stopped in traffic maybe you'd have a bit of a longer look in I dunno. I hope I'm not weird

moxin

Sprog 4, do you continuously stare at the householder even when the householder notices your staring?! Most stare away but those tiny minority stare aka gawk !!

lulu1

Sprog 4 wrote: »

Whats strange about people in traffic looking at whats around them? I live near a traffic lights too - people always look out their windows when they're stopped. People driving past in busses look at you for a bit longer than if they were walking past you on the street. Its the same as when you walk past a house in the dark and they havn't closed their sitting room windows. Of course your gonna have a glance in as it's something new. If you were stopped in traffic maybe you'd have a bit of a longer look in I dunno. I hope I'm not weird

Anyone who leaves their curtains open with the lights on at night dose it for one thing to make sure everyone sees their fancy house and its only natural to look in. I would and would probably take some of their ideas home with me too

Sprog 4

moxin wrote: »

Sprog 4, do you continuously stare at the householder even when the householder notices your staring?! Most stare away but those tiny minority stare aka gawk !!

Nah I'm too ugly to be gawked at

But what's the problem if its a tiny minority?

Teyla Emmagan

Get some blinds?

moxin

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Get some blinds?

I do be outside Teyla unless you suggest I get blinds on the driveway gates

[Deleted User]

Give them something to gawk at properly OP. I suggest a fabulous hat.

Or perhaps a dark toned black-eye and bruised fist combination might make them avert their gaze.

Cantremember

Get over yourself. They're just bored. They'd look at any movement of distraction the same.

Sir Arthur Daley

Its all in your head op, you were the one who inadvertently did the gawk first.

JonEBGud

Everyone gawks at someone sometime.
You could have a big nose.
You could be black.
You could be handicapped.
That's gawking.
To be leered at, that's different.

pablo128

Would you not consider wearing a burka outside of the house? *Gawking reduced by 88% in the Middle East when they were introduced.

*the above may or may not be true.:pac:

lulu1

Enough of this gawking business I'm away to bed and I hope mu other half dosent gawk in my direction tonight

Cait87

Maybe grow some nice tall greenery as a barrier.Or pillars with a statue of a pair of lions. and they'll look at the lions instead of you.

moxin

To be honest its like intimidation and its worst when I leave home. I lock the door and then walk to my car in the driveway and there is always a driver there looking to the right at me when i'm motioning to my veh-ickkle. No probs there as its a natural human reaction, its the ones who are national staring champions who piss me off.

What right is their business when stuck in traffic waiting on a green light to stare at me going about my business? Can they not have the manners to look away when I notice them? Are there no other events in their miserable lives to gawk at in their day than to stare at me heading off in my car, I haven't confronted any of them yet but tempted!

Fat Christy

Send them a pic of your monkey. Be grand.

gormdubhgorm

Next time put a finger up yer.... nose and start digging for gold.

gormdubhgorm

moxin wrote: »

To be honest its like intimidation and its worst when I leave home. I lock the door and then walk to my car in the driveway and there is always a driver there looking to the right at me when i'm motioning to my veh-ickkle. No probs there as its a natural human reaction, its the ones who are national staring champions who piss me off.

What right is their business when stuck in traffic waiting on a green light to stare at me going about my business? Can they not have the manners to look away when I notice them? Are there no other events in their miserable lives to gawk at in their day than to stare at me heading off in my car, I haven't confronted any of them yet but tempted!

Do you suffer from severe paranoia/anxiety at all?

Pwindedd

Surely you knew the traffic lights were there when you bought your house, jees these people that think they can dictate to gawking fans - surely the needs of thousands of gawkers outweigh the needs of one resident. Think of the economy and our international reputation...shït wrong thread.