This woman in her 20s works at a retail store. She is a nice and chatty employee, so she makes sure to greet all customers when they walk by her while she's working. Unfortunately, this means that, at times, she has some uncomfortable interactions. At the beginning of December, leading up to her birthday, she dealt with two sketchy customers, and the situation spanned over the course of three days. One day, a customer approached her and said, "'You exude happiness. Can I take a photo of you?'" Since she wears unique outfits, she assumed that was the reason he wanted to take a picture of her. Since she was currently working and felt like she sometimes didn't stand up for herself, she agreed. She posed for the photo, giving a thumbs up, and the man took the photo and left. "My other coworkers and my boyfriend thought I was dumb for letting him take my photo. My mom watched a lot of Dateline and thought someone was going to order a kidnapping on me with the photo, and I started to get unnerved, but nothing really came of it," she explained. The following day, a man, F, walked into the store and went to the pharmacy department of the store, which was near where she was currently working. "The man asked for me by name (I have an uncommon name, with an unusual spelling on top of that). The pharmacy tech made an excuse that I was at lunch, thinking he'd leave, but he came back an hour later, asking if lunch was over, but I had actually left for the day, so no luck, I guess," she said. Then, on the third day of this ongoing situation, she was off work for her birthday. While she was gone, F returned to the store and came up to the pharmacy tech again. He told her he was sorry about asking for her coworker the day prior. "He said that 'he and I just had locked eyes at one point and connected' or something? In all actuality, I smile at everyone out of nervousness at work," she shared. [caption id="attachment_268416" align="alignnone" width="595"] (JLco) Julia Amaral - stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual person[/caption] Sign up for Chip Chick's newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox. Since she was off work and celebrating her birthday, the pharmacy tech sent her a message on Facebook to let her know that this man knew her name and seemed to want to talk to her. She messaged her coworker back and said she had no idea who this man was. When she worked next, she was able to look through the store's security cameras to find the man in question. He didn't look familiar to her at all, but she made sure to remember his face, just in case he came back into the store again. A month later, she saw him in the store while she was working. At first, she didn't realize it was him, but it eventually dawned on her who this man was, and he gave her a "really creepy smile" and a "flirty wave." In response, she dashed away from the sales floor and back to the offices. Luckily, the security team approached the man and said that he was no longer allowed to request personal information about any employees, their work hours, or their location. The man didn't argue and promised to stay away. However, her management has seen him return to the store several times. In each instance, her managers have made sure she leaves the sales floor and stays in the back until the man leaves the store. Apparently, the man would come in and meander aimlessly around the department of the store where she normally worked as if he was looking for her or waiting for her to come back. To this day, this man still occasionally comes into the store. Even though she knows this isn't the scariest situation that some people might have to deal with while working retail, she still can't help feeling uneasy having to constantly be on guard and aware of her surroundings, always on the lookout for the sketchy customer. She has even had to change her work hours to try to avoid working when he may come into the store. Also, she doesn't believe the weird man who asked if he could take her photo is connected to the second customer. Unfortunately, she seems to have coincidentally dealt with two unrelated, sketchy customers two days in a row. What would you do if you were in her shoes? You can read the original post on Reddit here. 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