TMP101: Touching Me, Touching You

Welcome to my refreshed Monday Peeve! Unburden yourself of an annoyance and you’ll feel better afterward. Or not. Complain in my comments or crab in your own post. Doesn’t have to be on a Monday. You do you.

It’s not a secret that I dislike being touched. Well, if it was, it’s not now! In any case, when you don’t know someone, you should not presume that it is OK to touch them unless you’re pulling them out of a fire or whatever. Don’t we all know this? Anyway, on Saturday I went up to Los Angeles for a concert at a small club (as opposed to a giant arena). I had a great time overall, but one thing bugged me. The concert was SRO, and my friends and I were hanging at the outer edge, which was fine for us. There was a couple (man/woman) next to us who were very exuberant and affectionate with each other, which is fine, but it was a confined space with little room to maneuver. The man left to get more drinks and a few new people squished in. When the man returned, the woman apparently thought it would be a great idea to push a smaller person deeper into the crowd so she and her guy could have more room. Guess who the smaller person was?

I moved up a little to be accommodating, but she kept pushing me. Literally. With her hands. On my back. Finally, I said “STOP.” She said, “But there’s more room.” I said, “So YOU move up.” She gave up at that point and continued to stand at the edge with her dude, and I continued to stand at the edge with my friends. Note that she didn’t try this with my male friend who was actually closer to her, since he was on the large side. Nope. I’m small, so therefore (in her mind) she can touch me. WTF? What gave this crazy woman the idea that she could just shove people around like checkers on a board? Maybe it was the alcohol…

PS: This will be my last official TMP until May 1, since my 26 A-Z April posts will be all about nopes. You can use the Monday nopes to link to for peeves during April, if you wish.

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