That's never happened to me before

[lovingboth]

Last night, just as I'd walked across the railway bridge, some man 'indecently exposed' himself to me - he had his penis out and was masturbating, asking if I wanted 'any of this'.

I ignored him (I was on the other side of the road) and called the police when I was around the corner.

Odd location - in no way is it a cruising ground, it's a reasonably busy walking route. My guess is that he had some mental health problem, meaning I was more sad for him than pissed off / scared.

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[geminigirl]

Not long ago, I was living in a less than stellar neighborhood in Washington DC. (I loved it, but admittedly, it's not the greatest place, although not the worst either.)

One rather oppressive summer evening, I went to the grocery store for a few things. The parking lot was separated from the pick up lane by a small plaza. Sitting on the base to one of the lamp posts was an older man, with all of his lower clothing around his ankles. I didn't look to see what precisely he was doing, but I did let the security people inside the store know.

What amazed me was the number of people totally ignoring it and behaving as if it were commonplace, which it wasn't. I'd in fact never seen the man before.