What would you have done? Street compliment

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Today as I was on a crosswalk into the grocery store, a man waiting at the crosswalk in his truck leaned out and shouted "you look really nice today!"

Would you have:
a. Acknowledged compliment with a smile/wave/verbal comment like "thanks!"
b. Ignored him and continued walking in the store
c. Approached him and given him your number
d. Rude hand gesture

I'll let you know what I did/what happened next after some responses!

Honestly b as I wouldn’t want to acknowledge it as men like that usually take it as a green light to then try to ask for your number etc

Arsehole, in that case. With men like that it's always about your weight

I dunno, I've had fat bitch, stuck up bitch, fucking dyke, you're too ugly to fuck anyway, think you're too good for us, and probably many more (my 20s when it was worse are quite a while ago now!)

It's true, how sexist of me! I should be ashamed of myself for not thanking him properly. He was doing me a favor after all, fat bitch that I am!

That was @littleburn

I do wish I could have thought of something witty, but he didn't deserve my time and who knows what he could have done if I'd really embarrassed him.

Absolutely! That could have been your future husband if only you hadn't been so uppity and hurt his poor feelings 😂

Either A or B, depending on my mood and his manner/if I thought he was genuine etc.

The fact that you think this is flattering and don’t realise that this comes from a place of male entitlement makes me feel sorry for you. It is nice to be nice, but I’d bet my kidney that he’s not doing it to be altruistically ‘nice’ - he’s doing it because it boosts his ego and you dutifully stroke it.

B.

Im staggered at the amount of As, what on earth has happened that women now think they have to thank men for street harassment? This started for me and my friends at the time, at about the age of 12. Were we rude kids not to thank the nice man for his comments on our looks?

Ah I find this thread interesting . I said A and with a smile and wave - all good. The follow up remark - not good at all. But I do when I am walking out and about sometimes quickly compliment people - may be should not , But a bit of a hello & a nice comment I think is fine. The follow up "wow" comment - not fine at all not in a million years. I just ( & I live in a built up area so come across people walking down the pavement quite often ) A Good evening - or what a lovely looking dog ) or lovely hat or something I find so much more congenial than people who will barge past me or not say thank you when I step aside for them . The man was clearly not what he seemed to be and his follow up comment was completely unacceptable. That said , I would rather be nice in the first instance and hope that others are the same. I would have waved and smiled and carried on about my business.