To complain about being squawked at?

[Jenni2legs]

I was walking into work this morning and a branded (with a company logo) white van got about a foot behind me and the bloke in the passenger side leaned out and just screeched at me...What do you do with that? I don't get it... I jumped out of my skin, but I don't know if it's something to complain about or just laugh off?

obfus, I can see your point, but it's definitely different.

You know what's going on when a guy's leaning out of his white van window just in order to scream at you, then grinning and leaning back in.

I suppose there could be the odd case of mistaken identity. But 99% of the time, sadly, I don't think so.

Happens sometimes when I am out running. I usually yell abuse at them as it's rarely a company van usually a car with two or more male prats inside.

I had this walking down the road once in a rough area. Guy walking towards me, when he drew level suddenly darted sideways and screamed in my face.

Sometimes I hate being a weedy little 5 foot nothing woman. Sometimes only punching someone in the face will do.

You did right reporting it. Idiots.

I don't know if a challenge was put on, possibly in "Nuts", or "Loaded", because this seems to happening all over the country

This happens most evenings when I walk to the post box. Except I now have earphones in so don't hear the squawk just see their hysterical laughter. Which I pretend I haven't seen.

Simple things please simple minds.

Yes this is a thing. Happens to cyclists quite a lot, people shout or make very loud sudden noises hoping that it'll make you wobble or fall off and die. It's really dangerous and nasty, please do report it!

I had this walking down the road once in a rough area. Guy walking towards me, when he drew level suddenly darted sideways and screamed in my face.

fucking hell that sounds terrifying.

I was walking to school the other day to collect my brood when this van came round the corner of a quite nice street in London. This man leaned out and shouted " I wanna fuck you up the arse" really loudly! I was minding my own business and quite shocked. I know it was bad but it was like a comedy sketch really and my DH thought it was hilarious. I'm quite a formal, straight laced person, but I can't help laughing about it - it just seemed so, well... stupid. Men are such idiots!

I would ignore it and think of the guy as a just another prat. :) Last week, I was talking to a friend walking back from church along a main road at about 10pm and this man shouted " make sure you don't get raped" at us as he and his mate drove past. Now that is more offensive I think.

completely different but two blokes in a van pulled up by my 21 year old who was sporting a feckin awful red beard at the time and shouted 'oi twat... shave yer beard off' he responded 'oi fat twat... lose some weight' they jumped out and chased him but he was too fast for them. I tried very hard not to laugh when he got home and gave the lecture how you shouldn't comment on peoples appearance but as he rightly pointed out 'they started it'

I had this happen to me too, they didn't screech out the window at me though, they threw a water balloon at me... I was pregnant.
Ffs idiots.
If there had been a sign on the car I would have complained too.

I'd probably just laugh, but we're not all like me. I have to wonder though is he right in the head.

Cream. That's awful. What a horrible dispicable way to treat anyone never mind a pregnant women. It must have really shaken you up,

wolf whistling should also be reported, and i'm no killjoy, but its demeaning and sexist and shouldn't be tolerated in this day and age. good for you OP!

My mum got was called a slag my 2 men in a van. She is a sixty something retired school teacher dressed normally walking in her naice village. Goes to show whoever you are or whatever you misogyny knows no bounds...

It did at the time,I was sort of shocked not knowing what exactly just happened! now I look back and laugh thinking did passerbys think my waters had gone

Years of bullying at school means that when this happens to me, I don't jump (outwardly at least) as I had years of practice of not giving a reaction to twats who shout abuse at me in the street, but it immediately puts me in "waiting to be attacked mode" which gets my adrenalin going and my heart racing and I feel like crap for the rest of the day as a result.

Dh has long hair and facial hair and he gets abuse shouted at him for that. Unfortunately he is more likely to fight in a fight or flight situation so it really makes me nervous when people start having a go.

Am I wierdo if I confess that it doesn't bother me when I get wolf whistles. Makes me feel good about myself. I don't find it demeaning at all. A while back I was shopping in asda when a guy touched me on the bum and said scuse there, babe. I wasn't offended at all. However I can how some people would be.
With the risk of being flamed I think society is becoming too uptight.
That said however I do not agree with people being abusive to someone because of their appearance.

dontgotosleep you are utterly unreasonable to think that it's being "uptight" to not want to be groped by a stranger in a supermarket. I sincerely hope if you have a dd you do not teach her that this is in any way acceptable, and if you have a ds you make it absolutely clear that doing this could get him arrested!

Downamong. I'm saying if it bothers other people I could see why. I just meant it didn't bother me.

You have every right to complain to the company. They should know their drivers are behaving like twats unprofessionally. It's so disrespectful and what if the next person they try this little stunt on suffers from anxiety or a heart condition?

God, this is a thing now is it? Screaming at lone women in the street? That would scare the shit out of me - and that's the point of it, I guess.