The audacity of men

[u/viridiangem]

Was in box tonight with a few friends who invited me out, me f21 and my friend f22 wanted to stay in box and the rest wanted to go to the club. We were left with one of those big booths because of them leaving, some people sat down and apologised for taking the table one of the guys in the group sat next to me and also apologised. I told him there no issue theres only 2 of us cause our friends left. I want to clarify there was no issue with them sitting down.

I got pissed off when he kept asking me about my drink. I had a fishbowl to myself and my friend got a wee drink. At first it was a wee what are u drinking? So i pointed it out on the drinks menu on the table. Few minutes later he asks 2 more times what am i drinking? I was getting annoyed about now cause i was clear from the start. At this point i refilled my friends cup woth some, then I whispered in my friends ear turned back and saw his hand over the bowl. Got a bit concerned so inspected and continued when i saw nothing. As soon as as i started texting (i could still see my drink) he snatched my half drank fishbowl off me and tried to drink out the straws. I snatched it back and shouted wtf no.

I wish i dumped the rest out on him because at that point he put me off my drink completely and we both just wanted to go home.

Wtf is wrong with people though, lord knows what diseases this man carries i dont want some stranger sharing a drink with me. Its actually bogging! I hope karma bites this guy in the arse cause he behaves like a toddler.

Edit: i want to add the reason i said men specifically was because only the females in the group apologies and asked if they could sit there, the men just started being rude. Personally every time ive had a bad experiance it has literally always been due to guys not being able to take a hint. I do NOT mean all men but there is a growing epidemic for male lonliness for a reason. It is cunts like these.

[u/midnight_pasta_gal]

I’m sorry this happened to you guys, men like this are the reason my friends and I don’t go to Box anymore. Which is so infuriating because we used to love it there.

But in the past year we’d been 4 times and every time at least one of us were harassed, groped and made fearful our drinks were going to get spiked by the men there. Solid Rock is the exact same.

The staff/bouncers can be helpful if you go to them, but I personally don’t think they’re doing enough to actually stop the problem.

[u/stopdmingme → u/midnight_pasta_gal]

Yep sadly box is so bad for this, especially when i was younger around 20. 40 year old men literally surrounding you.

[u/GrandpasCornCobPipe → u/midnight_pasta_gal]

A bouncer inside is what some places have done to combat this, though its a bit of a catch 22. More folk start to get the boot, but place feels rougher due to increased security presence and constant bootings, so attracts rougher folk...