My space...

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It's 0815 on a Saturday morning. I sit in central gardens, got nearly an hour to wait for my bus. It's another amazing warm sunny morning in April. I have a newspaper and the mp3 firmly in my ears, oblivious to the outside world.

Ten minutes later I am aware of a shadow and look to see a woman is trying to get my attention, leaning forward into my space... when I see what she is holding



...I nod in the negative. But moments later because my concentration and privacy was invaded, I thought some more about it, becoming more vexed as I did. There may have been a few startled people in the gardens seconds later when I yelled "HOW DARE THEY INVADE MY SPACE!

Then on the mp3 player came REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" (how spooky is that)...

More tranquil minutes pass until the same thing happens AGAIN, a different woman trying to impart on the world, her 'wisdom' and dumb manual... I say to her "What gives you a God-given right to invade people's privacy with this nonsense - if this happens one more time I will call the Police" to which she just said "Have a nice day" and walked on her way...

Analogies. Maybe you have to use a public convenience (a last resort these days the state many of them are in) and you find the cubicle door lock is dodgy so you shut it closed tight, what do people do? They still try and enter... umm excuse me, the door is shut, yes? Like, for a reason?

People walking in groups right across the promenade so anyone else from behind whether on foot or bicycle have no way of getting through or worse still those that just walk out into your path with no due care or attention...

I often wonder (though I am reclusive) whether I am the one who is oblivious after all, maybe it's THEM that need to wake up and learn some manners.

Sweet post!

What i want to know is why there is a sword an axe and a shepherds crook sticking our of the top half of a suit of armor.

People pushing religion like that think they have been anointed by their god to invade our personal space in order to 'save' us.

As for 'traffic', that's just the way it is. I'm oblivious of people and things around me, and often knock into people and objects. I have tried since I can remember to remedy this, but I just can't. I'm clumsy and there's no changing it. Lots of people are like that.

Plus, many have entitlement issues similar to that of religious people that think it's okay to push their way into your house.

This is a good question and something I completely missed because my eyes were drawn to the text on the pamphlet, not the picture content.

Thank you. I have exactly the same spatial difficulties but was only aware of the intrusion because of the shadow that blocked out the sun.

Maybe this topic will serve a purpose after all if people might describe how they feel about personal space.

mine were drawn to the pointy thing in the corner

Some Jehovah Witness stopped me at work, when I was picking up litter, and he asked me if I wanted a copy of Awake! magazine. I told him that I wasn't interested. If somebody hands me something to do with Jesus, I don't mind because I'm a Christian. When a Jehovah Witness tries to push their religion on me, it's a whole different story.