Trunk Monkey
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Ok first I need to lay out the scene. I live in an apartment complex. My building butts up against the next building in a L actually more a backwards L.
I had to run back to work last night (09/02) to return a key I accidentally brought home. I walked out of my building (the upright of the L) just as someone came around the corner of the next building. Since I didn't know the guy I just stopped on the steps and kept an eye on him until he walked around the corner of my building then I got in my car and left.
I wasn't rude, I didn't blade up on the guy, I said good evening, I wasn't a prick to him. I just stayed where I was at in the entrence to the building until he moved on. The thing is the guy acted all offended that I did it like I violated some social etiquette by not turning my back on some random person I didn't know in a funky neighborhood.
This time the guy was white, last time the guy was black. Both times I got an offended response, although the black guy calmed down when I asked what the roads were like.
To me, my actions were prudent but I'm wondering did I cross some line of etiquette that I'm not aware of?
I had to run back to work last night (09/02) to return a key I accidentally brought home. I walked out of my building (the upright of the L) just as someone came around the corner of the next building. Since I didn't know the guy I just stopped on the steps and kept an eye on him until he walked around the corner of my building then I got in my car and left.
I wasn't rude, I didn't blade up on the guy, I said good evening, I wasn't a prick to him. I just stayed where I was at in the entrence to the building until he moved on. The thing is the guy acted all offended that I did it like I violated some social etiquette by not turning my back on some random person I didn't know in a funky neighborhood.
This time the guy was white, last time the guy was black. Both times I got an offended response, although the black guy calmed down when I asked what the roads were like.
To me, my actions were prudent but I'm wondering did I cross some line of etiquette that I'm not aware of?