there are a few - particuarly at work - its very hard to see them every day..i hate them!!!
Brad, 21
Sydney AUSTRALIA
Not around here, but there is a guy that some of my high school friends are friends with that I try to avoid at all costs.
Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA
Yes, a man at church that I do not trust and it is just a feeling. He has a daughter that is my daughter's age and he is always trying to get them together. Needless to say, Kat doesn't go near him.
KarenNJ, 25
Milltown, NJ
USA
I try to avoid all family members--or foreign family members--who do not share my ethical views. In fact, I try to avoid everyone who does not share my ethical views.
Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
Not now, but there use to be. I worked in a research lab with a man we all feared. He had a horrible temper problem coupled with a severe case of paranioa. He thought we were all out to get him and to sabotage his experiments. I lived in fear of all the dangerous chemicals and radioisotopes we had in large amounts in the lab and what he might do with them. He was the type that would go nuts on you. We heard he was fired in his last job and he threw a fit and wrecked part of the lab. I was glad to see him go.
Triana, 29
Austin, TX
USA
I wish i could avoid the chick who sits on my right, she makes me want to kill myself every day.
Talia, 25
Stamford, CT
USA
No one. If I thought someone intended harm to me or my family, I'd get a gun and learn how to use it.
Judy, 62
Easton, KS
USA
No, there is no one I am afraid of. As I get older, I find it easier to speak my mind and let people know exactly how I feel. and if someone scares me I would tell them to back off or get lost.
Janet, 44
E. Brunswick, NJ USA
I can't think of anyone that I am afraid of. There are a few people that try to avoid because they are unpleasant, but I certainly don't fear them.
Laura, 37
Lowell, MA
USA
There are plenty of people I avoid. I don't know of anyone in particular I'm afraid of.
Karen, 22
Ames, IA
USA
Nope. Although, I do talk to some pretty psycho people on the phone at work. Self defense is the best medicine!
Nicci, 27
Las Vegas, NV
USA
No...not really...well...there are a few acquaintances of mine who I'm not too thrilled to run into because they talk so much that I have a hard time getting them to shut up long enough to get away from them!
Tam
Yes. There is this one guy I met this summer who is quite not right in the head. After spending 12 perfectly innocent hours with me, he thought we'd be getting married and live happily ever after . All he knew was that I lived outside of Harrisburg, and then I found out that he had been driving all around and doing everything he could to find my house into the early hours of the morning for awhile. I may be afraid of him, but if he EVER comes near me I swear he'd wish he'd stay away.
Em, 16
Harrisburg, PA USA
No. When I was in high school I had a bully that stalked me through the halls. He'd singled me out for some reason and would go out of his way to push me or rough me up in some general way. I was scared to death of this guy and would sneak around my school to avoid him at all costs. This went on most of the first semester. Finally, the first day after christmas break, he confronted me in the hall, grabbed me by my shirt, pushed me against a locker and said, "why didn't you go to the party, ya pussy?!" I snapped. In one sweeping motion, I broke his arms free of me, pushed him across the hall and told him, "get your fuckin hands off me!" He looked at me, startled completely. I then proceeded to challenge him to a fight, I kept saying, "let's go, come on, right now come on!" He stopped me and said... "It's about time you stood up for yourself." He never bothered me again after that.
Doug2, 29
Overland Park, KS USA
PT job: no fear, an occasional client I'm not in the mood for but nothing major. FT job: I'm not afraid of the kids but now and then they will threaten to accuse you of things and even when the accusations are groundless it can take you off the clock without pay for weeks while the situation is investigated. I still do my job, I still tell them when they have to eat and take care of their hygiene, but I delegate and/or ask for help with matters involving a closer proximity to the kid.
Alias Irrelevante
I avoid an ex-friend of mine at work named Angie because she is a compulsive liar.
Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH
USA
I can't think of anyone that I am afraid of. There are a few people that try to avoid because they are unpleasant, but I certainly don't fear them.
Laura, 37
Lowell, MA
USA
There are people I avoid because they irritate me, but there is no one I avoid because of fear.
Jane, 62
West Linn, OR
USA
Well, I do not know...I mean, I am civil to people at work...Even to one of the 2000 people who laughed at me when I had the gall to say that I was going to apply for a job that was above filing...and said person laughed at me...that's not cool.
Luki, 31
Valhalla
I can't think of anyone I'm afraid of but there are a few people I avoid. Not because I don't like them but because they talk my ear off.
Reba, 50+
Silver Spring, MD USA
I avoid certain people at school mainly because they don't like me. I don't really hate anyone; I just dislike the kinds of things they do to each other.
Jeremy, 14
Highlands Ranch, CO USA
I avoid several persons in my life, but it has little or nothing to do with fear.
Fisch, 47
Preston, CT
USA
Not really. There is occassionally an overly aggressive person (usually a man) who feels it is either appropriate to yell, swear and / or emotionally berate you. These folks tend to be more a dampener to the spirit rather than a fearful presence. Par for the course in a high people contact field. Mostly, I find people to be gracious and interesting.
Felicia,
36
Lowell, MA
USA
There's
a female guard in my dorm who I avoid if at all possible. Barnard is the
sister school to Columbia, and event houghI'm a CU student, I live in
Barnard housing. As a result, I have to sign my Columbia boyfriend in.
The other night, I was signing him in, and I have to explain that he's
rarely ever there. He's spent the night once, and sometimes he'll come
over during the day. I can sign him in whenever I want during the day,
but he can only spend the night 8 times a month (to ensure people aren't
trying to screw Barnard by living there for free). But usually, I just
go over to his place, and he doesn't come over very often, unless he comes
with me to pick up some stuff from my room. So the guard says to me, "Is
he staying here every night?" I said, "No, I don't even
sign him in every night." She looks at me and says, "Well, I
see him signed in every night, but I don't see him signed out." I
told her that if she looked, she'd see that was wrong, because I sign
him in maybe 2 times a week and he's usually out a few hours later. She
looked at me and called me a liar and then told me she was reporting me
to housing. Then she called the entire suite I lived in liars and that
she was reporting all of us. I just looked at her, astounded, then muttered
Bitch and walked into the elevator. I went down later with Mike (the boy)
to get his ID and
leave with him, and to apologize for calling her a bitch. He asked for
his ID back and asked her to
apologize to me for calling me a liar. She threw his ID at him and said
she didn't need to apologize for anything. Then I told her I was sorry,
and she said she was sorry, that she had just wanted a simple answer out
of me, which I had given, but then she called me a liar. Then I asked
her if maybe she would look through the log book so that we could clear
up this situation, and she sat back in her chair, started filing her nails,
and said that not only did she not have the time to look, but that it
wasn't her job, and that we were only trying to get her to look because
we were guilty (which doesn't make any sense, because if we were guilty,
having her look would confirm it), and that she just wasn't listening
to us anymore. Then she ignored us. I hate that woman more than anyone
else in the universe. Her role is to protect me as a student, not to antagonize
me. Sorry this was so long,but I wanted to show people what an awful person
this lady is. I hope she gets fired. If she did that in a department store,
she'd be fired instantly.
Cancer,
20
NYC, NY USA