How do react to a complete strange staring at you????

@bjc66bjc (6730)
United States
January 12, 2012 8:12pm CST
Some people are just plain rude. They will stare at you for such a long time and most of the time end up say nothing.. It makes people very uncomfortable when they are stared down especially when things enter your mind as to why they are staring...We never think positive always negative...like we have something hanging from our nose broccoli/something in our teeth...our make up is smeared, you know what I am saying... Do you asked them why they are staring or just leave it alone...You know you can not confront everyone these days ...people are really crazy out there...
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19 responses
@Mashnn (4501)
13 Jan 12
Those type of people are very annoying. I will just try to ignore and go about my business but if I see you are still staring at me, I would probably tell you to mind your own business and stope staring at me.
@Mashnn (4501)
13 Jan 12
It hard to understand why we have such people around who make life impossible for others.
@celticeagle (159222)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jan 12
I would wonder why they were staring. I had a woman staring at me just the other day. A young person and i wondered why then. Nothing dandling that i was aware of. I just ignore it and then move on. I do wonder why though.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
13 Jan 12
It is rather kind of uncomfortable to say the very least. Yet in public, there really is not much of anything you can say. Then again, there are times where I might think that they are staring at me. However, they just tend to rather be looking at something that is in my direction, staring at that, and my body just happens to be in their line of sight. Then again, the opinions of total strangers means obviously less than nothing to be regardless. If they are staring at the wrong person, they are really going to get it. However, I tend to really just let it go. Even if it leads me to a slight level of discomfort to say the very least. You never know what a person might be like however and it is unwise to engage them.
@cearn25 (3456)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
People who stares at me especially when I think I don't know them are mostly girls and some are boys. There are also some children who also stares at me. I don't know why they are doing it. I do the same thing to them. When I stare back, they stop to stare. Because when I stare, I stare differently which makes them think I am angry. I rise my eyebrow a little.
@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
14 Jan 12
You know, I will just stare him back so we are staring each other. In most case, he then will feel awkward when that happened, and then he stop stared at me.. But, oh, well, if someone ever stared at you in the public, then better be more careful and take extra precaution. We don't know what's actually on his mind..
@Annrose21 (161)
13 Jan 12
When someone stared at me, obviously I will become suspicious. Especially when he will follow me to anywhere I go. I will not confront to him of why would he stare at me, but I will just go away and get rid of him. This man can be dangerous and if I bunmped into a police officer I would probably report that person immediately.
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
You can't just approach anyone and ask why they're staring. It'll just make things more weird. Speaking of which, I was just riding a cab and this other cab was just beside mine. The passenger was wearing a pair of sunglasses and seemed like he was facing me. I wanted to test it so I gave him the middle finger and he was insulted by it.
@jagjit273 (1754)
• India
13 Jan 12
Ignoring such fellows Is the Only thing one can do and keep our self busy with our working schedule. have a nice day
@tiina05 (2317)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
hello, That is true. Why people stare like that when they know that it is really irritating? Do they not experience it? Well, I always experience that whenever I am walking in the mall or everywhere. They used to stare at me and I ask myself why they are looking at me? It is really uncomfortable. Yeah, I cant even ask them why? but instead walk fast and ignore them.
@Triple0 (1904)
• Australia
13 Jan 12
How scary is that! I wouldn't want a total stranger staring at me. I usually don't notice as I'm not very observant because I don't want to know if I'm being stared at or not. I take the train to get home from school with a group of friends. We get stared at a lot and my friends notice but I don't. My friends go it's very distracting and creepy. One of my friends said she would stare at them right back until they look away. Staring is jut plain rude and it makes me very uncomfortable. Sometimes I think they're staring at someone behind me rather than me. Sometimes the person who is staring at you may be interested. You may never know, maybe stare back at them and see how they react. I'm quite shy so I tend to ignore the people round me when I'm on public transport. I don't like staring at others either.
@haopee (493)
• Philippines
13 Jan 12
I for one would just leave the person alone. We can't always tell why someone is staring at us or are they really staring at us. I for one, especially on a long commute, seems as though I'm staring at someone, when in actuality I'm just daydreaming or juggling things to do for the day around my head.
@meidiana (108)
• Indonesia
13 Jan 12
yeah...people are crazy nowadays. Here, the situation is more danger for certain race. sometimes, when I know someone is staring at me, I will stare at him/her back. But mostly, I will stay away from the person who is staring at me. Or cover my face with a magazine or something, pretend reading that magazine.
• United States
13 Jan 12
I ignore them if i find the stare to be offending or mean looking. Like, there's a difference between a mean stare and a curious perhaps friendly stare. Usually they'll stop staring if I ignore them for a while. If they are not staring at me in an intimidating way, then perhaps I would talk to them. They might be someone I know, or they might just need some help.
@arjunm (439)
• India
13 Jan 12
Just avoid them... you know what i just hate those person.. why you value those person a lot? i think you should busy yourself from various way to free from of this
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
13 Jan 12
I usually just smile at them and if they continue to stare I wave, tilt my head like I am wondering if I know them and usually that makes them feel uncomfortable!
• United States
13 Jan 12
I always feel like that! Whenever I am on the train I feel so self conscious because I can see from the corner of my eyes people staring at me. I don't stare at people at all on the train because if I feel uncomfortable other people probably do. But there are people that just stare at you for a long time and you start to think that there is something probably wrong with you or that they are judging you. I don't confront them but there are times when I stare right back if and only if they are staring for a really long time. Because on the other hand I know that living in NYC a lot of people like to "people gaze" but when you stare at someone for more than five minutes it's just plain rude and creepy. You're crossing a fine line when the staring contest goes that long.
@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
13 Jan 12
It really doesn't happen to me very often - apparently I'm not worth staring at. But on the rare occasion that someone does stare at me, I will often stare back at them, and that seems to make them realize they're staring. Some folks just don't realize they are staring at someone, especially if they happen to be deep in thought, or if they are just vegging out for some reason.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
13 Jan 12
Yes,i had met this situation before and it really drive me crazy.I just don't understand why people out there staring and completely say nothing.So the way i react is ignore them and just act as nothing happens,maybe a little while after,the person would then go and end up with nothing,it's really kind of weird.
• Canada
13 Jan 12
I am sure everyone has this happen to them. The best response is to smile or wave. As the saying goes ..."a stranger is just a friend we have not met yet" . You do want to be careful though, there are harmful people out there but probably just as many lonely ones looking for a friend.