Encounters of a creepy kind

Once upon a time, an awesome person known as Nerdy panda decided to go to University in Toronto. Her mode of transporation was the subway. Alas, Nerdy panda encountered foes aka the creepy dudes. She learned how to handle them and now teaches other awesome people to identify these creepy crawlies.

So, here's Nerdy panda's guide to identify and battle these vermins:

First up is the pathetic middle aged dude.
This dude is just pathetic. He's middle age, losing hair and hates his job. He likes to butt in the conversation of young college girls and likes to give them unsolicitated advice. He starts out by saying how he'll love to help you with your essay (which is creepy) and then goes in a full blown rant about his job. You can see how he hates his job and might even feel sorry for him. Except, this dude does not know when to shut up.

Best way to handle him: Turn on your ipod, if this doesn't give him a clue, change seats.


Second is the Old creepy bussissness dude.

He's old and creepy and wants to know all about your culture. I mean, seriously dude you wanna know all about Indian people, go read a book. He starts out polite but suddenly starts asking personal questions and starts making you very uncomfortable.

Best way to handle him: Politely tell him to shut up. Er, I mean that your private life does not concern him. Shut him down girlfriends! If you wanna be evil like moi, you give him fabricated personal information that will start making him very unconfortable.

Now we are going from annoying but harmless dudes to icky creepy dangerous territory.
Third is the creepy young dude.

On surface he looks like an average young dude and suddenly he says something that makes you look up from your readings. You stare at him and realize that he's smiling/staring at you in a very icky way. Your blood turns cold at his stare and you look around at other passengers.

How to handle him: Obey your sixth sense. I would exit at the next stop even if its not my stop.

This one's just sad. Its the crazy homeless dude.

I'd like to say that I have seen homeless people on the subway and they usually are not troublesome. The homeless guy I am talking about clearly suffered from some form of mental illness but did not get the help he needed. He was swearing heavily and wanted to get in a scuffle with the passengers. He's siiting right across you and some stupid passenger keeps swearing back at him. The environment in the subway is getting more  and more hostile. Luckily, the guy leaves and the rest of the passengers ignore the foulmouth homeless guy.
 Best way to handle this situation is sadly to ignore the guy, get off next stop or change the car.


The Art work is by my younger sister. I can't even draw good stick figures. Pathetic, that's me.