I feel like, before I jump into this post I need to include a little background. First of all I work at a library, this library isn’t like a regular library; it doesn’t have prudish librarians and be quiet signs. The Snow College Library is a three story building. The first floor hosts a computer lab, librarian station, and a printer station. Second floor is the study/hangout floor and the third floor is meant for quiet studying (I’m afraid to go to the third floor, I feel like I’ll get death looks just for breathing too loud). I work on the first floor at a little printer station. I hold the title of Lab Assistant, which means absolutely nothing because secretly I wasn’t trained for this job. I’ve been working here for about two years and I’ve gotten real good at avoiding students questions. When students ask me for help I usually make up some bogus excuse like, “the server is down” or “I’m rebooting the system, try again later.” Anyway I really like my job when I’m not actually doing anything. I sit at a printer desk, adjacent to the sliding doors…there for, I get to watch all the people come and go.
Back to the purpose of this post, I have a stalker. I’m not in fear for my life at this point but I’m definitely creeped out. Because I work at the campus hangout, I’m easy to find. Therefore our encounters are numerous. Even when I’m not at work he somehow finds me. I know what you’re thinking, “it’s a small campus it could simply be coincidence” believe me, it’s not! Whenever he walks past my desk I can feel the tension and it’s scary. I swear whenever I look up he’s looking at me. If I’m studying on the second floor he’ll “casually” walk up the stairs, pass my table, and then turn around and walk back down the stairs (this has happened many times). I’ve tried ignoring him, never meeting eye contact. But it’s hard because seriously as I am writing this post he is sitting three rows over (I’m not stalking him, I’m simply aware of his creepy presence) talking to one of his friends. Through my peripheral vision I can see that they keep looking over here… I looked up and accidentally made eye contact with his friend and he was smiling, like they were just talking about me or something. I’m completely freaked out and I need some advice. What should I do? Should I confront him? Continue to ignore him?
