Friday night last week I went out to see some friends play at a bar. While I was watching the band, my friend Dar that I was standing with left for a few minutes, so I was standing alone.
Uh oh. If you're a girl you'll know how dangerous that situation could be.
Not even a full minute after Dar leaves does a weird, short, stocky, Uncle Fester-like bald man come stand next to me. We will call him John Baldo. Here was our exchange - no exaggerations. It needs none.
Waitress: Are you guys ok for drinks?
Me: Yes
John Baldo: Hey can I buy you a drink?
Me: No thanks, I'm good (I was actually thirsty, but once he buys me a drink I'm obligated to him and I want nothing to do with him)
John Baldo: Are you sure? I can't buy you anything?
Me: Nope, thanks though.
John Baldo: Why not, are you driving? (why the fuck is it so weird that I don't want you to buy me a drink? geez buddeh I'm saving you dough here....)
Me: Yea, I don't like to drink and drive
John Baldo: OH WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ME HOME?
Me: Well, I don't think my boyfriend would like that.
John Baldo: WELL I WOULD!
Me: o_O
John Baldo: Give me your hand
*I reluctantly give my hand....why? I have no fucking idea. I didn't want to hurt the loser's feelings, I suppose*
Baldo proceeds to 'massage' my hand, while looking at me like a creep, raising his eyebrows up and down, and rolling his tongue IN HIS MOUTH TRYING TO BE SEXY.
I cringe and pull my hand away.
John Baldo: I used to date a massage therapist, but I would do all the massaging.
Baldo then proceeds to do the disco hip-bump dance with me, but I just stand still, wondering what the fuck I did to deserve this douchebag's interference in my LIFE.
John Baldo: Do you like motorcycles?
Me: Nope.
Baldo then shows me a picture of his motorcycle.
Me: Cool.
Baldo then puts his porky sausage fingers on the back of my neck and starts massaging there.
John Baldo: And to think, this is only what 2 fingers can do. Imagine we were in here, alone, with this music playing and all my fingers going? You'd be in ecstasy. (Um...it was "If You Want Blood" by AC/DC playing...really romantic, no wonder you're single)
At this point I am looking around desperately for ANYONE to come save me from this dude. Alas, I am alone. I cringe again, and flinch away. From this point on, every time he says something I look like I can't make out what he's saying because the band is too loud.
John Baldo: *pulls out a flyer for some fetish S&M costume party* I've never been here before, but apparently they're having a fetish party here tomorrow. $10 if you come in costume. All I'd have to do for that is open my closet. *does disgusting tongue roll again* Ooh yeah, I'm not a bad boy, honest. I know about 8 people up front there that will tell you I'm a good boy. Ok 7 people. 6. Maybe 5.
Me: Heh....um. Ok. I believe you. o_O
FINALLY Dar comes back. I'm like, let's get the FUCK OUT OF HERE!! We go to this hallway to take some pics.
John Baldo: Should I save our spot?
Me: Yep, I'll be back. *NO I WILL NOT, EVER*
What does fucking buddy do? FOLLOWS US. He fuckin photojacks our picture. You can see the look on my face is like, THIS GUY IS A FUCKING CREEPY BALDO LOSER!
After this pic, my friends and I went to the dressing room and I guess John Baldo looked for his next victim. When I came back up to the bar I saw him in the same spot where we were before, but this time massaging some other womans neck as she most likely was contemplating suicide.
So, this, Men-readers, is what us girls have to deal with when we go out. Friggin weirdos. Don't take it too personally if we're standoffish at first if you come up to us in a bar, we're just worried that you're another John Baldo.

Hahahahahhahaahaha. Another classic.
ReplyDeleteThough if he were really really good looking like me (nevermind being brown and hairy) you wouldn't have minded John Baldo's pick-up attempt.
The message to guys, instead, is:
Be good looking (hat tip: SNL).
If you aren't good looking, be rich and/or important and convey this message quickly.
But Sash...what you fail to realize is that really good looking guys, (like yourself), don't have to resort to creepy manoeuvers in order to get girls to talk to them. They just have to stand there and be hot, girls will come to them.
ReplyDeleteAt least I think that's how it works...its been a billion years since I had to 'pick up'.
Learn to vomit on demand. That's probably the only social cue this "type" can understand. That, or you would have just turned him on more.
ReplyDeleteLOL...that would work if
ReplyDeletea) I wasn't barfophobic
b) I didn't think that it actually WOULD turn him on more. *shudder*