People in Coffee Shops

So there I was...sitting in Starbucks. I scored the comfy chair and was just hanging out, drinking my over priced coffee, reading the NY Times, as I do nearly every Ssunday afternoon....and this guy sits at the table next to me. That's fine, its a free country for the most part, he can sit wherever he wants. i move my papers off the communal table to give him some room, I smile, but I am not flirting or anything. He takes out his laptop and starts typing furiously. A few minutes later someone comes up and asks if an empty chair next to me can be taken, and I say, "my imaginary friend is sitting there. " Ha ha's all around, the chair goes, and the guy makes a cute comment about "his" invisible friends...yuk yuk yuk. I continue to mind my own business and read my paper. At some point, I look up and glance his direction - not AT him - but out the window, which he is sitting next to, and he TURNS his computer screen away! He looks at me and asks, "can you see what I am typing?" - I tell him no, and thinking he was joking, I kinda lean in a little as if I was gonna try. He TURNS his computer completely away from me again (as IF you can see an LCD screen from any angle other than full on), and I joke," well hey, now I WANNA see what you are doing." He looks at me coldly and says in a mean voice - "it is none of your business"

I was totally joking! I could give a dead rat's ass what he was doing, or what porn site he was reading. I was so shocked at his utter lack of a sense of humor and his suspicious attitude toward me! No one has been bluntly MEAN to my face in a long time (usually they do it on line where they can't see my face). i couldn't think of anything smart to say at the time, but i did in the car later....why would he think I would give a crap about what he was doing? I was just sitting there MINDING my own business, even if I COULD see his screen, I wouldn't have even thought to LOOK!! I sat there a few minutes trying to focus on the newspaper, but my eyes were swimming...so I picked up my stuff and left...

so, yes, I took that personally, whether I should have or not - why he was so mean!! I was not flirting with him or anything - sometimes guys are mean when they think a woman is flirting....whereas I tend to be nicer to someone who is flirting with me and whom I am not interested in, cuz I simply can't stand hurting anyone's feelings (and I am in such shock that they are being nice to me in the first place), not that guys flirt with me much....in fact, i don't think i can remember the last time I was even smiled at by a guy....thank god for my fantasy life, i tell ya...i'd feel pretty alone otherwise. Pity my own coffee maker doesn't make coffee like Starbucks, then I wouldn't need to go there for anything!!