One of my friends learned not to do that to me. I was sleeping on the couch (hadn’t planned on it, but had a long day, blinked, and was out like a light) and he prodded my shoulder to wake me up. Long story short, he found out I’m faster than I look and that I don’t wake up well when touched. He also found out that, despite being a guy, I have fairly long fingernails, and said long nails can be a little sharp, especially when all he was wearing was his swim trunks.
He has scars from his left shoulder to his left hip, and routinely jokes with friends that he was mate-claimed by a werewolf.
Yes, I apologized quite profusely for doing that, and now, many years later, it’s become a bit of an in-joke among friends.
I had a coworker who thought it would be funny to grab me while I was crouched on the floor stocking a low shelf. Out of pure reflex, I spun around, still crouched, and took a swing at him. He barely managed to get out of the way, and narrowly missed getting an unwanted sex change. I apologized, but looking back now, I shouldn’t have. But at least he never did that to me again.
The worst part of retail.
One of my friends learned not to do that to me. I was sleeping on the couch (hadn’t planned on it, but had a long day, blinked, and was out like a light) and he prodded my shoulder to wake me up. Long story short, he found out I’m faster than I look and that I don’t wake up well when touched. He also found out that, despite being a guy, I have fairly long fingernails, and said long nails can be a little sharp, especially when all he was wearing was his swim trunks.
He has scars from his left shoulder to his left hip, and routinely jokes with friends that he was mate-claimed by a werewolf.
Yes, I apologized quite profusely for doing that, and now, many years later, it’s become a bit of an in-joke among friends.
I had a coworker who thought it would be funny to grab me while I was crouched on the floor stocking a low shelf. Out of pure reflex, I spun around, still crouched, and took a swing at him. He barely managed to get out of the way, and narrowly missed getting an unwanted sex change. I apologized, but looking back now, I shouldn’t have. But at least he never did that to me again.