This story is based on one of my own experiences I had a few years back. I posted it on Reddit some months back (not sure if anyone would read it there though lol). Anywho, for this story I'll be portrayed as Marron.

CREEPY SMOKER

By Marron

Hi guys, it's me again, back with yet again another creepy story. I seem to be a magnet for creeps, and it's really no wonder when I really think about it. If you read my last post on here you'll know what I'm talking about – the weirdest things just happen to me for whatever reason. This story I'm about to share with you is, without a doubt, one of the creepiest things that I had happen to me in my life. It's literally just below the social media creeper story, and it's so bizarre to me, even now, and the only thing I could ask is, why?

So what happened was, one night, when I was fourteen or fifteen, me and my mom went grocery shopping. I can't remember exactly when this happened but it was definitely a Saturday night; I remember because that was sort of like our set time to do most of the grocery shopping. This was one of the many ways we had mother-daughter bonding time. Yeah, I know that grocery shopping is kind of lame, but hey, shopping is shopping and my mom and I were the Dwayne Johnson and Roman Reigns of shopping. So on this particular night mom didn't really need much stuff, and I only wanted a few things for myself, so we finished pretty quickly.

Because we didn't have a lot of stuff we went into the line that caters for ten items or less (you guys know the one). Now, I can't remember much about this, except that that were a lot of people at that grocery store that night; the line we were in was pretty short, though, with only one woman in front of us and then a while later a man joined the line. My mom was in front of me and the man was behind me – I didn't even really notice him at first, since I was just daydreaming about whatever I was daydreaming about.

I did notice, though, that he was standing just a little too close to me - I can't remember if there was someone behind him or not, and was really distracted and honestly did not care much either so I did nothing… that's when I felt something really strange. There was this cold puff of air hitting the back of my neck; our line was right next to the air conditioner so I just thought it was the air from the A/C.

Then, less than a minute later, I started to notice that the air I felt wasn't matching the rate of the air that the A/C was putting out. I turned around and noticed the man standing behind me holding a cigarette. He had the most creepy smile I had ever seen up to that point, and he was blowing his smoke out. I stood there for a few seconds, not really understanding what was going on at first, until I really paid attention. He was too close to me, even if there was another person behind him; that, and the look on his face made me put two and two together quickly.

This guy was blowing his cigarette smoke right on my neck! I was completely grossed out and moved closer to my mom, who was just focused on getting our things cashed and paid for. I was practically stepping on her heels to try and get away from this guy… and then, he moved up too, standing extremely close to me and continued blowing his dirty smoke on me. I moved again and he moved too – no matter what I did, he always did that, staying right behind me and not stopping. I was so disgusted and shocked that I actually looked around the store at everyone like 'Um, isn't ANYONE seeing this!?'

I can't remember if I had told my mom; I think I probably didn't because if I had, I know she would've made sure that he never looked at another cigarette again. Then, the smoker guy just stopped, and at that same time my mom finally finished paying for our stuff. As we were leaving I shot one last glance at the guy - he still had that kami-forsaken creepy smile, one that I would never forget.

When we left the store, I said to my mom 'Don't people know they're not supposed to smoke in public?' or something like that. My mom just shrugged, not having a clue what I was going on about. Nothing really happened after that and I pretty much forgot the whole thing, or at least I pushed it way to the back of my mind. I still don't know how he was able to do that without anyone noticing or telling him off for smoking inside a public building, but whatever I guess. I honestly wish I did tell her, and maybe see her kick some butt!

So, creepy smoker guy that blew his gross cigarette smoke on me, I hope we never meet again.