Freeriders.
Being badgered by this old woman who just plonked herself next to me on a bench - bugging me for free food because there is some university-organized party in the opposite block and I happened to be a student here.
And it’s quite obvious she’s not a school staff as she doesn’t seem to know her way around. (Her quizzical question: Are these two blocks the same? In Mandarin, of course.)
Continued to badger me even when I ignored her. I just sat and continued my work.
“Aren’t you going there to eat? Aren’t you going there to eat? AREN’T YOU GOING THERE TO EAT?” Came the repeated question. (Translated from Mandarin.)
Again, I simply ignored her. Already made it clear earlier that the reason why my butt is parked on this bench is because I am waiting for someone. Plus, my tone and posture (and the fact that I was frantically tapping away at my computer) already made it clear that I did not want to be disturbed.
Then, she had the audacity to get pissy with me.
“WAH LAO EH. You do not want free food?!?”
Had to resist the urge to tell her to just bugger off; yours truly was getting increasingly irritable by then. Her intentions were obvious - she wanted me to go over so that she can either pretend to be someone I knew, or she wanted me to sneak some food for her.
Her latest question confirmed my suspicions.
“Can I go there and eat even if I am an outsider here?”
“I don’t know,” was my reply, with my face completely black by then.
She finally got the hint and left me alone, and now she’s bugging some other students nearby. Or not. Wait - I think I see her already in the opposite block pretending to be part of the crowd.
I don’t understand why my school keeps drawing all these people. Seriously - do my fellow students look so guillible?
And why the heck are they always targetting me?
I think I look too meek. (And the fact that I have a kiddy face doesn’t help.) Perhaps, I should start walking around with a permanent scowl.
On another note - the next two weeks are going to be hell. I’ve let some assignments lie around for far too long (which is soooo unlike me) and they are all piling up, most of which have a deadline within the next two weeks.
Ohmygoodnessgolly.
She’s really rude! But maybe the old woman doesn’t have enough money?