I saw a man taking pictures of a sleeping woman on the train.
He was sitting and I was standing by the door, behind him. I accidentally glanced at his phone. He took photos of the sleeping woman opposite of him and edited the photos so only the woman was on them, the window and the other passenger sitting next to her were cropped out.
He then proceeded to send the pictures to someone with a message, but I didn’t see what he wrote. At the next stop the seat next to the woman became available, I sat down next to her, woke her up and discreetly told her what happened. She thanked me.
I felt like I should mind my own business. But also what is this creep will follow the woman and she won’t notice him until it’s too late.
Should I have minded my business? Maybe it was innocent? But no, it was at least inappropriate and actually super creepy.
I’m glad I told the woman but then why do I feel uneasy?
Netizens’ comments
- no you needed to tell her, that was the absolute best thing to do
- I feel uneasy just reading this.. you handled it well though IMO
- When I was 17 an older guy (I think 30s) thought I was asleep on the train and announces to his friend he was gunna take pics of my chest. I was alone, no adult around piped up to say it was wrong, so I did the only thing I could think of: pretended to wake up stretching and “accidentally” punched his phone.
Thank you for informing that woman, that was super shifty behaviour.