So it appears that I have not one, but TWO advance release copies of CREEP to give away.
Want one?
| (The cover art hasn’t been finalized yet. When it is, I’ll show it off properly!) |
First, you have to be a follower. I’d really like to crack the 300-mark, and I’m so close. Check? Check.
Next, leave me a comment here, answering this question:
One comment equals one entry, and you can comment as many times as you want, so long as each entry tells me about a different creep.
Is it the boss who didn’t promote you?
The non-writer friend who laughed at your story (which wasn’t supposed to be funny)?
The aunt who always makes mean jokes about your weight?
The boyfriend who (insert any number of things here)?
NO REAL NAMES, of course! And yeah, yeah, I know you’re not supposed to rant on your blog… but that’s okay. You’re ranting on mine. 🙂
You have until Thursday, April 14 at midnight EST to tell me all about your creep(s), and I’ll announce the winners on Friday, April 15!
And hey, I’ll even sign them and add a personal note to you… unless, of course, you’re planning to sell your copy on eBay, in which case, I will leave your copy unmarked. 😉
Creep one- ex boss who hired me for less than a 16 yr old buy- because "I'm a girl"
Creep two- the boyfriend who wanted me to put my writing on the back burner.
Fun! Moms ex fiance – when mom broke it off he kicked her out of her own house, threw her stuff in the yard, and started dating my sister who moved into my moms house shortly after.(Springer much?)
Ex boss TOLD his wife if I would date him she was out.
Ooh, lets see. I remember in high school this guy made fun of me because I got my deviated septum fixed. He was a HUGE creep. And he made fun of my hair ;p
This is so cruel because I *want*!!!
Biggest creep is my a-hole cat.
Creep – The Mother (apparently) who kicked me out of the house at the age of 14 because I didn't "fit in" to her new life style with her new boyfriend and their daughter. I made her feel to old and it was a perfect family just the 3 of them, she felt young again and didn't ever look back. First she shipped me off to Europe for a year with horrible family who kept stealing my money. They shipped me off to Ontario for the summer, I had no idea I had no return ticket home. Tried to move back in with her a few times just be told that there was no room for me. – Love, D
The biggest creep I've known is me, 'cause there was this kid in 7th grade who was obnoxious but not so bad I needed to tease and torment him as bad as I did, and when I found him on Facebook a few months ago, he had grown up to be a total burnout.
My uncle is a horrible creep. He calls my mom and screams at her and accuses her of stealing my grandmother's money. He also sends her hate emails. Total jerkwad.
It would probably not be fair for me to mine my forensic cases for creeps, but I will mention one of them: this guy who shot his daughter and her boyfriend because they had gotten in his way of stealing a tractor, "and when I get angry, I shoot people." Big creep.
Another huge creep is my wife's uncle who has married a sequence of Thai and Laotian women who are very submissive at first. Once they come to the US and figure out that's not the only way, and start to resist, he divorces them. Also, he has not once but twice stolen all his parents' money and run off to Asia.
BlockBuster cashier knows sons full name and our # by heart. He no longer works there:-)
My fifth grade teacher who managed to convince me I was the dumbest kid she taught and constantly called me slow in front of the other students. All this so that her own daughter, who was also in the class, could shine. It took a while for me to realize that she'd been messing with me and there wasn't actually anything wrong with me.
There have been other creeps in my life, but it's the people who are jerks to kids that are the creepiest. Now that I'm a teacher, I find her actions even more reprehensible.
Whoa! And I thought my creeps were bad. The comments suggest otherwise, but I'll participate anyway because I WANT YOUR BOOK. I once had a boss-wannabe who would crumple up paper and put it on my desk to be thrown away. Also, I would come back from lunch sometimes to find two pieces of paper on my desk with a post-it that said "please staple". My real boss finally put a stop to his shenanigans.
Oh my goodness, girl. I WANT one. =D
A creep in my life was this girl– Heather*. She and I were on the cheerleading squad together. And she was always making comments about my size. Sad thing was, the girl was bigger than I was. She was just a creep.
Another creep – my first love, Charles*. Let's just say he was a LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE kind of guy.
Great contest!
And there was the boss who would forget to clear his browser's history…one word: bestiality. Total creep. Or was I the creep for snooping? Nah!
Pick me. Pick me. LOL
Creep three – the jerk at the dentist's office who said, "This won't hurt a bit." HA!!!!
Biggest crepe ever? I think there is a listing for one using over 120 lbs of flour, 140 eggs, 80 litres of milk, 80 lbs of chocolate, and 40 lbs of bananas and strawberries.
Oh. Creep.
That would have to be a guy who was sitting next to me at a funeral once. Jerk actually wondered how long the service would be, cuz it seemed he had an important golf date.
Old high school "friend" who treated me like crap but always "needed" a ride. Then when I finally broke ties, he spread horrible lies about me. He was a real creep.
The biggest creep I ever met was a guy I was dating when i was 16. He cheated on me with a lifeguard at the pool in our building. I was so hurt, but soooo attracted to him and so like a fool I would continue to mess around with him from time to time, but never again gave him my full attention because i came to realize what a player he was. then one day, when we were a little older he came into town (NY) to visit (he had moved to California). i had heard he was married or engaged or something. he came to my apartment (in the building where we grew up) and told me that he missed me and how beautiful i looked and swore to me that he and his girlfriend broke up. So, like an idiot, we messed around cause i was STILL so attracted to him. Right afterwards, we go to the hang out plaza spot in our building. all our friends are hanging out and i sit down with them and watch the creep walk over to some girl and kiss her. I asked my friends who she was and they said that was his girlfriend and that she was PREGNANT!!!! Ugh. I felt just awful and used and I felt so bad for his girlfriend. He is a big time Hollywood celebrity now, but every time i see him, i remember that day and feel my hurt and anger resurface. it was the last time i ever spoke to him. CREEPZILLA!!!!
I want one!! ^^
So I met so many creeps in my life that I could seriously add like a 100 entries here, but it wouldn't really be fair, right? So let's just pick one instead.
How about my ex-boyfriend? he was a punk-ish type who also liked hard metal. He was skinny as hell and wore the same freakin' T-shirt every single day.. He would take it off and throw it behind his bed before going to sleep, so his mom wouldn't find it and wash it.. and then next day he would take it out and wear it again.
He had long blond hair and he liked it sticking up (like spikes) so in the Summer he would put tons of hair gel on and in the Winter… well, in the Winter he would wet his hair in the sink and then open the freezer and stick his head into in for 10 minutes, so his hair would get frozen -_- How creepy is that?
I think at one point his brain got frozen, too, cause from what I know he never finished high school. Glad it's in the past!!! Phew~
Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
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Ooooooooooh, so shiny! Even if I don't win, it's still in my iCal with an alarm to BUY FROM BORDERS!
Creep #1: ex-boss who gave blacklisted me for having a "fake smile". I guess all those years of wearing braces was for nothing.
Creep #2: The non-blood related uncle who says to me every time we visit, "Well, you're filling out nicely! *insert uber-creepy laugh here*". Disgusting.
Finally, Creep #3: The ex-boyfriend (isn't this always the case?) who dumped me because I wanted a facsimile of commitment after a year of dating, only to start dating another girl a week later, and propose to her after a month. Yeah, wasn't bitter about that at all…
Thanks for the awesome contest, Jennifer! 😀
creep #2. first real boyfriend (started dating in senior year of highschool). my "first love" was with him for 2 years. i'm sleeping over his house one night and at 12am, he gets on the phone with some girl from his college and talks to her for like a half hour. I come to find out weeks later that he's been cheating on me with her and he dumps me to be with her. a couple of months later, he begs…BEGS me to take him back. tells me how much he loves me and what a huge mistake he made and that we belong together. After a couple of weeks of him begging me, i finally take him back.
a week later he dumps me again. FOR THE SAME GIRL!!!!
#$^$%@%&CREEP%#%#%^&%
He was a fucked up guy. His very name was somewhat of a Non Sequitur. I'm not going to name him, but think something along the lines of Darryl Bruce Michaels. It sounded bad.
He was the husband of a friend of a friend. I met him at a party and he JUMPED in my arms, laughing, slapping me in the back and telling me how happy he was to meet me. I'm sorry but two meters tall men with grey hair who bomb me with affection like that make me feel queasy. So I said: "Wow man, you're intense"
"I don't care" he said.
"Sure"
"I don't care".
He started joking, laughing very loud, sharing two seconds of what seemed to be intimate love with the guest, but nobody knew him. I was fascinated. His gesture has the mechanics of love and friendship, but they were hollow. He wanted no distance in between him and the others, but he had nothing to offer. His eyes were angry, empty and full of the worst fears than eat away at a person.
I kept bugging Josie about him. She kept hammering that he was a normal, loving father, until we found out he was in therapy because he had a very obsessive relationship with his daughter. He wanted to be his friend, more than his dad and acted like a girlfriend to her. They got into fights and all.
CREEPY!
No way, I am buying 20 copies at full price and handing them out at work!
Biggest creep I ever met? I girl I was "dating" (I use it mildly, lol) drove to my house, a 2 hour drive, because my cousin's baby had taken the phone off the hook while playing with it and she thought I was avoiding her by not answering. CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!! Dropped her even though she was smoking hot.
OMG OMG OMG!!!!
I WANT ONE OF THOSE!!!
You'll sign them right? You will?
And are we supposed to see the cover? Geez, I'm really excited!!!
Okay so: Creep #1
An ex-boyfriend who cheated on me… A bit cliché, but, well, he was a creep! But he was hot, too, lmao!
Creep #2
My 9th grade History Teacher. He made me HATE history until college, when I had this other teacher who was so great. He always arrived to class smiling!
Creep number #3
Yeah, there was this guy who once told me I SUCKED at writing. He almost made me cry 🙁
Oh man, the first creep that came to mind was the guy at the computer software place who hired me as an office manager until a software trainer job opened up, and then on my first day, leaned over me to show me how to use WINDOWS. Didn't he read my resume – the one where I told him in my last job I trained other people how to use Windows?? Or was he just sneaking a peek down my blouse? ass.
How about the creep I dated in high school – the one I totally lurved until I found out he asked a little red-headed sophomore to prom instead of me.
Ooo, Jen, you opened floodgates I didn't even know I had. LOL
And can we talk about the chick who made it her mission to make my life miserable from 4th through 12th grade? She was a creep-ette of the highest order.
Honey Badger dont care about cover art!
Holy creeps, Batman! Am fascinated by these stories! Keep 'em coming!
GYC: Honey badger don't give a shit! HAHAHAHAHA
Wait a minute–is that your COVER ART? Can't wait to see the real deal!
Who's my CREEP? Easy: me — I'm my own worst enemy.
SO EXCITING!!!!
My CREEP is an ex-boyfriend who came to visit me at my parents' house, SNOOPED around in their computer, found an old story I wrote about knights when I was like, TWELVE, and told me that I was a really bad writer. That was just mean.
Congrats on the ARCs!!!!
First of all – can i just tell you that you cover looks A-MAZING (even from an angle and in black and white!)?! So cool, girl! 😀 As for creeps…hmm…does the shirtless hairy guy on Greek beach I told you about count? 😉
Cover looks amazing!!!! The biggest creep I've ever known is an old employer that did not honor the contract between us and when the company was bought out, I (with a bunch of others) were laid off without our earned commissions. Then sat back and laughed while we all spent more that we had on lawyer fees to try and get what we deserved. CREEP! Jerk! Grrrrrrrrr.
Congrats on your book, looks like a great read. Thanks to Jen for sending me this way, I love to find new and interesting blogs to follow. As to who the biggest creep I have ever known, thats easy. The creep who left me to face being a pregnant teen-ager while he , the creep, ran off and joined the Army. Buggers, past life…longtime over it.
Wow. Look great.
Biggest creep ever? My University Professor who made me detest college like I've never detested anything before. Thank God, I'm almost done with her now.
Creep 1-
My 4th grade teacher who took great joy in paddling me in front of the class whenever possible.
Creep 2
A boy I liked in High School. Took me out one night, we drove around, he brought me home. He kissed me, tried for some feelsies, I said no (I was 15). Went to school the next day, he had given his ring to someone else.
Two years later he came around again, and like a sap I fell for him again. He was already graduated so I asked him to go to prom with me. He said he'd go, but when I wouldnt sleep with him, he decided (two weeks before) that he wouldn't go.
My science teacher who did not listen to my answer and said this…
"Say it again for me…"
This guy at school who always talk to himself in the library. Everyone couid hear him but even the librarian find it funny so she jsut let him talk to himself loudly.:)
Creep 1: My friends boyfriend – whenever she came out with us we would spot him sitting in his car in the car park or peering in at the pub window, or he would just happen to pass us in the street.
Creep 2: The sub-warden of my halls of residence as a student. I called round for a counter-signature on some documents and he tried to kiss me. Ugh!!!
BTW, you don't say if this is a US only contest cos I'm afraid I'm on the other side of the pond. Does that disqualify me?
Another one I thought of. I used to work for him in a gym. He first looked like the total overachiever to me. Bald dude, 34 but looking way passed 40. Direction job in a gym and a photo of a gorgeous wife and kids on his desk. Sounded like a winner to me.
So a few months in, I get close to a girl I work with and dude starts to get pissy with me. She tells me then that he's been hitting on her, inviting her to restaurant, hotel, etc. I was like: "Why does a man with a drop dead gorgeous wife would do that? Challenge? Power trip?"
I understood it all when I went to the company congress (which he forced us to go to, under the threat of termination of contract). His wife was working for the same company as an accountant (it was a series of franchises, Energy Cardio, for those who live in Quebec). So I meet the woman and she's a 300 pounds MONSTER of blubber and scornful feeling. Terrible, oozing strange fumes, unhealthy behavior around food and REALLY impolite. And also, they don't have kids.
Here's where it gets fucking creepy.
The photo on his desk was…HIS DEAD SISTER. And it wasn't a memorabilia photo. The kids were alive and well. I talked to the assistant director and he told me the guy can't shut up about his sister once he clocked off work. Like he was in love with her. Fortunately, the man resigned a few months agter.
I've known quite a few, but the biggest creep had to be one of my old bosses. He felt it was appropriate to sexually harrass me at work (in front of a coworker), and I was too naive too do anything about it. That plus my father worked in human resources of the mega company and I didn't want him finding out the truth. Too humiliating.
I’m so in …
Creep #1: Ex-boss who told me I was not allowed to leave the premises for any reason (other than leaving for the day at 5:00pm) without authorization. No going out for lunch, making a quick stop to grab something at the store for lunch…. WTF? Creepy! Needless to say I didn’t work there very long (I quit the next day)
Creep #2: Ex-boyfriend who claimed to be working, but really would sit his pot-smoking ass in front of the TV playing playstation ALL DAY LONG. I’d come home to a dirty pot-smoked house. Awful. I won a first prize a singing competition ($1500) and it was gone the morning after I put it in the bank, with nothing to show for it (other than an EVEN MORE STONED stoner). I finally broke up with him and kicked him out, and he ran away with my bank card and put me $12,000.00 in debt. CREEP!
Creep #3: Current colleague at work. Picture this, I’m 8.5 months pregnant, my ‘colleague’ comes sauntering over to my desk. Tall Jamaican lady, and says the following:
With total hardcore Jamaican accent:
“Oh Melanie, yuh look so wondaful. Dis bregnancy look so good on yuh. ‘cep fer ya nose. It’s dem big!” I cried.
2 weeks later, she’s passing me in the hallway, I’m wearing a maroon and white striped cowl neck shirt …
“Oh Melanie, yuh so cute today, yuh look like a pumpkin!” I cried again. (Damn pregnancy hormones)
Glad I can laugh about it now.
But she’s still a creep.
Wow a lot of creepy bosses….The biggest creep I know is my next door neighbor who insists on supplying her negative comments every time we decide to change something about our house.
LOL! i'm loviNg reading all these stories – BUT jeez thEre are some real creeps out there! Looking forward to seeing your book on the shelf, Jenny. Will it be published in the UK the same time that it will hit US shelves?
DUO
Man, there's some creepy people in this world. My creep award goes to my ex. He left for work one day and never came back (so bad TV movie kind of stuff)
I am now a follower! The biggest creep is my MIL, she asked me in a busy small town, store if I was getting a divorce! My husband, her son was out of town in CA, going to a Navy school. She goes out of her way to be mean and cunning. She has lied to everyone in the family. She told me to take insulin when I had low blood sugar; I was pregnant with her grandson, at the time. My husband said, "Oh, she doesn't know". mmmh, I think she did… She is toxic~
It would have to be that bully who made my life unbearable from fifth grade all the way through freshman year.
Can't wait to see the cover proper, what I can see looks great! Don't know if the contest is international and anyway I just try to wipe any creeps from my memory 🙂 so will just say congrats on getting your ARCs.
The stalker who broke out the windows of my car, sent porn emails, and made nasty phone calls.
He was CREEPTASTIC! UGH!
P.S. He was married with a baby on the way. It doesn't get much creepier than that!
Ooo…I have a creeper story. The creep was a guy who I was nice to because no one else was nice to him, and he thought my being nice gave him the right to rub his hand between my thighs. Um…no! A definite creep!
Man, that's a lot of creeps!
I used to work in a jail, so I've known a lot of creeps. Even with that experience I'm not sure I could top some of these. Wow. What a world.
Creep #1 My son's kindergarten teacher. I know, that cannot possibly be. Kinder teachers are genetically designed to be sweet and wonderful. But not my son's. She was mean to him, mean to me, and she drove two students out of her class by mid-year. A definite creep better suited to a non-people profession.
Creep: there's a guy who is stalking me on a billboard. He tells me his name is Chuck and he's protecting me and my family but he doesn't even know me.
Note: he's in Jacksonville, Fl so watch your back.
I think he might be in the car behind us.
My answer varies from time to time!! LOL!! This week it's the mean doctor at my dermatologist's office who is refusing to contact my insurance company for pre-authorization on a medication that I had previously been pre-authorized for.
*is giggling at how many people have known creeps*
Creep 1 – Boyfriend who pursued me for months, then when he got me, spent all of his time hitting on my trampy friend! Not cool!
Creep 2 – Weird old man who used to come into the shop where I worked. From my point at the cash register, I often saw him wandering around looking at people's feet. One day, when I was arranging some displays in the shop I felt a tug on the heel of my shoe. Weird old man was trying to pull my shoe off without me noticing!
Creep 3 – One day when I was at the bus stop, a man started talking to me. Not one to be rude, I engaged in idle chatter with him. Until the moment he called me by my name and told me he knew where I lived, even though I had never seen him before in my life!
I could probably go on all day but I have some work to do! *lol*
I wants it…
Biggest creep. Old man who flipped me off when I accidentally cut him off on the freeway. He had to be at least 90 years old and that was the longest, crookedest finger I have ever seen in my life.
I mouthed sorry and did the universal apologetic shoulder shrug but you couldn't let it go, could you? Creep.
Sorry Jenny Penny – I didn't mean to come across as the worst listener/reader ever – I had to jam pack all my CREEPS in one comment due to work restrictions on the internet! LOL!
The biggest creep I've ever met is my sixth grade teacher. He was almost as big a bully as the kids! He frequently dragged me out of class and made me stand in the hall. Why? Because I was upset that people were making fun of me. I wasn't the only one he did this to and years later, I found out I was actually one of the lucky ones. He sexually assaulted a girl. So…yeah. Biggest creep.
The girl in my group of school friends who orchestrated cutting another girl out. And then all of us who followed suit in true bandwagon peer-pressure style. A year later when it came time to cut the first girl out of our dwindling group I sat it out, so at least I learned something.
– Sophia.
And the (younger!) boy who teased me on the way to the school bus stop once and instilled fear in me for the rest of the year that he would do it again in front of someone else. I think maybe I thought if it happened publically it would incite a mob?
– Sophia.
The ex-fiance and a-hole sperm donor to my 16 yo daughter who's never once been there for her in her life and now "wants to fix things". Part of fixing things apparently entails my daughter showing him respect, despite the fact that he's never earned it, and generally being subservient and fawning. My kid is great, though, she's not bending for that jerk!
There was a guy at work that was obsessed with my feet I think? And you ask, why your feet…you are work who sees your feet? Well, we had a classroom training for two days, and the room fits about 20. I'd say the room was half full so we were all spread out. I had chairs on either side of me so I plopped my legs of the arm of the chair next to me and kicked my shoes off. The class was relaxed…I felt like I was doing nothing wrong. Well, the guy next to me kept doing the creepy, 'don't turn your head but look to your right thing' and I saw him eying my feet! No joke, 2 minutes later I receive an email from him that says "Hey…". 2 days later he sent me another email that says "Hey…do you live in the apartments over by the gas station". 2 days later I get another that says "Hey…". I was totally CREEPED OUT!! Needless to say we had layoffs the week later and he got hit, which is sad I know, but still…HE is the biggest creep I have ever met!
Fuck, this is a good challenge. Another one.
This guy is used to work with, Alex. He was gay. Being gay in Quebec is not a problem. It's a society open enough to accept it and narrow minded enough to not talk about it. So we never talked about it but we know. Skinny guy, a rose tattooed on his calf. Very quiet when we talked women. We knew.
Alex was one of the boys. He took care of the hockey pool. One day though, he found out he wasn't gay after. What Alex wanted to be was…
AMELIA.
But you know, he wasn't up front about it. He didn't tell anybody. And for this kind of operation, you need to go through a shitload of phases before being actually LEGALLY a woman. Alex told the bosses, but not US. And you know, working at a video game testing company, there's a lot of overworked nerd with curious minds.
So he came in one day with so much make-up, he looked like a clown. We figured out he lost a bet or something, so we held it in. Then the next day he came in with earrings. Then with necklaces, girl jeans, etc. On and on.
When it started to be really creepy is when he started to take hormones. It started messing with his/her mind. He started being very talkative and opened about shit. He talked about the pain of growing boobs, about his upcoming operation, sending people pictures and mass emails about the procedure of sex transplant. Because he "didn't want to have any unsaid awkwardness"
He ended up being fired over it.
I worked at a video store when I was in my early 20’s and the owner used to cheat on his wife with his friend’s wife and to make it worse …. the friend would watch. He would also make the move on me whenever he got the chance …CREEP!
Tam – that's exactly who I thought of when I wrote this post. I remember the friend's wife coming in one day and giving me a good, long look – later the owner told me that she was looking for another woman to add into the mix for her husband's 40th birthday. I was 20 at the time. CREEPS. All of them. Why'd we ever work there?
I thought I was already a follower, but apparently I wasn't! Whoops! I am now. I can't see your total, but I hope you hit 300 (if you haven't already).
I've known a few different creeps. The first one that comes to mind for some reason are some people who related to me (through my husband) (no, not going to say who) who kept saying things like, "poor {my husband}, Sara got so fat with her pregnancy. Now he's going to have a fat wife." Does that make them creeps? I don't know. Not very nice people at least. Maybe I thought of it because I'm pregnant again. Anyway…
Congrats on the ARCs!
congratulations on the debut from your newest follower!
probably the biggest creep i've known is this guy who told someone from my work that we were dating when we weren't. seriously, who does that?
Wow 81 comments and running! I guess we all have a creep story! Great comment thread, plenty of fun. Especially the video store line, LMAO.
Video store reference (very NSFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8H7wUKryrw
When I was working on a certain sitcom, we had a (deleting job title so I can't be sued) who was nutso. The whole office knew what kind of day they would have based on her mood in the morning. She would choose one person to torment for the day, starting at their desk first thing in the morning with the phrase "You did something yesterday that pissed me off. I can't remember what it was, but when I do, you and I will have a talk." Then the rest of the day, she would pop by that poor assistant's desk and say, "Don't think I've forgotten." The poor kid would get so worked up, by the end of the day they would be apologizing for whatever it was that they hadn't done. She fired everyone's favorite assistant and when there was a total uproar from the writer's, she said he'd broken into her office and stolen this binder that she always carried around with important information. Her assistant confessed that she actually found the binder – the woman had hidden it and pretended to try to get everyone on her side! Also, you hated when it was your script for the week because she would corner you – I had to sit down with her at a PARTY on the weekend and go over the shoot schedule for the following week. At a party. It took over an hour because nothing you suggested "worked" and blah blah blah. Total and complete nutter. She would do the same schedule in four different formats and then when everyone would be so confused that things got messed up (inevitably), she would say, "Imagine how bad it would have been if I hadn't made four schedules?" My blood pressure is rising just thinking about her…I always felt sorry for the kids working directly under her. Not that the rest of us could do anything anyway because she was bestfriends with the co-creator/executive producer. Okay, breathe. Just breathe. Thank you for helping me remember why I got the heck out.
It has to be this guy I worked with who SEEMED perfectly normal until I went on a date with him. We didn't know each other two well, casual conversations by the coffee maker and such. Well, by the end of dinner, he was telling me that I really should cut my parents out of my life and not call them anymore, making rude jokes about other men's equipment and me jumping out of cakes. And he made me pay. He was a little…well okay, a LOT… creepy.
The old guy at poker night who wants to greet the two girls who play with full on mouth kisses. CREEP!
A "friend" who was nice to my face but talked behind my back making critical comments about me and making up lies.
A work colleague many years ago who spent so much time toadying to our manager for his own self-advancement that he neglected his primary duty. Said duty was to learn enough about the software I was writing so that he could support it while I was away from the office.
Result: A few sleepless days after the birth of my daughter, on the first afternoon that my wife and I finally got our heads down to rest, I got a call from the office because something happened that he couldn't handle. I sorted it, but was a nervous wreck for the rest of my leave wondering when the next phone call would come.
The punch line: Without me there to speak up for myself he made me out to look bad because he didn't understand the software, and my boss believed him!
95% of all politicians, journalists, and second-hand car salesmen.
How many entries does that count for?
Hello Jennifer,
First, may I extend my congratulations on the publication of your thriller, Creep.
Next, I'd like to say thank you for adding yourself as a Follower on my site – I have just done the same here on yours.
And last…the creep…after great deliberation I have decided to add myself as the worst creep I know.
Why?
Well, for all that I can be the kindest, sweetest, most compassionate person you will ever know, if I am crossed it's like opening the gates of Hell and letting the devil herself out.
I think it "creeps" people out – not that it happens often – my "she-devil" button really needs to be pushed hard to trigger the "dark side" to come forth, but even I would be running for the hills if I encountered "me" when this transformation happens.
Yup…there you have it – my dark side revealed!
Even if I don't win a copy of your book – I will be supporting your efforts and buy one.
Mind you…winning one would be good – it would keep my "she-devil" at bay!
Wishing you great success with Creep.
Jenny
I can't wait to read, "Creep"; I am putting it on my B-day list~ Wow, these are amazingly creepy~
So exciting! I really want a copy! I promise not to sell it on e-Bay!
Okay, I've known some really creepy guys. I'm not going to share my most creepy experience on the internet. But here's a good one. When I was 15, me and a friend were at Walmart pretty late at night. We started talking to this guy who was at least 10 years older than us and then out of the blue he invited us home for a menage trois. Which we declined of course. What a creep!
Definitely the place that laid me off! I was part-time with no benefits. I was laid off with 3 other people. But the reason they told me they were laying me off was part of budget cuts and to save money. How can laying off an employee who is part-time with no benefits save any money? And…one of my co-workers who does absolutely nothing and didn't know much about her job…stayed. Plus, they gave her my hours to make up for me leaving. I know many people are in the same boat. But what I say to my old job….You're a bunch of CREEEEEEEEPS! lol Can't wait for your book!
Oh goodness. Creeps! Boy do I have a list!
Let's see…there's the boyfriend I'd been dating for over a year who broke up with me by email…
A guy who lived in my dorm. He seemed socially not there/didn't get that girls didn't like him and wanted him to stop flirting or talking to them. Seemed like he could burn the whole place to the ground.
When I worked at a variety store, I had a guy start to "stalk" me, spending hours hanging out there, hoping to go out with me. He broke up with his fiancee of 4 years thinking I'd go out with him. Um no!!!!!!!!!!!
OH! The girl I had to share a locker with in grade 9!!! She was so weird! She even stole my gym shirt at one point because she didn't have her own. Sharing with her did not help boost my social popularity.
A guy I was seeing. He startled me one day and as a knee-jerk reaction I accidentally slapped his cheek with the back of my hand. He sulked the rest of the day even though I told him a hundred times it was an accident. We never talked after that. Someone had some self-esteem issues……..
There was also this guy in high school that had a crush on me. I always got a creepy vibe from him but never knew why until a kid that used to be friends with him confessed they stopped hanging out when creepy kid's mom started bringing home…um…videos of ill repute…for them to watch.
I have another creep!
I put an ad out for a live-in nanny while I was still on maternity leave, and a MANNY (male nanny) applied for it, indicating the following:
"I love little boys. I love to bathe them and play with them."
Ugh, honestly, I'm still speechless to this date.
Hubby said I should've hired him, and on his first day on the job, before he even started 'working', he would've gotten immediate payment with our Louisville Slugger that sits in our front closet. 🙂
Here's a funny CREEP!
A guy (in my single partying days) trying to get me into bed, and me, easily shutting him down time after time, told me the following.
In a sultry, Rico Suave kind of voice,
"Melanie, I am not a man to say things. I am a man to do things, and baby, I'd rock your world."
EW. Weird creepy, creepo!
I actually ended up laughing in his face, I couldn't contain it. And he just kept saying,
"I will, I swear I will! I promise I will!"
WTF?!
Mel – I just spit out my coffee. Bwhahahahaha!
I had an apartment manager who had a habit of needing to check things when I was naked…or in bed. He wouldn't even knock. He just entered with his key. Luckily, my bedroom door locked and he didn't have a key for that.
He was in his late 80s.
And one time when I had to go to his apartment for something, it was full of stuffed animals – the taxidermy kind.
I was out with friends once and ran into him at a bar. He KISSED me the cheek and whispered in my mouth, "Anything you ever need, Jennifer. Just let me know. Anything."
Erik checked the apartment for cameras because he thought it was too was creepy how he always seemed to walk in when I was naked no matter what time of day or night.
I'm sorry, but you do NOT need to check my water at 2am when I just got home for the evening and am changing into my pjs.
Creep – A certain unnamed someone who drove past me… twice… and stared. This was after leaving a pile of love letters on my doorstep.
Creep – Me sitting here, reading through everyone's creeps and actually enjoying it
Creep – That spider… that I just smashed.
Creep – The old man Tom in my old apartment complex, who horded trash in his apartment, watched people in the parking lot, and allowed himself into my back yard at night. I swear I smelled pee one morning…
Creep – The sweaty guy who was at every dance and insisted on asking me to slow dance with him, at least every other song. And each time seems to be sweating more.
Creep – Pretty much every person here on blogger as we "follow" each other in our stalker-ish ways 😉
Creep – oh oh oh! The boy back in high school who thought every girl loved him, even though he was disgusting. One day I said something to him, just joking. He then asked me out. I said no because I was dating someone and very serious. His answer? "Its ok, it can be a double date. You know… you me and him." EW
Creep 1 – the ex-husband. We're talking stalker stuff here; bricks through windows, following me home from work, etc. Let's just say I got to meet most of the local police force in a very short period of time.
Creep 2- Greeter at the local grocery store. He always follows me around the frozen food aisle commenting on my clothes.
Creep 3 – High school boyfriend cheated on me with not one, but THREE girls from a neighboring school : (
Creep 2: While in Belgium in my early 20’s, I was eating lunch with my friend. The owner of the restaurant came to sit with us. He proceeded to tell us that we had to have sex with him and when we said no .. his response was “Sex is like food, like water, you need it to survive”. I will never forget that.
Jenny, its taking everything I have not to write about the CREEP I lost in the bushes!
Ugh, the biggest creep I've ever met was a deputy who worked at the middle school I interned at. He was always following me and trying to hint at going on a date with me–but he was married!
Oh! Another creep! – A teacher once, some time ago, who would give better test scores to girls who wore lower cut tops. Everyone knew if she asked a question, and bent down just right… bonus point! EW… I feel icky just thinking of it
(And no… I never did that. Though it was entertaining watching the girls who did…)
Just found this… and in good timing! 😀 Yay~
Creeps, creeps, creeps… hmm….
Oh here's one!
When I worked in a haunted house attraction, this creep kept coming back to my station just to make sure I was real. I had really, really long hair back then, and it was teased for my costume, so he would pull on it just a bit, muffle it up… but of course, it was my job to creep back, so I made sure to scare him good.
He didn't come back to make sure I was real after that. Haha.
Another creep story: Still at the haunted house attraction.
This obviously intoxicated customer kept asking me for my virginity. Even yelling it out when he was at the stations next to me.
Made everything really awkward, especially considering I was in a shabby costume with gory makeup on. Had to sign this victim to harassment paper thingy later, too. Just to be sure they weren't actually serious. o_o;
Biggest Creep would have to be Radio Heads version. I mean it is really good and haunting.
I am glad that I wasn't able to identify myself as the creep in any of these stories.
I can think of a number of creeps. Biggest of all was an x-boyfriend who cheated on me and lied about anything and everything. I have no idea why I stayed with him for so long hahaha.
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