library stalker

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I have acquired my own library stalker. I'm not going to say he's obsessed with me, but talking to me certainly seems to be the highlight of his library visits. The others here tell me that when he comes on my days off, he leaves almost immediately once he realizes I'm not here.

He watches me, and tries to get me involved in conversations (which I don't want to do - I'm perfectly willing to answer questions, but not have personal conversations). It does not help that he has a very heavy foreign accent and is really difficult to understand. He tries to find out my work schedule (which I have refused to give him - I outright told him there was no reason he needs to know that). He tried to find out where I lived and who with (actually, I told him who with: "my husband." So he can't pretend he doesn't know that).

He's really beginning to creep me out.

And today, he tried to present me with a poem he wrote. For me. About me. Which I refused to take, on the grounds that it was not appropriate.

He doesn't take hints! How do I get him to go away? He's not threatening, he's just ... creepy. My co-workers say I should get Rich to come in and loom over him, but that seems a little much.

Comments

[electricrocket.livejournal.com]

My mother was a librarian for many years, and had a similar experience back when she and my father first started dating, with, as in your case, a foreign man with a thick accent. Really, the stories are almost identical, separated by 40 years.

Her solution was to have my father and his roommate come down and give him a stern talking to the next time he showed up. He came a few more times and gave her evil glares, but then stopped showing up.

So, in essence I have evidence that your co-worker's plan is sound. He might be thinking that you're just playing hard to get, but having a man-to-man chat might drive your point home. I don't think it's a little much, if he's reached the poetry stage.