Nina's Blog - Monday 23rd May 2022

Monday 23rd May 2022, 14:22, Todmorden.

A bloke in a van yelled at me a few minutes ago to put some shoes on. Traffic was moving slowly so I caught up with them at the traffic lights and asked if he was always so boorish to strangers. He explained that he hadn't meant any harm but that it was weird to see someone without shoes. I told him that it's just unusual not weird.

We parted on good terms with smiles all round.

The really interesting thing was that we were a couple of sentences in to the conversation when he suddenly said "Oh you're a man, I thought you were a woman.". But it was said in a perfectly neutral tone.