I work at a restaurant in a small but very rich mountain town. I have been doing amazing here and it’s such a small community that I try to be friendly with most locals I meet. I am young, professional, and constantly get hit on because of my looks, so I have been getting great practice keeping scrotes away, but this situation blindsided me.

A man, in his mid 50s, randomly asked me a question on the street. He seemed really friendly and nice and claimed he was a local (he wasn’t). Me, with my guard down, mentioned the name of the restaurant that I work at downtown.

The next day he shows up, I give him a friendly greeting, and he asks me to buy him something specific online (a baby blue gshock, I have a pink one haha). He said he’ll pay me back and give me a tip for my trouble. No clue why, I feel like my “niceness” still comes through even though I have learned so much about saying no. So I say sure I’ll do it and I go and buy the watch. I then had a few days off from work, and when I return, THREE coworkers told me that he had approached them and asked for my number in a very suspicious way. He would show up and say he was looking for “that pretty redhead” 🤢. I couldn’t believe I didn’t feel those threatening vibes when I had first met him (probable narcissist) but I was so pissed that it had affected my work.

His package arrived and the next night I was working he shows up. I, now fully aware of the situation, am extremely cold and businesslike with him. I show him the package, and he asks if he can bring me the money tomorrow. No, and I take the package back. He says “No, no, I can pay you, but I have cash.” Again that’s fine with me. This motherfucker, claiming that “he was playing poker later and this is all he had,” paid me $140 in singles. I said nothing, gave him no reaction at the time (he was definitely a narcissist, he started picking at me when he knew that I wasn’t going to play his game) but how utterly fucking disrespectful to pay me in ones for something I did for you. My boss and the rest of the staff were so disturbed by the situation that we are going to put a restraining order on him. I’m grateful for this situation as I was able to learn a (mostly) harmless lesson, and the restaurant backed me up 100%.

Anyway thanks for reading ladies, LESSON LEARNED!