Did you just smell me?!

I was in line at CVS last week and I was standing 2 feet away from the man checking out. I would have anyway, but it was apparent he had passed gas, so I wanted to be far away from him. I would have been farther back, but the guy behind me was so close, I could feel him breathing on my neck! When he started talking to his wife on the cell phone I jumped because it was right in my ear!

You know what I hate KB, Is little kids that are knocking my purse around my arm with their heads cos they are so close to me. Ill turn around and give a look to the parent, and grab my purse as if they are trying to pick pocket me. lol I feel like you do, I want to turn around and request my 3 ft of personal space! Is that too much to ask? Why would you want to be piled ontop of strangers in a line to check out. I myself have never understood this. Its possible that you just smell better than the average person and they are trying to get a wiff of you. I think next time Im just going to announce what it is Im wearing and ask them all to PLEASE BACK UP.....lmao Bay Bay xx

i know just what you mean!! damn, move over!!!! why are you all up on me and what i am doing and smell like. did you not ever hear the 3 feet rule???? back up and give me my space! i so know what you mean i don't get why people have to be right there in your space

Oh yes... ewwww. I can't stand this sort of thing. Usually I find it happens most with people from other cultures, and I'm a little more understanding then, but when people who should know better do it... grr. I have to work really hard not to get violent with them. I have intentionally stepped on people's feet when they were standing too close to me, or elbowed them and such. I probably shouldn't, but I just get sooo annoyed. Once I knocked a guy down because he came up next to me in line at a store and I was carrying this big box, so I just turned abruptly and hit him with it, like it was an accident. I'm so mean. :P

I'm with you. I especially can't stand it when they are so close to me that I end up smelling like I'm the one wearing a ton of cheap perfume! gross!

Oh!Im sorry about that!I didnt mean to make you feel uncomfortable,hehehe!Anyway i hate this also,so i back up some enough to touch them with my body to give them a hint while saying "oops sorry didnt see you standing so close to me or either the eye thing if they are really anoying, then they get the hint and move back.I think i look possessed sometimes like my boyfriend calls it and people tend to move away fast,haha! Peanutjar;)

I've found a way to sometimes put it to a hault. When someone is standing behind me so close I can feel their breath on my neck, I step back slowly. Now they have two choices, either step back or move slightly to the side. It works for me. Something else you can do is turn around and just stare at the person. That freaks them out.....lol

Usually the biggest space in a line is in front of me, and some have confused the end of the line being in front of me. I couldn't care less, but most people who are more perceptive who got behind me are generally more sensitive to such issues. Perhaps it is psychological - they think they are going faster and will get out the door faster somehow by being closer to the checkout ... I wouldn't mind you wiggling your butt in front of me :D

Kiobug, see I'm a rude person when I fell like your invading my space so when someone is to close to me i do turn around and say (no I don't ask I tell them) get off my back if I feel your breathe on me you are to damn close and the next time I won't tell you to to back off I'm going to mace your butt(PG version) usually I'll they will back up. Plus I don't hide facial expressions so my face shows that I do mean what i say. I can't stand it when my kids do it and I jump on them everytime they do it. My thing if you don't want your space invaded then don't invade someone elses(Back the F_ PG-13version UP)

I have to say I don't like people getting too close either. It always seems worse in queues, usually in the supermarket or the bank. I often carry a shopping basket and have used this to *gently nudge* people away from me in queues.

I can understand you're being upset when someone is standing too close for I'd be too. Everybody has a personal space in which all others should respect. However someone who's in a good mood and dances to the music, I don't see any harm in that.

Some people have no clue about personal space. I've seen this with some tactless people and I've seen it done more towards women. It is sad and I don't think anyone wants to be breathed on by someone, especially someone with bad breath (I've been there -_-). At times, I try to stretch a bit to enforce the personal space. "What is wrong with you people?!"-[/quote] People are still trying to find out.

We live in a *NOW* generation. Everybody wants something as fast as they can get it. So people tend to be pushy or impatient. If someone stands to close to be I do what many of you have said and simply start to back up. - Mike

Hehehe. Reminds me of that '80's song by the Police - "Don't Stand So Close to Me". I think people do it because they're afraid somebody might cut in front of them. I was standing in a check-out line one day and the woman behind me could easily have been trying to get a whiff of my perfume, or she could have been getting her jollys off rubbing up against my butt... either way, I backed up and 'accidentally' tromped on her foot. She got the message.

omg kb you make me laugh SOOO hard!! you're so the best!! BUT i agree, especially at banks and such........get the he*l away from me, you do NOT need to stand and breathe on my neck thank you.........people are ALWAYS in such damn hurries. and the stores are the worst......gawd, let me pay, you do not need to be up in my sh*t ya know? oh i SO feel ya on this, BACK UP. oh and haha the whole "bending knees then grab the jeans and pull up while she wiggled her butt" issue, HAHAHA i can JUST imagine this, and you standing there rolling your eyes! HAHAHAAHA! oh man, this was SO funny to me! sometimes this is why i hate leaving the house, haha! i have zero tolerence for anyone anymore!! haha! everything and everyone annoys me it seems, people are so weird anymore!!

LOL, I don't think I've ever had that problem before. Normally when I go to the store I have my S/O with me and he always stands behind me or to my side. Even when I've gone alone I've never really had anyone stand super close to me. I guess because I usually put my cart behind me so I can unload it. Or it could be because I do most of my shopping in the middle of the night lol.