Personal Responses

Tammy- During my 2007 spring semester I was approached by a guy who "told" me that I could use more income. It was up by Java & Jazz and I had just enough time in between my classes to get a bagel, eat it, and get to class. I was fealing rushed as it was but now I had some guy telling me what I needed. I was very offended that he felt he could assume something personal about me like my income. My hands were full, I was in a hurry, and basically the guy pissed me off, so I blew him off. He made some remark under his breath that I'm sure was not nice, and if I would of had more time you better believe I would have asked him to repeat himself, just a little louder. The encounter left me upset and distracted from the work I should've been focused on in class.

Robert- During my 2005 spring semester in the beginning of the semester I was confronted by several solicitors on campus. I was getting overwhelmed with the amount of solicitors attempting to grab attention so they could buy a minute of my time. I found this very annoying and uncomfortable because all I wanted to do was go to my class and I also had to worry about being in the way of my fellow students because of someone trying to sell me something. I would have rather have them in a location where it isn’t high foot traffic so if I interest in something or would purchase something I could go there and take my time and not feel like I was in a rush.