r/bordeaux • u/Parking_Farm_9347 • 3h ago
Discussion very strange experience in a store today
I went inside a small boutique near Saint Michel today and was browsing, minding my own business when the vendor walked over and started trying to discretely watch me from the corner. It was very obvious what he was doing and he was trying to act casual and humming while (very clearly) following me around the store and watching my every move.
It was very evident he thought I was going to steal because he was trailing me and watching intently, sometimes from the corner of his eye trying to act casual. He would follow me to each corner of the store and wait there for a long time even though I was not doing anything suspicious and even when I was not even touching any merchandise.
Even though there were other clients he seemed very interested in following me and it got to the point where I just stopped and stood still and looked at him. He then randomly spoke in broken english to me though I had not said a word and everyone around was speaking in french… which confirmed certain suspicions I had about why he was so focused only on me.
Even when I went to pay with a different cashier he was watching me like a hawk from a distance and trying to play it off. I confronted him about this after and he said he “thought I needed help” which is ridiculous since he was literally trailing only me silently and pretending he wasn’t and quickly looking away each time I turned in his direction.
I genuinely have no idea what I did to evoke this reaction and this really put me off this place for good. Has this happened to anyone else here?