Well, strikes out.
After the first time I wrote about Shaggy Steve, I heard from a woman who also met him at a social event.
She reacted much like I did, asking herself “What the fuck was that?!” and turning to Google.
I knew she wouldn’t be the last woman to find me this way.
Last week, I received a comment from another victim named Shiloh.
Oh wow! So, how about this: the same guy approached me on the subway last night! There had just been a torrential downpour, I was soaked to the bone, and my hair and make up were a soggy mess. I was lost in the world of my ipod, and noticed him chatting with a woman across from me. She seemed generally interested in the conversation they were having, and he was all smiles. She got off a few stops later, and my ipod played on.
Lo and behold, as my eyes drift around the 6 train and cross his path, he smiles at me. I smile back. Hey, I’m southern, it’s what I do. He mouths something, I begrudgingly take out my headphones and say, “Sorry?” Which, of course, is when he proceeded to use the same exact hair-by-god pickup line on me. Told me I was pretty, asked what I do (Me: I’m an actress/dancer/singer. Him: What a coincidence! I’m a photographer!) He gave me his card, asked for mine (btw, I gave him the one without phone number, only email. I had a message in my inbox before the night was over…) And then, the mystery hair man was gone.
For the record, he now only goes by Shaggy. I can tell you this because the business card he gave me had the “Steve” part scratched out with a pen. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen: Scratched out. How’s that for class.
Ladies, we can only heal if we come together as sisters.
Until then, here’s photographic proof that Shaggy Steve is indeed real. And shaggy.
And he can’t wait to meet you!
Good for steve, you have to admire the persistence.
I don’t. Persistence is one of the things I most discourage in guys.
and yet you encourage it by playing along with guys. i.e. pinkberry and Barnes and Noble.
I don’t think talking to guys is necessarily encouraging them. I have a hard time just shutting people down. Especially if they’ve mustered up the courage to start a conversation.
But many of those guys are going about things the wrong way. Shaggy Steve is one of them.