Do you say something when people invade your personal space in public?

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Last week at the pharmacy this lady who was supposedly "behind" me in the line was either: standing beside me, in front of me and when she got a phone call was walking around me from side to side (took a picture, since I was texting my son how in my personal space someone was haha).

She seemed like a person who paces while on the phone, and no matter of much I would move away, she would move closer, she would mirror my moves too, I would move a little to the left and so would she, her bag graced me a few times, she was an older lady so I decided to not say anything.

Today also an older man let me go in front of him since I only had one thing, big mistake lol. He stood right next to me and as I moved, he moved with me. It was one of those lines where the person paying is WAY in the counter and the line is like 8 feet away. When they called me he walked next to me and put his things next to my single item, he just said "Excuse me, just putting my things right here."

It was obviously not malicious, I'm just very aware of my personal space. I'm just wondering if you guys speak up when people invade your personal space like that, and what do you say?

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I don't.. I am also aware of my personal space and I have another colleague who has a definite personal space bubble.. I was passing him in the hallway like yesterday and I was acting idiotic like.. technically there was pleanty space to pass him by but.. our personal bubbles were colliding and he was putting things into a locker so everytime he went in I thought "now there's enough space to pass" but then when I made a move he'd come back out and I stopped in my tracks. so I probably looked like a sims person walking into a wall several times...
I literally told him.. "sorry, I'm being weird, our personal bubbles are colliding 😅" he understands so I can be that blunt about it 🤣

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I usually just give them a dirty look lmao. But sometimes if I’m shopping and someone will get super close to me expecting me to move so they can look at what I’m looking at, I will just stay there for as long as possible to piss them off 🙂

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Since Covid I just throw a coughing fit and usually they move 😂

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No, I just continuously move away until they get the gist. The only scenario in which I'd say something is if someone is visibly giving threatening vibes - but even then I'd be cautious about how to respond. If I was in the middle of a busy shopping centre, I'd respond completely differently than if I was on an empty street in the middle of the night.
I do hate when people invade my personal space.  I loved the COVID distancing back in 2020 🤣

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I just move

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I don’t. I just try move away. I annoys me when people do it because I like my space. However if someone was close and I feel threatened by them, then I would say something. I’m the type of person I will give a warning look before I get feisty. 😈

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I may not say something, but I give them the most evil glare ever!! 👿

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I feel like I’ve never actually had this issue in public lol

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It depends on how encroached upon I feel. More often than not, I let it go but there have been a handful of times where I had to say something.

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Usually I don’t say anything unless they really get in my personal space or touch me. Like once, a lady hit my ankles two or three times with her buggy and I didn’t say anything the first three times. When she did it a 4th time, I finally turned around asked if she could take a step back because she kept hitting me with her basket. She didn’t say anything and pretended not to hear me but she didn’t hit me again after lol. 
And there was another time I could SMELL the breath of somebody standing behind me. I could also feel their hot breath on the back of my neck but they were special needs so I opted not to say anything. I figured they just weren’t aware of how close they were and left it at that.

Do you say something when people invade your personal space in public?

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