An odd encounter

[nancylebov]

On Saturday, I did a little flea marketing, and one passerby asked my name. When I said "Nancy", she said, "What's your last name?" and when I said "Lebovitz", she said, "Oh, you're Jewish, you look Jewish, I have Jewish friends." (dialogue approximate and from memory).

I asked for her name, and she didn't give it and left.

I'm somewhat nonplussed by this. While I can sympathize with her desire to see whether her impressions are correct, I felt a bit aggressed upon, and I think the fact that she wouldn't give her name suggests that she knew her behavior was at least a little out of line.

While this wasn't a great big deal (didn't spoil my mood for the day), it's still on my mind, and I'm wondering if anyone can help me unpack the issues involved and/or has suggestions if I run into that sort of thing again.

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odd encounter

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

do the words "incredibly rude and possibly disturbed" mean anything here? I mean i can kind of understand the "you look like one of my friends, who are you" type question... but this goes waaaay beyond that. Sounds like this crazy lady who used to hassle me and a (jewish, now that i think of it) friend whenever we went to eat at this one place.....