>be me, semi-stealth girlmoder
>I'm a CNA at a nursing home and I just finished 3 days in a row of night shifts so I'm very sleep deprived and very bing chilling in my PJs in the middle of the day
>get a random knock on the door, some guy I've never seen before in the peephole
>normally I'm not paranoid but I realize I wasn't expecting anyone and my roommate isn't home so that can't be one of his grindr hookups
>put the chain latch on the door just in case and open the door
>guy says he works for the apartment complex I live in, not wearing a uniform or anything
>says he needs to take a picture of the electric box for insurance purposes, and that he has to install new (electric) locks
>still nervous, ask him if he has a business card or something to prove he works for the corporation that owns the building
>he gets a mildly surprised & ashamed look on his face but starts looking through his wallet for a card
>immediately feel shitty for treating him like a threat even though he did nothing to me so I let him in, but I'm still ready to bolt any second
>he comes in very politely and does exactly what he said he would do, clearly trying to do it as quickly as he can probably bc he noticed how I reacted
>he's very nice & he demonstrates how the new locks work to me before leaving
Turns out my roommate just forgot to tell me that they had to do repairs since he figured I'd be asleep by now (repair guy had keys I assume). I feel super bad about this though. I made it very clear through my actions that I basically saw him as like a wild animal or something, just bc he was a guy and looked like he could easily overpower me. Like, I've been raped before but it was when I was super young and it was by a cis woman. Was I just acting neurotically? He turned out to be a very nice mann & I had no reason to treat him like that :c

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