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I don’t like being touched, but am I being over sensitive?

I work in a job where I see drivers a lot. I am female and they are male. I know they are just being friendly and mean no harm but they’ll say “smile” followed by a higher “smileeeee” I do smile, but I’m not there to smile. What bothers me most is how some of them will pat me on the back, rub my arm or touch it when I give them their work. They don’t mean it to hurt me, just to be a typical working in that environment thing. I work in an office FYI. I’ve told someone else before and he didn’t do it again. He wasn’t offended, just understood that I didn’t like it. It makes me nervous and on guard when these specific people are nearby. EDIT; I just generally don’t like being touched. Not just at work.


I work in a job where I see drivers a lot. I am female and they are male. I know they are just being friendly and mean no harm but they’ll say “smile” followed by a higher “smileeeee”

I do smile, but I’m not there to smile.

What bothers me most is how some of them will pat me on the back, rub my arm or touch it when I give them their work.

They don’t mean it to hurt me, just to be a typical working in that environment thing.

I work in an office FYI.

I’ve told someone else before and he didn’t do it again. He wasn’t offended, just understood that I didn’t like it.

It makes me nervous and on guard when these specific people are nearby.

EDIT; I just generally don’t like being touched. Not just at work.

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