Hey,
I've just had a super strange encounter. I heard a gentle tapping on my window and chalked it up to someone looking for the neighbour but then they knocked on the front door. It's currently 03:30 (ish) am and I'm hanging out with my boyfriend and some friends (online) so I answered the door. It was a white guy, maybe 35 ish, clearly super inebriated, dressed in signature dad clothes, dark hair, kinda weird teeth, telling me he's looking for Chantelle and that he'd found me on viva street. My name/working name isn't Chantelle so I'm assuming he saw my confusion and said he had the wrong address.
I told him I'm on Viva but my name isn't Chantelle. He pulled a bunch of money out of his pocket and said he'd rather just book with me as I look better. I told him no as my room wasn't made up, I wasn't dressed. Obviously I wasn't going to accept his booking because I hadn't screened him but I wasn't going to tell him that. He became pushy "I have the money, I have the money".
I tried to push for information about who he's supposed to be seeing and what address he's supposed to be at. Maybe Chantelle lives close to me and I had no idea? I could point him in the right direction. He wouldn't give me any information about this alleged booking which set off alarm bells for me. How has he found my address? I always ensure that my address details give a rough estimate of where I am and never anything specific on my adverts. So what's the chances he's found himself at my door? Maybe someone gave him my address without my consent? Maybe he's a previous time waster that I've forgotten about and got drunk enough to show up? I definitely haven't seen him before. I tried to search, basic quick search, for a Chantelle in my area but nothing came up suggesting we're close enough for this mistake to happen.
I just thought it was super super strange. I have no further information about him as he didn't contact me previously so no number or aw name or anything. Is this a local time waster/creep that I had no idea about? Or does any one know of who he is and dealt with him before?
I'm just a little bit shaken that someone just ... showed up out of no where. I do work from the same flat I live in so I guess that increases the chances but even so. I just feel like I've lost control a little bit if that even makes sense? In the sense that usually I'm in control of who I give my address to and who I don't. I feel a bit weird going to sleep tonight now.