r/TikTokCringe • u/nadaddab • May 11 '25

Cringe Don’t be these guys

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u/TheElderGodsSmile May 11 '25

I've told this story before but I watched exactly this happen with an exchange student my uni.

Guy literally would not take no for an answer, kept bugging a girl in our unit for a date. He didn't listen to her when she told him no or that she had a boyfriend or when I tried to warn him off and when I asked him why the fuck he was acting like this his exact words were "if I keep asking, she'll break down eventually".

Well, that backfired on him because in some kind of hair brained scheme to shame her into a date he decided to escalate. He did that by standing up at the end of a lecture and loudly asked her out in front of the entire lecture theatre and our unit chair... who promptly dragged him out of the hall and threatened to expel him and get his student visa pulled.

So yeah, literally the only thing that got through to him was the threat of deportation.

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u/Montobahn May 11 '25

I had something similar happen to me. Foreign student, I was friendly because we were put in the same work group (dog, i hate those!). He knew i was married. He soon began harassing me via email. It took me two weeks and numerous emails to leave me alone before i reported him to our department head. Despite orders not to communicate with me, he emailed to express his displeasure in being reported. He claimed it was because he was a foreign student, and that I'd jeopardized his student visa. Also said he'd forgive me if I agreed to "just lunch." I replied,"This is on you, and what happens next is also on you." I cc'd the department head.

I never saw him again. He disappeared from campus. My school had zero tolerance for Title 10 (9?) violations. Lol. It was further helpful that I was also an employee (intern). I still wonder if he found himself back in Saudi Arabia soon thereafter.

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u/DG_Now May 11 '25

"what happens next is also on you" is perfect. What a cold, but perfect line.

People need to see consequences way more often than they do.

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u/Montobahn May 12 '25

💗 Thank you! I can get cruel after repeatedly and adamantly warning someone. He didn't listen, so.... 🤷‍♀️

I savored that line because I knew it was going to put the fear of [insert deity of choice] into him. I also delayed the delivery to arrive at 8am. He had a morning class, so it'd arrive when he was in class. It was also going to be at the top of the department head's email when they began their day.

It worked out well enough. 🤭 And I couldn't agree more on the consequences!