A Simple Solution to a Years-long Paranoia

Have you ever walked in public, and all of a sudden, a stranger passing by would stare at a certain part of your body? For you girls, let's exclude guys staring at your boobies, as I'm sure it is not really all that strange to you by now. Like for example, someone would just stare at your mouth out of the blue, as if it was a telltale sign that you have a grain of rice stuck to your face after having lunch at Chang's Jade Palace or a similar restaurant. You know what I mean?

You see, I used to have that problem with strangers staring at me randomly, for years! It all started in mid 2001. Passersby would always stare at my crotch! WTF, right? Even the CEO of a company I used to work for stared at me down there once at a company Christmas party one year! I've always been paranoid with such reactions from people. I have always imagined the worst, like an erection in my pants that I was totally oblivious to; or I may have not dripped all the way dry after going to the restroom, hence possibly a wet spot on my slacks in the nether regions.

Well, it is 2007, and I finally noticed that I no longer have this issue of passersby staring at my crotch. Coincidentally, it all stopped when I started working on a new project at a new client site. After much thinking for the past few weeks, I finally realized what the solution is! A lanyard! You see, I used to wear my ID badge clipped to my belt. And since my new client site requires us to wear their own ID badge, I was given a lanyard to hold the badge and wear around my neck.

Now nobody stares at my crotch anymore. Although I sometimes wonder if people think I'm gaining weight whenever passersby stare at my belly area. =)