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So I can't tell if this guy either has some kind of interest in me or thinks I'm a total freak.

To be blunt, I honestly don't consider myself to be too attractive, at least not conventionally. I'd rate myself 4 out of 10, maybe 5 if we're being generous.

This guy doesn't talk to me despite having a ton of opportunities. He'll greet me when I come in, but that's about as far as it goes. He's very confident and he talks to just about everyone else. And he has no reason to be intimidated by me or whatever, I'm awkward as can be and clumsy as shit, so basically your typical aspie. Honestly, I get the vibe that he gossips about me and says bad things.

...But he stares at me. There's an aisle directly in front of the self-checkout he runs, and he'll stare at me every time I walk down it. Most everyone else who has run the self-checkout doesn't really pay attention to me, or they'll glance at me and look away, but it's like this guy watches me while I'm doing whatever in that aisle.

When I'm around him, he doesn't really give any indicators that he's nervous or anything. But sometimes when he asks me to do something, he'll stutter. He's typically a slow talker, sometimes he pauses between words, but he'll never really stutter when talking to anyone else.

When I'm checking out in the self-checkout lane while he's running it, he'll stare at me the WHOLE time I'm there. Then, when I grab my stuff to go, he'll look straight ahead just before I raise my head from my bags, like he's pretending that he wasn't looking. When he notices that I'm carrying a little black basket, he'll take it from me and put it in the basket deposit for me even though I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself (the deposit isn't anymore than 12 feet away from the spot I'm checking out in).

Occasionally, when he asks me to do something, he'll look straight into my eyes, it's like we lock eyes. He doesn't look away or anything.

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