TIFU By not being a man and stepping up.

To the young woman working the counter at the gas station, I am sorry.

I am running on three hours of sleep and was very irrated that the old dude infront of me was taking forever to pay for his shit and move on. I started to notice he was asking you intrusive questions such as...

"Where are you from?"

Here

"Here? I've never seen you around before, how long have you lived here?"

My whole life.

"How long has that been?"

I am unsure what you said to this but I'm pretty positive your answer to this was below the age he was hoping for (18) because you look very young. But his reaction...

"WOW. No I don't believe you."

Then homie says bye and taps on your covid glass to get your attention for him to say bye. BUT he forgets to pay and your coworker had started talking to you so you didn't realize. He went to the bathroom and you rang my drinks up with his stuff and that's when we realized he didn't pay. The other clerk opened up and waved me over there. He came back out of the bathroom. You told him he forgot to swipe his card. He said...

"Uh oh, you were about to call the cops on me."

Yea, awkward laugh

"What were you going to tell them? creepy wink."

As a man, I realize now that this is what women mean when they ask men to be men and step up. Granted. At least to me, it was very mild instance, it was still very gross and creepy. So I apologize to you.

TLDR; Old guy creepy flirting with gas station attendant, I didn't speak up out of frustration and lack of sleep, awareness.