Maya's Story

It all started September 12th, 2024 when I had first met my stalker at work. He and I would talk and laugh and get along pretty well for the most part. He was always a little odd and temperamental but nothing that automatically rang off warning bells. Then one day everything changed when I was asking him a question about a work equipment I never used. He just yelled in my face and aggressively moved past me, almost hitting me with his pallet jack he was using. From that day on I decided to never talk to him again and never have. That’s when things escalated and got out of control.

He started out slow. A few glances here and there. He’d follow me everywhere I went and that was the starting point. He never spoke to me again after that day he yelled at me but he was definitely changed. More intrusive. More aggressive with his contact and behavior. It was like he couldn’t let me be alone anywhere. If I went to the restroom he went to the restroom. If I went to the break room. He’d go to the break room. Legit anywhere I went he went. A few managers knew about his behavior and tried to keep him away from me but it never really worked out. 

Fast forward to a few months ago when I moved to a new department that I loved. When he found out he also didn’t transfer to that department but definitely made his presence known. He’d follow me to my new department and wait for me there after breaks. He’d make excuses why he needed to be over there. He always got quite agitated and angry whenever he got caught by management when he’d tried to come near me. At one point I was being shared back to his department for the day and he saw and heard me laughing with a co-worker and he mocked my laugh and the way I walked and then punched with impressive force might I add this warming tent while watching me which made me scared. I reported it to HR and nothing happened.

During those last few months of my employment with that company he had nearly assaulted me on 3 separate occasions with the most recent one being when he came up to the time clock I was standing at and when I backed away he looked annoyed and stepped closer to me and positioned himself in a way that nearly made him hit me with his shoulder. All of this happened in a 6 month period. He was and possibly is still highly obsessed with me and would get super frustrated when he’d see me talking to other men at work and would position himself in a way where he could watch the interactions. He used to always wait for me before every break and most recently started waiting around for an entire break to watch me and even if he wasn’t directly watching me he was always there.

Now that I’m away from him I am feeling like healing is possible but I am still paranoid and scared. These events are still very fresh in my mind especially considering he followed me out of the building on the day I was let go from my job and watched me. He even once watched me drive away from work. Just kept his eyes glued to my car. 

I am safer now and have contacted the proper authorities in regards to this and I hope my story will inspire others or at least make others feel less alone like I’ve felt for the past 6 months.