@ElleGray Just like wristbands to indicate pronouns and sexual or romance orientations, I wish we'd normalize something that indicates whether someone likes being approached or not. I personally love interacting with strangers (as long as they're not creepy or aholes) but I know a lot of people aren't, and I would never want to accidentally make someone uncomfortable by approaching them for conversation when they'd rather be left alone.

@ElleGray Yes.

@ElleGray im getting a hi viz vest for uh… spiritual reasons but maybe among the other things one could embroider on there, this would be the funniest.

@ElleGray @waitworry I have a shirt that says "Netflix and don't touch me" so I guess that's the human equivalent

@ElleGray oh I hope it comes in multiple sizes !

@ElleGray Oo, ideally in maternity sizes.

@ElleGray Oh, I could so use a jacket like that.

@ElleGray Yes, actually!

@ElleGray I’m jealous that when a dog isn’t friendly and its owners tell people that “she bites/she is aggressive”, it is just accepted as totally normal and not unusual. But when my friends give that same warning for me, people look at both of us as if we are freaks.

@ElleGray especially working retail people would just touch me without my consent then get mad if I was upset with them.

@ElleGray I need this on a shirt

@ElleGray Just make a t-shirt. I want that on a shirt! lol

@ElleGray There are ebay sellers, and many other companies who will print whatever you want on safety vests, especially in the UK.

@ElleGray
And can it say:
"Keep your greasy mitts
off my ass"?

@ElleGray ill wear one even inside my house lol

@ElleGray 😬

@ElleGray Should we have it done as a tshirt?

@ElleGray Sounds like a T-shirt shop idea

@ElleGray Just tell everybody you're a Presbyterian - has the same effect.

@ElleGray You win social media today!

@ElleGray I need this in a variety of colors for each outfit.

@ElleGray 😂 👍

@ElleGray when I am out gathering mussels at a jetty, because I am old and need to supplement my food budget, and the tourists in vacation homes come up and want to talk to me, I sometimes just say "I'm not friendly". As put off as they are by that, what I really want to say is, "I am not a god damn YouTube video. You don't have a licence, know when they are poisonous, or know how to cook them. So no, you shouldn't do this and I am not going to teach you for free!"

@ElleGray this needs to come in pregnant-human sizes. The number of strangers who were “just being friendly” (congratulatory/celebratory/etc) and “not intrusive, why are you overreacting?” was mind-boggling. Don’t be pregnant and a cashier unless you enjoy being pawed by every Tom, Dick, and Granny.

@ElleGray I genuinely need this. 👀

@ElleGray on the back of my laptop:

@ElleGray The problem with this is if I wear it, people will speak to me and ask questions- which is infinitely worse than being touched.

I would touch doggo anyway

@ElleGray need a t-shirt that says that :)

@ElleGray give me 5 minutes in canva and redbubble >:D