AIO for thinking a grocery store employee was trying to tr@ff1c me?
(Tw: human tr@ff1cing mention)
I (17 afab nb) went with my mom last night to get my dad a last minute Father’s Day gift. We went to our local grocery store and separated to look around for gifts. When I was done looking I went to call my mom to meet back up but realized my ADHD ass left my phone in the car. I panicked a bit because it was late and the store was closing soon. Also my mom was probably going to yell at me for not answering the phone. The store was pretty big but average for an American grocery store so I wasn’t too worried about finding her but it would be a bit of a challenge. I went to the back to start scanning the isles when an employee asked if I was looking for anything. I didn’t think it was too weird at first because they were closing soon and was just like “no I’m just looking for my mom” and awkwardly explained that I left my phone in the car so she didn’t think I was weird for being a 17yo who lost their mommy. She said that she could call over the intercom for my mom to meet me at the front. I was thinking about it because it was a big store but ,again, I didn’t want to be that 17 yo who lost their mommy, plus I felt I could find her myself. The thing is before I even got the chance to answer she said “you’re very pretty”. This is when I realized how noticeably off her tone was . Like, I’m autistic so I don’t really notice tones in voice, but that’s how noticeable it was, it threw me off so I awkwardly responded “thank you.” She then without a beat asked “do you go to college around her?” I was confused because it’s summer but as i instinctually responded “no I’m in high school” I got a really bad feeling that this was getting into “stranger danger” Territory. All the alarm bells were going off. I politely told her I could probably find my mom on my own and I’d let her know if I couldn’t before speed walking off. Luckily I found my mom not long after that but i felt super uneasy until I got home. The lady sounded like she was reciting a script. The way she was looking at me felt almost robotic. I still don’t feel safe and am nervous because I accidentally said I was in high school. My high school is right next to the grocery store and is very large so it would be easy to guess I go there. I told my mom about what happened but she didn’t take it too seriously and teased me a bit for “being scared of loosing my mommy” but I genuinely don’t feel safe. I don’t know if I’m over reacting but I’m not a skeptical person. I trust people too much for my own good, and at first I did trust this person, but i know for sure something wasn’t right. Idk if she was a human tr@ff1cker or what because I know it can be anyone but idk what I should do. So AIO?
Edit: too all the people saying she was flirting with me, I probably should have mentioned that she was an older woman with gray hair so… I hope she wasn’t