“Dear PoPville,
I think I had an encounter (Thursday) with “coffee guy,” the one who approaches women pretending to be from somewhere else, asks about coffee places, then tries to pressure you into a coffee date.
I was leaving my office and he approached me at the intersection of 10th and G NW. He asked me where Tatte was, because I “look like the kind of person with the swagger to go there.”
I told him I wasn’t really sure where the nearest one is, which is true – I don’t go there. He claimed to be from NYC and unfamiliar with the area. Then he started asking me about Maman, which is close by. I gave him directions, and then he said “we should go get coffee sometime.” I knew the shtick from reading PoPville (!) so I said “my husband wouldn’t like that” and I got the hell out of there fast. Thankfully, he did not follow, though he likely just started scanning for another victim.
Just a PSA to ladies who are in the area – he’s moved to Penn Quarter!”