She ‘Accidentally’ Swaps Drinks With Him After He Won’t Stop Staring At Her
Once again, the man sitting beside Lily Powles got hold of her glass and took quite a long sip from her drink. The woman stared and blinked out of shock. It was not the first time that the man had acted that way and had taken the wrong glass that night. However, the man appeared to be nice enough. Lily Powles was worried that she was just too suspicious and paranoid.
Reason To Celebrate
Lily Powles decided to make a quick scan of her surroundings inside the club. The woman decided to look and search for her friends. As Lily Powles observed the area, she could not help but notice a slight movement in the corner of her eye. The woman could not help but became wary as the situation raised a red flag in her brain. Lily Powles came from Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom and was assigned to work the first evening shift at the Gulliver’s Nite club. The woman noticed the face of someone who seemed familiar entered the premises.
Reason To Celebrate
Last Shift
Lily Powles decided to check out her watch. The woman could not help but feel excited because, in just twenty minutes, her friends would be arriving. It would not be long before her job was finished. Lily Powles surely had a reasonable basis to celebrate. It was because managing time working as a server and even working on the late shifts was deemed to be a challenging job.
Last Shift
Beeline
And yet, Lily Powles had to earn her money. Thankfully, after numerous interviews in different companies, Lily was offered a job to be a sales representative in a large insurance firm. Lily Powles would start her new work on Monday, and she felt like she could take on everything that life would throw at her.
Beeline
Polite Decline
The feelings of excitement and encouragement did not last and were gone the moment the familiar man entered the door. A huge grin was plastered on his face, and the handsome guy walked to the front, headed straight towards Lily Powles. The familiar man ordered the usual drink, which was rum and coke. The woman was knocked for six when the man passed over the typical chit-chat, and straightforwardly asked for her phone number.
Polite Decline
Persistence
Lily Powles was still in high spirits, so she politely declined the man’s request for her phone number. Because of the nature of her job, the woman had already gotten used to having different men approach her in the Gulliver’s Nite club. However, she set up a rule for herself, which she made sure to keep at all costs. Lily Powles made a promise to herself that she would never combine romance and her work. Aside from that, the work policy at the club forbade such relations.
Persistence
Last Chance
Lily Powles did not expect that the man would be so persistent in this situation. The woman could not predict what would happen next. The moment he received his drink, the man did not walk away from the place. Instead, the man decided to stay and tried to capture Lily Powles’ attention.
Last Chance
Giving In
Lily Powles could see the man anywhere she looked. The man enticingly smiled at her and asked when her shift would end. The woman responded that her shift was about to end in a few more minutes and added that it would be her last night working at the Gulliver’s Nite club.
Giving In
Odd Behavior
Together with her friends, Lily Powles decided to have a small farewell party right then and there at the Gulliver’s Nite club. The man was uneasy that it would be his last chance to see Lily Powles, he crept up on her and requested that he allow her to buy even just one drink. He emphasized his intention by saying, “Just one,” and he said it with a charming smile.
Odd Behavior
Lily’s Friends
Lily Powles knew that it would probably be the last time that she would ever see the man. It was why Lily thought that there would be no harm in accepting the man’s offer. Lily clocked out of work, and Carlo, her colleague, took over the next shift. Lily Powles sat beside the man at the bar.
Lily’s Friends
The Perfect Excuse
The man went on and asked Lily Powles what drink she preferred to have. The woman replied, “Surprise me.” Afterwards, Lily Powles sent messages to her friends and had gotten distracted. The woman was worried that her friends had not yet arrived and were already running late. A few minutes after, the familiar man returned together with both of their drinks. He slowly placed them down on the wooden bar.
The Perfect Excuse
Bold Move
Lily Powles was unaware that the man she was sitting with had a nasty trick up his sleeve. At one time, the man accidentally reached out for Lily’s glass instead of his own. Lily did not mind it at first. However, the same situation happened for the second and third time. The situation irritated Lily Powles.
Bold Move
Dancing
There were countless questions that ran on Lily Powles’ mind. The woman wondered if the man was doing it on purpose. Lily was also curious why the man offered to buy her a drink if he had wanted to have both of the drinks for himself. Lily Powles had not touched her drink, and she decided to send a message to her friends again. The first wave of the clubgoers had already left, but there were some patrons to whom the night had just started.
Dancing
Gone
Lily Powles kept glancing nervously at the entrance. Finally, the woman was relieved to see that her friends already walked through the door. Lily Powles stood up to raise her hand. In this method, it would be easier for her friends to find her in the crowd of people. And when Lily looked down at the wooden bar, she noticed that the man had swiftly moved her drink once again.
Gone
Vindication
As time went on, Lily Powles became warier of the situation. Thankfully, Lily now had the perfect reason to excuse herself from the alarming situation she was in. All of Lily’s friends had already gathered and exchanged hugs with each other. Lily’s friends congratulated her on being accepted at her new job as a sales representative for a large insurance firm. As Lily and her friends talked, the man excused himself and went to the comfort room.
Vindication
Warning on Twitter
It was the perfect opportunity for Lily Powles. She knew that something was wrong, and if her instinct were right, the man would taste his own medicine. The woman swapped the drinks with the man in a hurry. Finally, Lily Powles and her friends transferred to a bigger table at the back of the Gulliver’s Nite club.
Warning On Twitter
Viral
Lily Powles would soon find out whether her intuition was correct. The woman decided to observe the man and kept an eye on him when he went to the back of the bar. The man looked shocked and disappointed when he found out that Lily had already left with her friends. However, the suspicious man did not attempt to approach Lily Powles again.
Viral
Accusations
However, that was not the last time that Lily Powles noticed the familiar man that evening. Lily could feel that the man watched her every move each time she got up to dance. And yet, Lily was determined not to let it get to her and ruin the last evening she would have at Gulliver’s Nite club.
Accusations
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Lily Powles decided to keep on dancing on the floor. The woman was determined to avoid his gaze as much as possible. Eventually, the man was lost behind all the clubgoers that were on the dance floor. However, Lily Powles knew that she could not avoid him forever. Lily took a glance at the bar and realized that she could not see the man anywhere.
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Keeping Safe
Lily Powles had finally felt safe and relaxed. The woman and her friends danced and celebrated in a few hours that evening. To Lily, it was surely a memorable evening. However, all good things must come to an end, and it was time for them to head back home. Lily and her friends walked out of the club into the sunrise.
Keeping Safe
Unbelievable
Lily Powles saw a man lying on the pavement, and when she realized who it was, she could hardly believe what she was seeing. It was the familiar man who annoyed her inside the club, and he was passed out in a puddle. Lily Powles became terrified of the thought that if she had not been careful, it could have been her that was taken advantage of.
Unbelievable
Another Target
It became evident that the man had targeted her that night. Lily Powles was thankful that she listened and followed her woman’s intuition when she saw the man take her drink. Lily made the right choice of swapping the glasses. In a panic, Lily Powles posted about her experience on Twitter without further ado.
Another Target
Same Guy
Lily Powles posted on her Twitter page and had written, “The same lad robbed my drink twice last night and put something in my glass when he bought me one back. swapped our glasses when he went to the toilet and later found him laid flat out in a wet puddle.”
Same Guy
Tweeting
In addition, Lily Powles continued her post by writing, “Thanks for taking one for the team whoever you are, rather you than me hun.” It did not take long before her post was bombarded with likes, retweets, and replies. In just a few hours, the tweet of Lily Powles reached more than 11,000 retweets, 175,000 likes, and hundreds of responses.
Tweeting
Horrified
Most of the Twitter users were appalled about the fact that the man tried to spike her drink and could not help but express their surprise and hatred. However, some naysayers responded with negative comments. There was one Twitter user who posted, “Nice story. Didn’t happen, though.” And there were a few other Twitter users who said that Lily Powles made up the story to get attention.
Horrified
Conflict
All of the negative comments from the post were quickly countered by the female supporters of Lily Powles. One Twitter user had supported her by commenting, “So many men here who don’t believe this because they’re lucky enough not to live this as reality regularly.”
Conflict
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The post of Lily Powles led other Twitter users to share their similar experiences. There was one woman who had written, “A similar thing happened to me. A guy “accidentally” knocked over my wine a few years back and offered to buy me another. I accepted as I thought he was being courteous, but then something felt off, so I left it. In the next bar, I caught him standing in the corner and staring at me.”
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Lesson Learned
We could all learn a lesson from the experience of Lily Powles. We had been made aware that it was essential always to be careful, especially when we were planning to go to the bars, parties, and nightclubs. It was unfortunate that there would be some people who would not always have the right intentions. Avoid becoming a victim by still making sure to watch what we were drinking.
Lesson Learned
Not Just
The spiking of drinks was not limited to women. There was one Twitter user who pointed out by commenting, “To all the men saying, ‘never happened,’ my MALE partner has had his drink roofied at a nightclub before.”
Not Just
More Than
Statistically speaking, the spiking of drinks would occur more to women rather than men. There was one study that discovered that 71 percent of the victims of spiking were females instead of males. It was surely a horrifying thought, and it was unfortunate that this happened much more frequently than it should. We hoped to find out more about what we could do about it.
More Than
What To Do
The vital question remained that what could the victim do if their drink had been spiked. We were also curious about how to avoid getting our drinks spiked. One of the ways to do this was to make sure not to leave our drinks unsupervised. We should also watch out for our friends’ drinks.
What To Do
No Strangers
On top of that, it would be safest to not accept any drinks from someone we do not know. If possible, we could try to use drink stoppers to place on top of our bottle. As for glasses, we could cover the top with our hand to prevent anyone from adding anything without our knowledge.
No Strangers
The Source Of The Problem
However, the problem remained that the source of the issue was our culture. It would be essential to take note, report, and penalize the perpetrators so that we could reduce the rate in which it was happening. Also, instead of telling the girls to watch out for their drinks, we should teach everyone that spiking was illegal.
The Source Of The Problem
The Symptoms
It would still be possible that someone might even feel that something was wrong after doing all the precautions. It would be crucial to know that we had already been spiked before things turned worse. The victim might notice the symptoms – confusion, loss of balance, nausea, visual problems, vomiting, and unconsciousness. It might seem similar to the symptoms of getting drunk. However, there would still be more to it.
The Symptoms
Someone You Trust
The moment we started to feel drunker than usual or felt that something was stranger, it would be best to ask for help immediately. If, by chance, we were alone, make sure to contact someone that could be trusted as soon as possible. It could be anyone from a close friend, a medical professional, or even the police.
Someone You Trust
Medical Help
It would be for the best to ask to be taken to the nearest Accident and Emergency department and to inform the medical staff of your suspicions about being spiked. The medical team would know the necessary tests to perform to see what drugs could be in our system.
Medical Help
72 Hours
Drugs that were often used for spiking would leave our body system within 72 hours of being ingested. It was for this reason that it was essential to be tested as soon as we could to discover what we had been spiked with. It would help the medical staff to find out the proper treatment for the victim of spiking.
72 Hours
Recovery
The victims of having their drinks spiked would be able to make a quick recovery concerning physical recovery. However, he or she should make sure that they would be treated as soon as possible. The problem would be on how to deal with it both mentally and emotionally as the situation would surely take a severe toll on the victim.
Recovery
Bad Feelings
The victims of spiking would most likely feel ashamed, afraid, and guilty. It was normal to feel this way. Even though it might seem unfortunate, these feelings were normal in these situations. It would be best to consult professional help.
Bad Feelings
Professional Help
The help could come from a counselor, a helpline, and different organizations specialized in these types of cases. Whichever help the victim chose, it would be vital for him or her to have a sound moral support system from his or her family and friends who would be willing to help the victim with this ordeal.
Professional Help