You know who they are. The people who don't "get" the whole concept of space. Or at least space in the western world. Sure, there are close talkers, and those people will always be close talkers. And that is ok b/c once you know they are CTer's then you can find ways to avoid them, and their pressing lips into your bubble. But close standers are people completely different. They tend to be strangers. They tend to be anxious and in a hurry, and they tend to think that by standing close to you it is going to make things go faster. I don't think these people are aware, or care, about how close they are creeping. Up on to your backside like some animal hunting it's prey and about to pounce. ... Ok, a bit dramatic I admit, but still.... annoying.
And the thing about the whole close stander situation is that without being too rude, or obvious, you try to let the person know how annoyed and uncomfortable their creepiness is making you. You do the shoulder shrug, the rock back on the heels, the turn and slight look back, hoping they'll get the hint. but NO. They don't. And you spend the reminder of your time in line feeling nothing but intruded upon. ... Or at least that's how I felt tonight when my close stander was impatiently waiting for a cup of hot water. The thing about this too was that there was absolutely no one behind her! She had the whole cafe to wait in.... On a less pessimistic note she actually had really nice pedicured french tip toes.
i just had like 4 espresso's. eihrusifksdbfbsdfsbdfks.