# Why do people stand so close? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628 "2005-09-08T06:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628/21 "2005-09-08T15:46:59Z")
Fart. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628/22 "2005-09-08T18:36:20Z")
Is she nearsighted and doesn’t wear her glasses or contacts when she’s talking to you? I know that I get closer to people I’m talking to when I don’t have my glasses on than I do when I am wearing them. I can’t see them from the usual distance. Do you talk quietly compared to her? Or does she have a hearing impairment? She might be standing close to you because she has trouble hearing you from a normal distance. > [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > Then you say “I’m sorry, would you mind not standing so close?” I’d go with this. It’s more than likely that she doesn’t know it’s bothering you. ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628/23 "2005-09-08T20:49:48Z")
Thanks\*\* pace\*\*, now I’ve got The Police in my head for the rest of the day. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628/24 "2005-09-08T21:00:19Z")
> [@Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy](#): > > Thanks\*\* pace\*\*, now I’ve got The Police in my head for the rest of the day. Ahhh. That would be the Dream Police… They live inside of your head. The Dream Police, they come to you in your bed. The Dream Police, they’ve come to arrest you , oh no. You try to sleep, they’re wide awake, they won’t leave you alone. They don’t get paid to take vacations, or let you alone. They spy on you, you try to hide, they won’t let you alone. They persecute you, they’re the judge and jury all in one. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628/25 "2005-09-08T21:08:21Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > Then you say “I’m sorry, would you mind not standing so close?” Then you’re the one that will be the rude one, when they were rude the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Meaty\_Beaty\_Big\_and\_Bouncy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meaty_Beaty_Big_and_Bouncy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628/26 "2005-09-08T21:08:35Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Ahhh. That would be the Dream Police… > > They live inside of your head. > The Dream Police, they come to you in your bed. > The Dream Police, they’ve come to arrest you , oh no. > > You try to sleep, they’re wide awake, they won’t leave you alone. > They don’t get paid to take vacations, or let you alone. > They spy on you, you try to hide, they won’t let you alone. > They persecute you, they’re the judge and jury all in one. No, I meant **The Police** - Don’t stand Don’t stand so Don’t stand so close to me\* ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628/27 "2005-09-08T21:27:13Z")
> [@Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy](#): > > No, I meant **The Police** > > - Don’t stand > Don’t stand so > Don’t stand so close to me\* I know what you meant. 😃 But still… Police… inside your head… \*\*OH COME ON!!! \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-stand-so-close/320628.md?page=1)