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Lunch beeps

So, everyday at lunch I go for a walk with my coworker/friend. 
And we talk about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness. 
We "talk shop"- work related things. We "talk boys"- about my husband and her boyfriend. 
We walk, we talk, it's really refreshing. 

But (almost) every day we have a nice little awkward chuckle about one thing... people who honk at us as we are walking. Minding our own businesses. *HONK!* It usually seems to be some sort of blue collar workers in a truck or van.
And we have started coming up with reasons why they do this:
- They think we look good (obvs)
- They fantasize about a white-collar woman
- They think white collar women fantasize about the blue-collared guy who's going to fix all their 'problems'
- They're dirty old men
- They think it's the ultimate compliment
- They want us to know we were noticed

These are all legit reasons. We are still debating whether it's rude, disgusting, kinda funny, whether we are offended or feel appreciated, whether its uncalled for or just another stupid thing that happens to plenty of people every day. It's not like we are asking for it. We are wearing shift dresses, or dress pants and button up blouses, or maybe a sweater with a skirt- always with sneakers! We are not wearing short bodycon dresses with stripper heels. Some days it's hot enough to take off our sweater or blazer and show our shoulders- woohoo!
We have debated bringing gym-like clothes with us to change into so maybe we don't look so awkward. Because that's how we feel- we don't feel hot (except temperature-wise) or sexy when they do this, we actually feel awkward because we are wearing sneakers with dressed up outfits and it looks funny. So in a way- it makes us feel less self conscious (and more at the same time).

So, I guess thanks for the compliments. If you're beeping because you think we are fat or snobby or something negative than you can just f**k off, lol.

Would love to here come comments about this topic. Does this happen to you? How do you feel? Do you do this to people? Why? What's the motive? Any interpretations? Let me know!

-Jazzy
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