Well, you already found the problem. She didn't tell him straight out that she wasn't interested when it needed to be said. None of this "hopefully he gets the hint" crap. She just needs to tell it to his face. 

She should have told him from the beginning that she wasn't interested.  It causes a lot less confusion.  I learned to stop being nice about not being interested in I was in high school.  I'm going to not allow myself to resort to gallows humor on this post and just say I hope your friend learned how to tactfully tell a guy she isn't interested.  It doesn't make you a bitch, it makes you an adult.

I knew a guy just like this back in high school. He sat behind me in one of my classes and would constantly hit on both me and the girl that sat next to him in the next row over. He was really gawky and awkward; not too many people liked him and he was obviously just way too extremely desperate for attention. I had a boyfriend at the time, which he clearly knew about, but even reminding him of said boyfriend and clearly telling him numerous times that I wasn't interested never did any good. He hit on me up until the very last day of class. Thankfully, he didn't know where I lived and I never had to worry about running into him again. Years later, we ran into each other on a social networking site and he apologized, and we actually became friends for a short while. 

You can act however you want towards someone, but in the end you need to say straight out - to the person, that you're not interested and their actions are making you uncomfortable. Throwing hints and being a bitch to a guy doesn't make a difference, and I think makes you look bad too.

@Chibi_Son_Gokou@xanga - This is a reused picture from a previous article a few months ago very similar to this one. These kinds of posts are getting old/boring.

The girl was the creepy one in this situation. She waited way too long to tell the guy she wasn't interested in him romantically.  Just tell the person up front you're not interested whatsoever, it's the respectful thing to do.

I've never had a stranger be too persistent with me, but I have had boyfriends that wanted to spend way too much time with me and it was annoying. I'm as lovey duvey as they come, but overbearing clingy-ness is not a good thing.

I said it nicely the first time that I wasn't interested.  I'm always an upfront person.  I said I didn't want to date ANYONE right now and he took that as a sign maybe in the future I would be interested in him...no, I was just trying to be nice. He kept on anyway trying to read into signals that weren't there, then I told him what an ugly disorganized slob he is and he still persists.  This dude is still trying to get me to talk to him to this day, I would never date someone who gets simple days of the week mixed up and constantly has to reschedule because they're too absent-minded, among other things. 

I've been persistent with someone before, and ah, it worked when I did it because this other guy has been around for years because I kept trying to get him to be at least my friend if nothing at all and he finally came around, haha.  When I was the person being persistent, I kept telling the guy why couldn't we just hang out as real friends?  Why does it always have to be gone once the flame isn't there anymore?  He finally understood me and has been one of my best friends since and that it's not like we were an actual couple either.

However, I know the intentions of this annoying old guy to still try to keep me around and it isn't to be "just friends."  And no adrenelane I do not want this guy with $$.  What a pity, that poster hasn't been around since I set her straight.

@TheNotoriousGOD@xanga - Unlike in Tampa.

I haven't had any creepy guys crush on me. there was this shy schoolboy in highschool, who had a crush on me. he'd tag along with my friends and I during lunch, and sit there quietly listening to his music on his headphones. he just wanted to sit near me he didn't bother me nor did he stare at me directly like a creep. he wasn't annoying. most of the time I didn't really notice he was there because he sat there and seemed zoned out in his music. maybe he caught glances at me when I wasn't paying attention. he didn't do anything annoying or follow me around. he asked for my phone number one day. I gave my number to him and he'd call me after school. we talked and it was pretty cool. later he admitted having a crush on me for a long time, but I already knew. he didn't creep me out nor did I have strong feelings for him. I'm not sure how to describe it, but he didn't make me feel uncomfortable, yet I didn't really feel the desire to get too comfortable. it was neutral with some slight flirting. he liked me more than I liked him. all of my close friends were female, so having a guy around to hang out with and talk to was different and exciting even. yep, I liked the attention. he wasn't ugly. in fact, he was tall and athletic. just wasn't a spark to make me want more. he wanted to be my boyfriend but I told him that I didn't want to be in a relationship and that was that. I never really talked to him much after that was cleared up. oh well. more cute guys when I went to college. I had a crushes on three guys in my english class. the more cuties, the merrier!  there was another cute guy in my economics class, who would sit near me there was also a cute guy, who worked at the food court I'd order the same thing every time that I went there and he remembered my order by number I'm not the stalker type lol so I totally acted like these guys didn't exist even though I had crushes on them. it wasn't an extreme crush, but more like I thought they were cute and looked forward to see them in class. I didn't really think about them when I wasn't at school. I didn't notice if any guys had crushes on me, because I was too busy checking out other guys. oh yeah, there was one annoying guy from my computer class during college. he sat behind me. he didn't talk to me during class but talked to me after class via Aim because that used to be the thing. he got very mad when I refused to give him my phone number and stopped talking to me. but he sees me during class and doesn't say much to me nor does he try to talk to me after class. I didn't feel like giving him my number quickly like I did with the other guy because this guy was pushy and he just broke up with his gf, so I got a feeling that he just wanted to use me to get back at his ex, who dumped him for no apparent reason according to him. he gave me a creepy vibe. the highschool shy guy was way more adorable.

When the guy starts wearing his hood up, that means he's creepy. 

What's creepy is being an overnight hotel desk clerk and a big wet guy in nothing but a towel cornering you at 11 p.m. by the laundry door, and the only way around him is to literally have to touch him squeezing past.  You can fake a friendly conversation only so long, and it really makes you wonder what is in someone's head to think that is cool at all.  I think the compulsion that some people have to simply stand too close is creepy enough, I shouldn't have to ask people to move over before I accidentally touch them, and being watched by someone standing nearby is super creepy, too.  Too many comments here say it's the girl's fault for not being clear, I say it's his fault for not saying how he felt in the first place himself, which would give her the opportunity to respond verbally, instead of being the first one to have to acknowledge it.  If you change the situation even only a little and say this was a 50 year old man and a 15 year old girl, or a 40 year old woman and a college boy, or a teacher doing this to a student or reversed, it doesn't take much at all to highlight that this really is a creepy thing to do.

@greatredwoman@xanga - Backward thinking. If it worked he wasn't truly a stalker. Talk about "attempted" mind control... paranoid, controlling bitches have perfected it.

e.g. They had to contact HIM to tell him to stop and didn't have to catch him in the apparently illegal act of being creepy? Obviously he wasn't doing anything remotely stalker-ish if they had to contact him while he was off doing his own thing. Societal micro-management.