Maybe now you can see that your intention is not what counts. It's the behavior. When you are directed to stop a certain behavior and you persist, it becomes a power struggle. You were testing them. You were testing if you could get away with persisting at the intrusive behavior that did not seem wrong to you. At a worksite, you will not be allowed to judge what is wrong or right. I had to learn this, myself. I got fired from a job for insisting on something that I thought was right. It is painful. Like you, I thought they over-reacted. I might know more how you feel that you think I would.

I'm glad you have the other job. Make this a learning experience for yourself. The world will not adjust to me or to you. We have to adjust to the world around us. We have to change.

The ability to change your behavior is one of the biggest things needed for success in life. Persisting in unwanted behavior is something that little kids do when they are bratty. No workplace can just let that go on. If they did, pretty soon lots of workers would be doing all kinds of annoying things. You wouldn't like it either.

No more stalking, Ruby. You have emotional needs, but that was the wrong way to meet them. Finding the right way will be hard. It is for all of us. But that is what becoming a responsible adult is all about.

Suppose some guy working at the fast food place thought you were cute and liked you and wanted to be close to you and started to really stalk you. You would have a right to complain to the management at the job. And they would have an obligation to protect you from that guy's behavior. Some employers are being sued for a lot of money for failing to protect their female employees from male coworkers who thought they had rights to come on to any female they admired. It's on the news every night. That might seem like a different matter to you, but it's not. Everyone, including me and you and your supervisor has a right to go to work and not be made the object of unwanted attention. No one enjoys being stalked, no matter how much the stalker says they "like" the person they are stalking. Employers have a duty to discourage that kind of behavior and, even, absolutely forbid it. People don't get away with it as much as they used to. It starts with an employee getting followed around. Next, the employee is being cornered. Next, the employee is being made to listen to talk they shouldn't have to listen to. Next, they are being touched and grabbed. When I was your age (a long time ago,) it was common for male workers to bother female workers. They thought women should be flattered and like it. The world is changing and that's not accepted anymore. You have to respect a person's right to not be bothered, as you also have a right to be free from someone pestering you. So that's why employers take complaints of intrusiveness very seriously. They are afraid of this behavior because of how it tends to escalate and lead to worse things.

Think it all over and be glad of what you can learn from this whole experience. It will make you a better person. I lost jobs for reasons that did not seem fair to me at the time. I had to think it over long and hard to see where I brought the job loss on myself. It's painful. It's all part of growing up, which we keep doing as long as we live, not just when we are kids. There is the expression "growing pains." For some reason, pain is part of growing. Don't ask me why. IDK

Take care, Ruby. You will be okay.