Word on the street...

Lucy Crawford, 18, city centre:

“My sister was actually harassed by a guy on five separate occasions. One time she was being followed by them and she couldn’t get away from them. She had to run to a hotel and use their telephone to phone someone to help her. So, yeah,

I would totally be up for going to a shop [if I were harassed].”

Eowyn McBirdy, 18, city centre:

“I’d feel comfortable going into a shop. I feel like it could be more safe in there than being out with the people around you and everything.”

Katie Russell,

18, city centre: “I definitely would go into a shop if I felt a bit unsafe to get some help.”

Lara, 19, Houston: “If you went into a shop and got help it would be fine, but I feel like people might not really take you seriously. I don’t know, it’s a difficult one. I think I probably would, because especially now that it’s all kind of circulating about [PUA stories], like you’re kind of aware of it, and you’re kind of scared of it.”

Morven, 18, Houston: “I think it’s quite good idea, I feel like I probably would [go to a shop] if I was in that situation. And it wasn’t just for harassment, if you’ve lost people and you need money or phone a taxi.

I think it is good.”

Victoria Hamilton, 19, Airdrie: “I would go into a shop and ask the staff member in the shop if they would help me out.”