Androgyny at Ease; or Shopping for Dryer Sheets

While shopping at a local department store today (the one that is closely related to a bull's eye), I noticed that a young person was staring at my t-shirt for minutes. Not thinking anything of it, I continued to place my paper towels, paper plates, dryer sheets, and soda pop (as manufactured by a company based in Atlanta and whose name is historically linked to an opiate) on the filthy black conveyor belt. The cashier, a friendly 40-something Latina, made some small talk about the weather (it has rained in my area for the last week), typical human stuff. Every few seconds I glanced toward my observer, and the kid continued to stare directly at my shirt. The reason for my usage of nondescript terms like kid and young person is because I could not, and cannot, ascertain the sex of this person. He/she was rather tall and quite lanky, with long dark hair and earrings. Nothing seemed particularly feminine except for the pink tie-dyed shirt, purple bracelets, and lavender shoes (not really shoes, rather those extremely annoying plastic shoes named for a relative of the alligator). Androgyny aside, his/her eyes never appeared to blink. I looked down at my shirt, a rather nice blue t-shirt featuring an early '80's British band (named for an animal that is known for changing appearances), but I didn't see any mustard stains or revealing holes. I looked up and made eye contact with the cashier. She smiled. She had noticed the shirt pervert as well. Returning a smile, I inserted my credit card into the payment machine, signed my signature (which is highly artful and quite impressive), grabbed my bags and walked away. About 10 yards away, I looked over my shoulder and the person still stared in my direction. Bags in hand, I ditched my cart in the cart overflow, and walked briskly to my car (briskly for me in my current state of shape is not very impressive), depositing my bags into the back of my car. As I drove off, I passed by the starer, who had just left the store. He/she smiled and waved. I returned the gestures.