Elder laying in bed with his shirt unbuttoned
This is a real story although it sounds like a smutty novel. One time after service, me and my tech savy partner (in our 20s) went to an elder's (in his 60s, but very jovial, HS teacher) home to help him with his TV - his bedroom TV, I found, once we got there. I was in the living room because I felt weird being in a room alone with two men when his wife wasn't home.
Well, he called me to join them because I was all alone in the living room. It felt normal, like, he doesn't want me to feel ignored.
I followed him to his room where my partner was messing with the TV trying to fix an issue with the screen. I stood by the door and leaned on the door frame because I still didn't feel comfortable going into his small bedroom. Well, he partially laid in his bed and I was looking at the TV while he - funny guy type - was cracking jokes and stuff. I noticed him looking at me, and when I looked back at him, his shirt was unbuttoned halfway and I could see his chest, while he was kind of laying in bed.
My heart started racing and I could barely believe what I was seeing. Cognitive dissonance hit me, I tried to play it off in my head, but as someone who suffered s**** harassment, that felt triggering and weeeird.
He was my "favorite elder" until he did this. I just never saw him the same. To this day, I don't know why he thought this was okay.
Edit to add: I told this to my UBER pimi sibling + the fact that this elder was touchy with me, and basically got no reaction. You're just supposed to accept anything elders do. IT'S A CULT!!
THIS was the vibe: https://people.com/movies/jeff-goldblum-recreates-his-shirtless-jurassic-park-scene-to-make-sure-americans-are-goodtovote/
Imagine how creeped out I was by AN ELDER doing this. Some people have been out of the cult for so long, they don't remember how we used to perceive (how we were taught to perceive) elders. This was out of line.