After my workout, I sat on a bench near the door, waiting for her to finish so I could make sure she got to her car all right.

Miss Manners, I did not keep talking to her while she finished exercising; I just looked at my phone quietly. I did nothing untoward to her. As she left the building, she said, “Have a good night.” Then I watched her from inside the gym to make sure she got in her car safely.

A man at the gym is worried about the safety of a woman working out late at night, but creeps her out instead.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin addresses the issue of a man who lingered at the gym to ensure a young woman's safety, only to be told to leave immediately.

I am a 67-year-old man who works out regularly at a gym. The gym is open 24/7, and members have a key fob to enter since it is not always staffed. I was exercising at 9 p.m., and the only other person there was a young,