Some people are so rude.

StormWarrior

I was in the supermarket today, in the queue, when suddenly two fat, scruffy, butch women, one about 45 and one about 60, just really blatantly came over and pushed right in front of me. I said, "Um, excuse me, I'm next," and the old one turned round and gave me the most evil look, staring me down for about 10 seconds until I couldn't help but look away. They piled their shopping onto the conveyor belt and I started looking at the old one again, I was staring at her in disbelief at her rudeness and she saw me looking at her and yelled, "Oh yeah, as if you've never done it!"

I couldn't think of anything to say. It wasn't until I got home I thought of things I could have said, like "No I haven't because my parents taught me manners." I honestly think old people tend to be so much ruder than young people. Has anyone here had any blatant rudeness directed at them? Or have you been the ruse one?

2 Fat ladies. 88


CHECK!!!!!!

Cantremember

Terrible to think that there are people that old who have to try and prove themselves in such an ignorant and aggressive manner.

wretcheddomain

StormWarrior wrote: »

I was in the supermarket today, in the queue, when suddenly two fat, scruffy, butch women, one about 45 and one about 60, ...

It's perfectly acceptable for you to make rude comments about them though?

Pot-kettle-black.

staring me down for about 10 seconds until I couldn't help but look away.

She stared you down and you lost - accept it and move on.

Duggy747

Should've slapped her across the face with your glove and demanded a duel.

wp_rathead

StormWarrior wrote: »

I was in the supermarket today, in the queue, when suddenly two fat, scruffy, butch women, one about 45 and one about 60, just really blatantly came over and pushed right in front of me. I said, "Um, excuse me, I'm next," and the old one turned round and gave me the most evil look, staring me down for about 10 seconds until I couldn't help but look away. They piled their shopping onto the conveyor belt and I started looking at the old one again, I was staring at her in disbelief at her rudeness and she saw me looking at her and yelled, "Oh yeah, as if you've never done it!"

I couldn't think of anything to say. It wasn't until I got home I thought of things I could have said, like "No I haven't because my parents taught me manners." I honestly think old people tend to be so much ruder than young people. Has anyone here had any blatant rudeness directed at them? Or have you been the ruse one?

Plural of anecdotal is data it seems

There are cnnts over all demographics - male, female, elderly, youth, middle aged, working class, upper class, middle class, religious, non-religious, sports fans, non-sports fans - depends on person more than specific "group"

ColeTrain

StormWarrior wrote: »

I couldn't think of anything to say. It wasn't until I got home I thought of things I could have said, like "No I haven't because my parents taught me manners."

After going home and thinking about it, that's the best you could come up with? Hang your head in shame.

StormWarrior

Well, they started it. I wouldn't have been rude about them first.

minotour

setting context via a description is hardly a "rude comment". Had he said "Skinny, well dressed, feminine women" would you consider that rude??

StormWarrior

ColeTrain wrote: »

After going home and thinking about it, that's the best you could come up with? Hang your head in shame.

Well, suggestions please, for future reference?

I Heart Internet

Sometimes you gotta let people like that slide right on by and ignore them.

They are probably troubled, angry people.

You let them know they were in the wrong, not much more you could do short of getting into a confrontation.

Don't stoop to their level OP.

ColeTrain

StormWarrior wrote: »

Well, suggestions please, for future reference?

"I'll cut ya"

wretcheddomain

StormWarrior wrote: »

just really blatantly came over and pushed right in front of me. I said, "Um,

Did you really say 'Um'? You should be looking like this (:o) right now.

Has anyone here had any blatant rudeness directed at them? Or have you been the ruse one?

Yeah, I tend to aruse controversy.

Well, suggestions please, for future reference?

A few seconds ago, you were bragging about being taught to live with manners, and yet you can't think of anything to say to rude people? Meh...

darkpagandeath

You should have invented a time machine for just such occasions, You can then travel to that point and always have a glib remark.

gugleguy

In with "Call Joe Duffy" before anybody else - wait - Is Joe still on holidays? - have'nt checked

osarusan

wretcheddomain wrote: »

It's perfectly acceptable for you to make rude comments about them though?

Pot-kettle-black.



She stared you down and you lost - accept it and move on.

Nice ninja edit.

mickydoomsux

I deal with people all day in my job.

Women 40+ are by far the most ignorant, pushy people you will deal with. They are also the ones who have the least common sense or understanding of simple concepts.

RayM

StormWarrior wrote: »

I couldn't think of anything to say. It wasn't until I got home I thought of things I could have said, like "No I haven't because my parents taught me manners."

In France, they call that "L'esprit de l'escalier".

They have a word for everything, the French.

I Heart Internet

mickydoomsux wrote: »

I deal with people all day in my job.

Women 40+ are by far the most ignorant, pushy people you will deal with. They are also the ones who have the least common sense or understanding of simple concepts.

What about "butch" ones? Are they the worst?

Donkey Oaty

StormWarrior wrote: »

think old people tend to be so much ruder than young people

45 & 60 is hardly "old" is it? It's your Rolf Harrises, your Rupert Murdochs and your George Hooks that belong in that bracket.

darkpagandeath

RayM wrote: »

In France, they call that "L'esprit de l'escalier".

They have a word for everything, the French.

Just like in English then

Ruu

They must live a fairly crappy existence.

I Heart Internet

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

45 & 60 is hardly "old" is it? It's your Rolf Harrises, your Rupert Murdochs and your George Hooks that belong in that bracket.

George is a gent. He wouldn't stand for this.

SoapMcTavish

This happened to me in Dunnes recently - and the girl behind the checkout was cool enough to close the checkout, apologise to the crazy lady who cut me ... and said very loudly that she was moving to the next checkout. She moved her cashbox and I was first in that queue .... yer one was fuming - piling her stuff back into basket.

mickydoomsux

I Heart Internet wrote: »

What about "butch" ones? Are they the worst?

I presume by butch the OP means the "I gave up trying to look ****able" short-haircut and bingo wings that a lot of Irish women of a certain age all seem to have.

MagicIRL

Is there anything to be said for a good old fashioned kick to the face?

The Backwards Man

Horrific.

I hope there weren't too many serious injuries.

minotour

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

45 & 60 is hardly "old" is it? It's your Rolf Harrises, your Rupert Murdochs and your George Hooks that belong in that bracket.

That's some company you've got poor auld George keeping.

StormWarrior

mickydoomsux wrote: »

I presume by butch the OP means the "I gave up trying to look ****able" short-haircut and bingo wings that a lot of Irish women of a certain age all seem to have.

Yes that is what they looked like, but this was in England.

Donkey Oaty

I Heart Internet wrote: »

George is a gent. He wouldn't stand for this.

He's a gent of sorts, I agree, and would never queue barge.

However, if he witnessed someone doing so he would probably try to put it in context and diffuse the situation by bringing up some tedious and irrelevant anecdote about growing up in Cork.

SEPT 23 1989

they were probably frustrated in this hot weather

riffmongous

"The only queue you'll be skippin', is the queue to the hospital"

Barely There

The only reason people like this exist is because people like you let them away with it.

'StormWarrior' indeed.

Use some classic internet hardman moves the next time, like the bitch-slap or perhaps the piss-blast.

I Heart Internet

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

He's a gent of sorts, I agree, and would never queue barge.

However, if he witnessed someone doing so he would probably try to put it in context and diffuse the situation by bringing up some tedious and irrelevant anecdote about growing up in Cork.

That reminds me of something Brother Athenasius used to say............

He wouldn't try to diffuse it, he's a firm law and order man.

darkpagandeath

I Heart Internet wrote: »

That reminds me of something Brother Athenasius used to say............

He wouldn't try to diffuse it, he's a firm law and order man.

Is that the Left then Right foot :pac:

Dramatik

Stormwarrior needs to watch more bas rutten self defence tutorials:

Adamantium

After thinking of a witty remark too late, I would have dashed towards the exit loaded the DeLorean up with the shopping and then returned 5 minutes earlier to bludgeon the head off of her with a bacquette in the carpark.

Then again, that's just me.

whirlpool

From my years in customer service and in retail, women aged 30-70 have been the absolute worst, most demanding and rudest people on the planet. (That said, it's still only a minority of them - most were perfectly lovely.)

The second worst were men in the 40-60 age range. (Again, only a minority of them.)



*Age guessed by their appearance, or in the case of working in the call centre I usually had their date of birth on the screen in front of me.

Knex*

Stare her down before crying out in a bogger accent, "Hon over here, and I'll mount ya".

PizzamanIRL

Respect your elders. If she says she was next then she's next. No two ways about it.

darkpagandeath

Dramatik wrote: »

Stormwarrior needs to watch more bas rutten self defence tutorials:

Ah yes this guy still makes me laugh, As none of what he does would get you arrested for manslaughter. It’s all the better as the setting is in a pub.

Ruu

riffmongous wrote: »

"The only queue you'll be skippin', is the queue to the hospital"

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!:cool:

Plazaman

You should have just stood there holding two bananas in the shape of a cross and kept shouting "Witches" and "Burn them". Also you could try sneaking in a packet of batteries to their shopping, skangers would be about €7 down then.

stoneill

Had you played your cards right you cudda got yer hole there.

Falthyron

They are old and fat so let them have their 5 minutes in the queue, they won't be around for much longer.

Pumpkinseeds

mickydoomsux wrote: »

I deal with people all day in my job.

Women 40+ are by far the most ignorant, pushy people you will deal with. They are also the ones who have the least common sense or understanding of simple concepts.

Those are fighting words, don't make me come over there and smack you in the mouth

eisenberg1

TheTorment wrote: »

2 Fat ladies. 88


CHECK!!!!!!

Clickety duck..................62:D

Lapin

StormWarrior wrote: »

Well, suggestions please, for future reference?

Take her shopping off the conveyor belt and fúck as far as you can back into the aisles of the supermarket and tell the bitch to go fetch.

snaphook

You always go 1 up on someone.

If they're nice to you, you be nicer.

If they're rude to you, then you be a caaaaant to them.

It's the meaning of life. You're default mode so to speak is to treat people with respect but apply the above to every life situation.

You should have made a scene. An unpleasant one for them.

lulu1

mickydoomsux wrote: »

I deal with people all day in my job.

Women 40+ are by far the most ignorant, pushy people you will deal with. They are also the ones who have the least common sense or understanding of simple concepts.

I hope you are joking

rubadub

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Respect your elders. If she says she was next then she's next. No two ways about it.

The OP never said how old they were. I respect people who deserve it, I am not ageist or sexist about it.

StormWarrior wrote: »

Well, suggestions please, for future reference?

about 10 years back there was a middle aged man in a suit who skipped ahead of school kids in a centra near me, trying to pay for his paper quickly. I was right at the back so started shouting out "KUNT! KUNT!" and pointing at him, the kids were loving it, he was bright red.

I did similar in a mcdonalds before too, this was more risky as the queue skipper was pissed and a scumbag. He started mouthing off and a bouncer had to come up, I had the bouncer/security guy standing beside me as I ate my food.

In this case when she said "Oh yeah, as if you've never done it!" I would have asked "done what?". So if she did say "skip the queue" you could say "oh, so you ARE aware that you're a queue skipping cunt, I just thought you might just been a bit senile, what with your age and all"

Kunt is still a word that packs a lot of punch, worst that is going to happen is a security guy comes over, then you simply act totally calm and collected and inform them of what the other person did.