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Bit upset. Just got told off for adding up my groceries

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  • Janey3
    Janey3 Posts: 417 Forumite
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    I was the poster who suggested blowing a kiss, but I didn't mention that one of the other things I have done in the past is to bark at people.

    I am a big, tall, lass who can do a mean Clint Eastwood squint and stare - you should see how fast they run when the big, mad lady starts barking :D


    ..and add 'do ya feel lucky, punk?' they'll run even faster!
  • Janey3 wrote: »
    ..and add 'do ya feel lucky, punk?' they'll run even faster!

    Good idea - and as I am blonde I can also carry off the "blondie" nickname too from the Good, The Bad and the Ugly :)
  • Purple_kitten
    Purple_kitten Posts: 3,249 Forumite
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    I don't quite know what's up with people. At the moment there do seem to be a lot of "boulchy" people about.:eek: I always thought evolution would take care of it:) the amout of ridiculous things they say and do.

    Cheel, please know you will always be better than that.

    I have to say I like the comeback someone mentioned of "I can lose weight but you will always be a £$$%."
  • Janey3
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    Good idea - and as I am blonde I can also carry off the "blondie" nickname too from the Good, The Bad and the Ugly :)


    Just perfect:D
  • pigpen
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    fuddle wrote: »
    Those 'eff off' vibes might attract folk like that pigpen. Someone who will give a reaction is most probably more fun than even a meek mannered mouse.

    Polite, head held high with a quiet confidence is the way to go I reckon - an air of I can't be put down mixed with I'm better than getting agitated by silly little comments.


    no they don't.. they mean noone approaches me .. ever.. it does mean I don't have many friends though lol

    Hopefully it will stand me in good stead given I just took on the local health authority haha
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  • MMF007
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    Years ago I would have re-run any unpleasant event over and over, but not anymore.
    I just look the person up and down and give them my best 'Paddington stare', as in Paddington bear. It absolutely cracks DH up!

    Of course most offenders mutter something after they have passed you (cowards!) so they miss seeing my face but I bet they can feel it!

    I genuinely feel sorry for them, even though it makes me cross, because they are just bitter people with their own issues who can't help sniping at someone rather than finding a way to make their own life happier. Clearly if you are happy or content then you wouldn't be horrid to innocent bystanders. If I am having a bad day I just have a little rant at the inanimate objects in my kitchen while clattering round making dinner! I don't b*tch at strangers.

    PS - you lot are leading me astray, I do fancy the retort, 'who pi55ed on your chips?' :D;:D
    I have changed my work-life balance to a life-work balance. :grin:
  • dragonette
    dragonette Posts: 879 Forumite
    I don't tend to get mean spirited comments from strangers - I'm also a dragon lol. Does mean I tend to not be approached in general, ably assisted by a polka dot walking stick :)

    OP, sounds like you had the misfortune of running into a nasty b**ch. Don't let her put you off doing exactly as you were, none of her business!
    :AStarting again on my own this time!! - Defective flylady! :A
  • UnluckyT
    UnluckyT Posts: 486 Forumite
    Just had run in with a grumpy pensioner for want of saying it better.
    Was happily sat on a comfy sofa in the library, making most of wifi, to have an old boy tapping my foot with his stick, waving arms around muttering something about 'his seat'?.
    I was surprised and stunned.
  • pigpen
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    UnluckyT wrote: »
    Just had run in with a grumpy pensioner for want of saying it better.
    Was happily sat on a comfy sofa in the library, making most of wifi, to have an old boy tapping my foot with his stick, waving arms around muttering something about 'his seat'?.
    I was surprised and stunned.


    Did he want the stick placing somewhere strategic??

    I'd have rather loudly, given it was a library, requested he stop touching me before I had a complaint against him re assault.. Cheeky [EMAIL="tw@t"]!!!!!![/EMAIL].. I hate those old biddies who think they can do as they please because they are old! .. I do rather like the elderly lovelies on the whole.


    We have a nasty piece of work on a mobility scooter here, I call him Davros (evil dude on dr who) my older children call him Adolf... He tried running over my friends daughter when she was 3 and fell over.. and he tried making me move when I was hugely pregnant and on crutches standing to the side of the footpath with my mother (8ft wide path, I wasnt that fat!)... he got himself a roasting over that one.. the woman walking behind him nearly wet herself laughing.. How he has managed to not get a beating from someone is beyond me!
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  • LameWolf
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    MMF007 wrote: »
    PS - you lot are leading me astray, I do fancy the retort, 'who pi55ed on your chips?' :D;:D
    Yeah, I like that one, too. :D

    If anyone's familiar with the video game "Skyrim", often one of the town guards will say to you in a mocking voice "Let me guess, someone stole your sweetroll!".
    If your dog thinks you're the best, don't seek a second opinion.;)
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