grey_purple_bliss Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Just a quick rant about this woman I had to deal with yesterday. So I was at the coffee shop I go to every day, they're really cool people, so when I dramatically spilled an entire medium iced coffee all over the counter, they were like, "Oh, no prob, we'll clean it up." I helped anyway, and no harm done. Except that this woman standing a few feet away, who I guess was waiting for her order, was staring at me THE ENTIRE TIME with her arms across her chest like she highly disapproved of my being a klutz. Like, seriously, the entire time. At first I figured I was making it up and she wasn't really staring, but every time I looked back over she still was. Jesus, lady, you've never spilled anything before?? Ugh. </end rant> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celestia Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 "stare much?" "take a picture, it will last longer." Both perfectly appropriate responses to someone giving you the evil eye. Staring right back into their evil little peepers is my personal favorite though. I stare them down. I think it might be pretty obvious after about 30 seconds of ME staring at them, that I'm crazy and they would be best to step off. I'm also disabled and sometimes have to use a cane. Which doubles nicely as a weapon when necessary, jk. But sometimes it's tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottacrazy Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I am quite a bitch (to say the least) my response would have been "you wanna help?" or "is there a problem?"...I am not really a people person when it comes to jag offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celestia Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Susan, That reminds me of one time when Big E was 2 and he had a fall out on the floor of a grocery store, spaz attack, screaming, crying, hives all over (fair, red heads get hives when they are really upset). le sigh. Now he's a giant and looks like he would just as soon break you in two as talk to you. But he's so nice. Another story like these: (okay, I'm slacking this morning sorry). I had food stamps awhile back and I went to the frou frou Health Foods store and got 378.00 worth of food. Well, turns out, I was the first FS EBT transaction they ever had and for some reason it was traumatic for the clerk to figure out. There was this really overbearing lady behind me doing the looking over my shoulder and tapping her foot and she said, "is there a problem here?" And I did respond verbally to that one. And it was NOT nice. Not at all. Okay, purple you can have your thread back now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withing Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Yeah, I'm the "What the hell are you staring at?" or "What's your problem?" type. If she's got a problem with you spilling something that's all on her. I used to be the shy type who didn't say anything but my recent experiences with the psycho ex brought out the aggressor in me. Now I know that life is too short to be meek and mild. I don't need to be embarrassed over an accident and I don't need to put up with some rude lady staring at me. And neither do you. Next time, put her in her place. /rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix_Rising Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 "you wanna help?" *hands dripping coffee rag to bitchy woman* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey_purple_bliss Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 I didn't do much in this instance, but a lot of the time if someone's staring at me I'll glare right back. It's a habit I picked up living in Boston - the "what the fuck are YOU looking at" stare. I do enjoy that in the city it's a totally acceptable response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I love the Boston stare. I live southeast of there, but the stare is state wide! I would have said something when manic. Usually I just glare at the person though. One just doesn't know what kind of person one is dealing with. It might be someone crazier than me, for instance. That lady was rude. Manic me would have said "You can take that tampon out of your ass now!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karin Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Just a quick rant about this woman I had to deal with yesterday. So I was at the coffee shop I go to every day, they're really cool people, so when I dramatically spilled an entire medium iced coffee all over the counter, they were like, "Oh, no prob, we'll clean it up." I helped anyway, and no harm done. Except that this woman standing a few feet away, who I guess was waiting for her order, was staring at me THE ENTIRE TIME with her arms across her chest like she highly disapproved of my being a klutz. Like, seriously, the entire time. At first I figured I was making it up and she wasn't really staring, but every time I looked back over she still was. Jesus, lady, you've never spilled anything before?? Ugh. </end rant> But then again: It has happened to me that I am in a store, seen someone who is just so beautiful.. or they reminded me of someone and I look at them, and find myself just suddenly lost in thought and I keep staring at them, forgetting to look away, and my mind just suddenly starts wandering... dreaming ... remembering things... or wishing I was as beautiful... and I don't realise the impression I create or that I make the other person feel uncomfortable! My daughter attended a particular "exclusive" girls' high school (senior school?) with a uniform of a blue pinafore with a white blouse with puffed sleeves. Very identifyable in public. She always wore her blonde her up in a ponytail. After school, she went overseas to study. So one day I found a mother and daughter staring at me in a huge grocery store that was almost empty. And I realised that I had been following them throughout the grocery store, up and down every isle. Yip, this young girl was from that same school, wearing her blonde hair up in a ponytail, and she was "chatting up" and charming her mom to buy her expensive stuff. So they realised here was this "crazy woman", pushing an empty trolley, staring at them, following them. I snapped out of my dream world, went up to them and explained and told them that I had not seen my daughter in a couple of years. This young girl put her arms around me and hugged me tight, tight, tight. Oh man, sorry. Now I am crying here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdjeff Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 A few months ago my knee was really acting up so I parked in the handicap stall. Apparantly I beat this old guy to it. As I slowly get out of my car, he was walking by and said that I parked in a handicap spot. I was about to say something like, "Non shit sherlock." but I decided to be civil and pointed at my window sticker. He then said," You don't look handicapped, what's your problem?" I went from civil to not so civil and said "None of your fucking business. What's your problem?" He gave me a dirty look and I smiled and waved. Asshole. Then there are those entitled non-smokers. When I smoke, I try to stay out of the way. Just to be nice. Occasionally though somebody will say, "Do you mind?" Nowadays I just say, "Not at all, want one?" Then there was the night my friend and I got kicked out of the adult bookstore. That's in my blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2mnot Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Then there are those entitled non-smokers. When I smoke, I try to stay out of the way. Just to be nice. Occasionally though somebody will say, "Do you mind?" Nowadays I just say, "Not at all, want one?" Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineOutside Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 My boyfriend and I get stares all the time. Usually old women that think that these young women are stealing our older men that we could be with. Just kidding, but we do get stares all the time. I usually stare them down. Lately though, I don't seem to notice it much. I guess I just don't care anymore. Fuck em! Laughing, Sunshine Outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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