I am getting furstrated with RUDE PEOPLE!!!

[StupidBird]

The mask thing reminds me of this:
a couple years ago, my allergies and asthma were just awful. The smog downtown, the mold in the air; the only thing that made it so I could walk out the door was an N90 osha particulates mask. In the Atlanta summer these are not comfortable.
DH and I went downtown for a show; rode MARTA. Lots of stares. DH already had permission from a previous conversation to let loose with his humor if yet another person asked a dumb question.
his reply (loudly so the whole car could hear) "why no, she wears it because she's so butt-ugly!" Big gasp through the crowd, DH and I almost fall off our seats laughing...the looks on people's faces...we took turns using ridiculous replies like that all day. It was fun!

 

[vicki2x2]

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That is an awesome story!! Thank you for sharing!! I am so sorry your mom was hurt and it is unbelievable to me sometimes that anyone can be so cruel. I think it is awesome how you took care of it though, good for you!!

 

[vicki2x2]

I agree, rudeness is on the rise. I don't put up with rudeness from store employees, that is not how the store wants to be promoted. If I am treated rudely by an employee, I find the first available manager and complain. It embarrasses the crap out of my kids but you know what? They wouldn't dare be rude to people now, especially in their jobs, because they know people like me will call them on it!!

My oldest is 20 and got employee of the month last month at his Fed-Ex job and is currently in the running for a managers position, down to him and one other, normally you must have a degree, but they like him so well, they are considering giving it to him while he works on his degree. Oh and he can be rude, he is the worst of all my kids, but never, ever at his job!

 

[jenjscott]

I have a friend who works for a state employment agency. A woman came in accompanying another woman seeking services. She sat there and stated she had just been to the doctor and she had the flu. My friend asked her if she would wait outside, so as not to expose everyone there. After she went outside, my friend wiped down the surfaced she had touched while there. Now, while i personally think my friend is a little over precautious in certain situations, she was basically following the procedures recommended by the CDC. If they had had masks she could have offered one of them, but they do not. Anyway, the lady called her supervisors and and they called my friend and told her to call the lady and apologize. My friend refused, said she was within her rights and following the recommendations for communicable diseases. So her bosses called this lady and apologized.

 

[GrayDragon]

I hated working retail. At least once a day I wanted to grab someone and shake them while screaming 'not giving you the answer you want to hear does not equal rude'.


I remember being asked if our company carried a particular brand of...something, I forget what. We did not, it was a competitor's brand. Apparently responding, 'I'm sorry, we don't carry that brand, we carry BrandA, BrandB, and both new and refurbished BrandC. Right now we are actually having a sale on BrandB.' is incredibly rude.

Also rude is apparently expecting someone to *gasp* pay for the merchandise their child is eating. And refolding the shirts someone just destroyed while they are over destroying the shirts at the next table. Offering to fetch a cart for someone trying to walk while balancing several fragile items on top of a heavy item is also apparently rude.

But want to know the absolute rudest thing I ever did? Promise you won't think too ill of me?



A woman had left her unattended child, somewhere around a year of age, in the cart, unbuckled, and her three or so year old in the basket of the cart proper. He was swaying the cart from side to side. I caught it and cushioned the infant's head right before disaster struck.

From the upbraiding that woman gave me, you'd have thought I had set both kids on fire and was laughing gleefully.

 

[Rillion]

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Wow, that's really sad. My mother was walking into a store once and saw a child doing that, while her mother was trying to get her to stop. Mom walked over and said "You know, my daughter did that when she was about your size. You know what happened? The cart fell over with her in it, and she banged her chin on the floor and broke it open. We had to take her to the hospital for stitches." The girl looked up at her with an "Oh, crap" expression and promptly stopped rocking the cart. Her mother said "Thank you."

My mom was telling the truth...that really did happen. Luckily I don't really have a scar. ;-)

 

[babylady4]

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I have to remember this one....... glad the manager was on board with you; it could have been the other way around.......

 

[joebryant]

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That is an awesome story!! Thank you for sharing!! I am so sorry your mom was hurt and it is unbelievable to me sometimes that anyone can be so cruel. I think it is awesome how you took care of it though, good for you!!

Loved reading all of this. WOW! WAY TO GO!

 

[the4heathernsmom]

My grandmother told me an old saying I always try to remember to add to "kill em with kindness". "Never judge until you have walked a day in their shoes" I remember that often. I try to remember those rude people may have had something horrid going on in their life or had a really hard time not that is an excuse for ill of others but maybe an explanation. I know sometimes I have been rude or unleashed on someone who did not deserve it just because it all came out in that one instance of I can't take one more thing. Somewhere out there we have lost the be kind to your neighbor and the "old" ways. I try to go back and remember what my granny said and what my grandmothers taught me but nowadays it just isn't reciprocated. I instill it in my kids hoping that maybe if I as a parent or human being make a change somewhere there are others doing the same and one day maybe we will not have the cruelness that we see so often day after day. I am pondering life today I guess........

 

[FlightsofFancy]

I feel for the great individuals that have chosen to work in health care or Emergency Services.
My husband decided to become a Fire Fighter/paramedic later in life because he truly loves to help people and wants to make a difference in their lives....not much different than most others in the same field. After repeatedly being verbally abused by low lifes that need a taxi ride to the ER for a drug fix at 3 am. Or by a daughter/son who is too lazy to take an elderly parent to the DR....his views on the world has changed. It's so sad to see him put up walls to protect himself from disrespectful individuals who he only wants to help. Not to mention risking his own life for people who couldn't give a S**T!

Thank you to all of you in the ER (I know the ones I have meet are fabulous) and anyone else dealing with the on-slot of rude, nasty people.
Remember: A smile is free, but it's worth a million!