Mean rude people at the pool!!!!

LiftAllThePizzas

I was at the pool swimming and diving, and after I finished I walked past the lifeguard on the way out, who asked me, "you used to dive?"

I was like, "What is that supposed to mean? Are you calling me old? Or are you saying I'm not good enough to dive anymore?"

How are people like that allowed to walk around and breathe the same air as the rest of us who aren't mean and rude?

Schmiznurf

People are always going to be mean because they are ashamed of something in themselves, so don't take it to heart.
That lifeguard has probably never done any proper diving so is a little jealous that you do.

Deipneus

I was throwing a football around and someone asked me if I used to play quarterback. You mean that wasn't a compliment?

WaKay

I must be missing something, because I would have taken this as "not bad, you must have been a diver at some point."

jillyrobb

Um, they probably meant "you used to dive competitively?"
I think it was a compliment.

besaro

how did you deduce all that malice from that one sentence?

ninav1980

hmmm, sorry, I dont get the rude part. He was just asking a question, right? I know nobody asks me if I used to dive when I "dive" into the pool. Im not good at all enough to comment. Maybe it was a compliment?? You might be reading too much into that......

FraggleRockerFitnessLover

Settle Down, you're only as old as you believe to be...

djshari

I'm not exactly sure how that was rude - it sounds like a simple question. How did you respond?

No_Finish_Line

I don't understand how anyone can take that as anything other then a compliment.


did you used to dive?

Deipneus

Um, they probably meant "you used to dive competitively?"
I think it was a compliment.

Exactly.

gsager

Maybe he meant that you were so good it was evident that you used to dive. Maybe it's you that's being negative.

zoeysasha37

I get comments like that sometimes for example, "your hot for being a mom" and that type of thing. I just let it roll off my shoulder, and try not to worry about it. Some people are just jerks, others are just poor spoken so can't communicate their feelings in a way that is appropriate.

AsaThorsWoman

I must be missing something, because I would have taken this as "not bad, you must have been a diver at some point."

^this^

jenmom2myboys

What they said. I took it as a compliment.

ninavdd

I was throwing a football around and someone asked me if I used to play quarterback. You mean that wasn't a compliment?

I was thinking the same thing. Although it was swimming, not being a quarterback. Nobody would ever assume I once was a quarterback!

Sooo, to protect my own ego, I'm with team compliment!

jesiann2014

Dude, you totally took that the wrong way. Sounds like maybe you have a bit of a pessimism issue. Determine to be that 'glass half full' guy.

firstsip

I was at the pool swimming and diving, and after I finished I walked past the lifeguard on the way out, who asked me, "you used to dive?"

I was like, "What is that supposed to mean? Are you calling me old? Or are you saying I'm not good enough to dive anymore?"

How are people like that allowed to walk around and breathe the same air as the rest of us who aren't mean and rude?

Yeah, I get where you're coming from. "Used to"... as in, you appear washed up. Old. What a horrible thing for them to say.

Don't sweat them, OP. They're probably just jealous because they never got to accomplish their diving dreams at all!

Oscarinmiami

Sounds like he was giving you a compliment in a no-homo way...I think he meant that you showed some style and ability not that you are old...I could be wrong but that's what it sounded to me.

Bry_Fitness70

I was wearing an Army Airborne shirt a few months ago, and this guy out of nowhere says “you used to be Airborne”? I blew up and just punched him in the face, screaming “what do you mean “used to”, do I look too old to jump out of a plane?” Idiot!!!!!! Sigh…

deksgrl

As long as nobody is mean to you on the internet, that would be even more horrible.

JDingmanSr

That was not a dig toward you, it was more of a round about compliment. I played Junior Hockey when I was younger and when I turned 50 I went to play in a men's league because they were desperate for goalies, and one of the kids saw me walking up with my goalie pads draped over my shoulders and asked "Aren't you too old to play goalie?" Now that is NOT a compliment. However, to this date that young man has failed to score one me even though he has had several breakaways

Trust us.....it was a compliment

SCV34

Pretty sure that was a compliment. Not really sure how that was rude. Did I miss something in your post?

When I play basketball at the park, people ask me what school I used to played for. I take that as a compliment all day everyday!

xenoa

I must be missing something, because I would have taken this as "not bad, you must have been a diver at some point."

My thoughts exactly.

edisonsbulb

kgeyser

He's just pissed that he's mastered the cannonball but the can opener remains woefully out of reach.

No_Finish_Line

Either the OP just turned 30, 40, or is generally having an 'i hate being old' day lol

Deipneus

Either the OP just turned 30, 40, or is generally having an 'i hate being old' day lol

Or maybe he was joking... I'm not entirely sure.

LiftAllThePizzas

I was wearing an Army Airborne shirt a few months ago, and this guy out of nowhere says “you used to be Airborne”? I blew up and just punched him in the face, screaming “what do you mean “used to”, do I look too old to jump out of a plane?” Idiot!!!!!! Sigh…

Finally someone gets it! It's amazing all the people here who think it's totally ok to be rude.

seltzermint555

Um, they probably meant "you used to dive competitively?"
I think it was a compliment.

Exactly.

+1

(some people just are not great at giving compliments and it comes off weird...I kinda get it OP)

littlelaura

You went off the deep end with this dude , sorry yes pun intended.
Always look for the positive and believe it was meant as a compliment more or less.