Strong reaction to public humiliation = Over sensitive

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  • bumblebreezy91
    bumblebreezy91 Posts: 520 Member
    I'm not sure who people think they are to comment on things like this. Complete strangers feel compelled to approach others and swoop in to save the day. Ugh. I'm sorry this happened to you, but you had a perfect reaction. I probably would have shut down out of embarrassment, left the store, and then I would have let it ruin my day because I hadn't confronted him directly.

    I think it was spectacular that you stood up for yourself like that instead of shutting down like I would have or choosing to get down to his level by name-calling out of anger. Kudos!
  • tmauck4472
    tmauck4472 Posts: 1,785 Member
    He may have been trying to offer good advice, but failed miserably. I'm in no way making excuses for him, but your reaction was a little over the top too. Had I been in your shoes, I may have just acknowledged him with a short reply or nod of the head and dismissed him.

    Everyone here seems to be able to interpret his intent. Maybe they're right; maybe they're wrong. No reason to get all worked up over it.

    As for the Marine factor -- I give him a pass for his service.

    Over the top? heck no...He was sticking his nose where it didn't belong and imo she should have told him where to go and it wouldn't be back down the isle where he came from. SMDH and service or not he gets NO pass for being rude. No one gets a free pass for being rude.
  • Relentless_0ne
    Relentless_0ne Posts: 38
    He may have been trying to offer good advice, but failed miserably. I'm in no way making excuses for him, but your reaction was a little over the top too. Had I been in your shoes, I may have just acknowledged him with a short reply or nod of the head and dismissed him.

    Everyone here seems to be able to interpret his intent. Maybe they're right; maybe they're wrong. No reason to get all worked up over it.

    As for the Marine factor -- I give him a pass for his service.

    Over the top? heck no...He was sticking his nose where it didn't belong and imo she should have told him where to go and it wouldn't be back down the isle where he came from. SMDH and service or not he gets NO pass for being rude. No one gets a free pass for being rude.


    Why stop there? Should have called the police and filed verbal assault charges. I mean, how dare he speak to her that way right? Since he approached her and offered unsolicited interaction, this is borderline intimidation and that kind of behavior should be nipped in the bud immediately. There's no telling how many more lives he ruined that day. Someone may want to start a petition to prevent this from happening again. Id sign it.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    In order for a perceived insult to be effective, the person being insulted has to be vulnerable. If you feel good about yourself, you'll recognize the attack as a character flaw in the person throwing it and not yourself.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    He may have been trying to offer good advice, but failed miserably. I'm in no way making excuses for him, but your reaction was a little over the top too. Had I been in your shoes, I may have just acknowledged him with a short reply or nod of the head and dismissed him.

    Everyone here seems to be able to interpret his intent. Maybe they're right; maybe they're wrong. No reason to get all worked up over it.

    As for the Marine factor -- I give him a pass for his service.

    Over the top? heck no...He was sticking his nose where it didn't belong and imo she should have told him where to go and it wouldn't be back down the isle where he came from. SMDH and service or not he gets NO pass for being rude. No one gets a free pass for being rude.


    Why stop there? Should have called the police and filed verbal assault charges. I mean, how dare he speak to her that way right? Since he approached her and offered unsolicited interaction, this is borderline intimidation and that kind of behavior should be nipped in the bud immediately. There's no telling how many more lives he ruined that day. Someone may want to start a petition to prevent this from happening again. Id sign it.
    Well, that escalated quickly ...
  • hortensehildegarde
    hortensehildegarde Posts: 592 Member
    someone else probably already said this, but I don't even think skinny cow really has less calories. They just package it in smaller serving sizes.

    At least not less calories than good chocolate.

    I'd have told him he was offering poor advice (because skinny cow wouldn't be the kind of chocolate I was after hence no point in eating it) but good response OP!

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