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Mean rude people at the pool!!!!

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  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Totally rude! Definitely boycott that pool. :laugh:
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    JBU
  • toadg53
    toadg53 Posts: 302 Member
    Well, I'm older than you are, and also a mid-western'er (originally from northern WI) and to be truthful, I didn't think it was a rude comment either. But then, maybe you had to be there and actually hear it. But to each his own. if you were offended, then I feel bad that you were hurt. sorry.
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    Dude, that sounded like a compliment.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    I don't get it. It was a compliment. It wasn't even a backhanded compliment. The lifeguard probably sees a lot of belly flops and cannon balls.

    Reminds me of Mitch Hedberg: "I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too."
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Um, they probably meant "you used to dive competitively?"
    I think it was a compliment.

    ^ This
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
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  • morteetee
    morteetee Posts: 7
    I think it was a compliment! You probably looked great - be happy!
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    You should probably do some strength training to give you more of that "diver" look.


    Squats and deadlifts.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    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.

    you mean i've been drawn into another one?
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Because people suck, that's why! Aren't we all supposed to be supportive of each other??

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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Because people suck, that's why! Aren't we all supposed to be supportive of each other??

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    Yeah. We're all here for the same reason, to support each other. I don't know why people can't just support my journey.
  • Siannah
    Siannah Posts: 456 Member
    So, did you use to dive?
  • Siannah
    Siannah Posts: 456 Member
    When you were still young and hot I mean.
  • Siannah
    Siannah Posts: 456 Member
    Only joking
  • RhysJ13
    RhysJ13 Posts: 72
    That's out of order. You should have punched that nerd straight in the face.
  • SCV34
    SCV34 Posts: 2,048 Member
    So, did you use to dive?

    Finally someone asked the question:smile:

    To be honest, I can't tell if his being serious or facetious.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    I must be missing something, because I would have taken this as "not bad, you must have been a diver at some point." :smile:

    Yeah, same here. :/
  • LeahNMe
    LeahNMe Posts: 73 Member
    I think someone is being overly sensitive. I would have taken it as it was asked, a simple question. You don't know if the lifeguard noticed your form and recognized a competitive diver or if he was just being mean, but I guess how you would 'hear' that question is more of a reflection of the 'hearer' than the asker.
  • gmoneycole
    gmoneycole Posts: 813 Member
    I must be missing something, because I would have taken this as "not bad, you must have been a diver at some point." :smile:

    Yeah this. Let's not bee too sensitive.
  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    *cough*
    [OP profile]
    "I have no interest in people who can't put effort into becoming a grownup and working to acquire basic skills like moderation and how to deal with people disagreeing with or correcting you without getting all butthurt."
    *cough*

    Physician, heal thyself?
  • ksuh999
    ksuh999 Posts: 543 Member
    You should've just said "Dive this!" and then slapped his face with your ****.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    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…

    Anger management issues much (I'm assuming you're joking about assaulting someone.....)

    To the OP, sounds like you need a thicker skin.... I don't know how old this lifeguard was but anyone over the age of 30 is ancient to teenagers (I'm practically a fossil)
  • luv_lea
    luv_lea Posts: 1,094 Member
    how did you deduce all that malice from that one sentence?

    This. Yeah...wtf?
  • dianemmn
    dianemmn Posts: 27 Member
    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…

    Anger management issues much (I'm assuming you're joking about assaulting someone.....)

    To the OP, sounds like you need a thicker skin.... I don't know how old this lifeguard was but anyone over the age of 30 is ancient to teenagers (I'm practically a fossil)

    I thought that too! I would have had him up on a charge for bringing the Army into disrepute.Always assume they are walts:smile:
  • loriemn
    loriemn Posts: 292 Member
    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.
    seriously how can you take this as anything but a compliment? have you seen the moms walking around WalMart?..to the OP,,lighten up,I believe it was meant in a nice way,but now he thinks your a jerk..so there is that.People have called me a ***** before,,I take it and own it! Yes I can be and I am good at it when the need arises!
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Someone saw me finish a quarter pounder and they were like "wow, did you used to be fat?".

    Eta: this is a troll thread, guys, responding to a now-deleted thread from last night.
  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    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…

    Anger management issues much (I'm assuming you're joking about assaulting someone.....)

    To the OP, sounds like you need a thicker skin.... I don't know how old this lifeguard was but anyone over the age of 30 is ancient to teenagers (I'm practically a fossil)
    omg this! I was in Mexico with my high school Spanish class, and we dressed up the last night there to go see Mass at the local church in the wee town we were in. I decided at the last minute not to go, and hung out at the basketball court just outside, watching the kids play. They came up to me, and were like, "are you the teacher?" (both she and I had stayed behind the few nights that everyone else had gone to play basketball), and I said "no, I'm one of the students, I'm just 18." And then all those 6-10 year olds said "No, you're like 35, you're *old*!!"

    What every 18-year-old wants to hear. ;) So even students are wizened ancients!
  • PAHam
    PAHam Posts: 1
    Um, they probably meant "you used to dive competitively?"
    I think it was a compliment.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    You should've just said "Dive this!" and then slapped his face with your ****.

    this is the only response that would have allowed you to save face
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