What's the strangest comment you've received?
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DearestWinter wrote: »girlviernes wrote: »Guess what, if you are my boss, don't talk about my body!
Even compliments? Why can't a boss be friendly and compliment someone on an achievement?
I may be a little formal but I would find any comments about an employee's body, diet or weight loss efforts to be inappropriate unless they initiate it, and then only polite small talk about the subject. (E.g., I had an employee very excited about juicing so we discussed some of the recipes she used.)
I agree. I truly dislike it when people I don't know well--neighbors, randoms, coworkers, and definitely bosses--comment on my body, even if they mean well. And I don't talk about others' bodies or weight loss efforts unless it's someone I know is up for the discussion. It's gross.0 -
When i lost weight, everyone was complimenting me and saying i look like a model. My brother said i look like "mine worker from Auschwitz"0
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FoodFitnessTravel wrote: »When i lost weight, everyone was complimenting me and saying i look like a model. My brother said i look like "mine worker from Auschwitz"
Brother's say the nicest things. I asked mine what he thought of my pig tails once and he compared me to the witch in The Sword in the Stone- Mab, when she was being really ugly with the snout face.
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Haha, sounds like a compliment I received after losing weight: a middle aged lady with platinum blonde hair was walking her miniature dog, stopped dead in front of me and said (with a heavy Amsterdam accent): "You look like a beautiful yellow pineapple!"lalabrucey wrote: »Oh, once I also had someone describe as as a cute little blonde cockatoo - wtf?!
(I was wearing a very yellow coat).
On a less complimentary note, before said weight loss success I was walking down the street when a drug addict wanted money. I declined, and he replied "yes, sure, go buy some more food". When I walked away while flipping him off he did mumble some sort of apology. But it stuck.
I've also been mistaken for someone who is pregnant. Twice. But I just imagined that to be because my weight does not accumulate on my legs, but mostly on the belly. So I took it as a "you have slender legs"
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When I was super skinny I never really got compliments. At that time I was probably 110 pounds. I constantly had people asking me if there as something wrong with me and if I had an eating disorder.
While being over weight I've been asked if I'm pregnant alot. My mother in law and I where in target and she started to look for baby clothes for my sister in law who was pregnant with twins. My mother started talking to some random woman about needing two of everything and the woman just instantly assumed it was me pregnant with twins and made the comment that you could definately tell I was having twins. I wasn't pregnant.
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I've been told I have 'thighs that could feed a third world nation'. Not the strangest comment ever, but the only one that was vaguely original and not just that I'm too fat.0
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My boyfriend noticed I lost weight. He can't, however, give me "normal" boyfriend compliments like "hey good job, you look good" or something like that...but we're sitting on the couch, he puts his hand on the back of my arm and says "You have nice triceps."
Idk why it cracked me up, but it did.0 -
duckykissy wrote: »FoodFitnessTravel wrote: »When i lost weight, everyone was complimenting me and saying i look like a model. My brother said i look like "mine worker from Auschwitz"
Brother's say the nicest things. I asked mine what he thought of my pig tails once and he compared me to the witch in The Sword in the Stone- Mab, when she was being really ugly with the snout face. Jerkface.
LOL, even when they're trying to be nice, they miss the mark. My older brother saw me in my new glasses and managed "Wow, new glasses. You look.... better."0 -
My boyfriend noticed I lost weight. He can't, however, give me "normal" boyfriend compliments like "hey good job, you look good" or something like that...but we're sitting on the couch, he puts his hand on the back of my arm and says "You have nice triceps."
Idk why it cracked me up, but it did.
I love it. My husband ends up putting foot in his mouth "I've just noticed, there's a lot of people fatter than you now." .... That's not how compliments work dear.
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ncboiler89 wrote: »girlviernes wrote: »Guess what, if you are my boss, don't talk about my body!
Even compliments? Why can't a boss be dirndls and compliment someone on an achievement?
And not even a compliment like....wow nice booty. We are talking about complimenting someone's health.
Some people will never be happy.
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duckykissy wrote: »Oddest ever- "Your eyes look like they're from a Rembrandt painting". Some 70 year old lady who came into my work. I remember just saying "uuum thanks?"
I think this was a lovely compliment.
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duckykissy wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »
I agree- although I add the disclaimer "unless it's in your job description". I've had chemists and roller coaster people ask me if I was pregnant. I may pout a little but it's better than giving someone the wrong dosage or doing something that could cause miscarriage. However, I get that one all the time now working in child care. The young ones seem to ask everyone that though because a lot of them are going to be big sister/brothers and are verrrrrrry interested in who is and isn't pregnant.
Several years ago my youngest daughter, aged 4 or 5, hugged me and buried her face in my belly, then proceeded to pat said belly with her hands - then she said "Mommy, when are you having the baby?" I said "I already did, six years ago when I had you!"
She then said "But your belly looks like a baby's in there!"
And yet it took me nearly 10 years after that to REALLY get on the fitness wagon...I tried several times, this time I am going to make it. :P She's 15 now. LOL
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Couple more...
Right after I had my #3 child I was very very heavy - I had not lost much weight between my 1st and 2nd; and nothing between #2 and #3. I saw an old boss of mine in a store and he smacked my arm and said "Packing on the pounds there, huh?" (I used to be realllly skinny when I worked for him.) I was somewhat speechless at his audacity...and later wished I had said "Well how about you get pregnant 4 times in 5 years time and see how you look?" I never think of good things to say until it's too late. (I had lost a baby in between #1 and 2)
The one that threw me for a loop the most was a friend who certainly didn't mean to insult me but she did..lol. She had lost a lot of weight and was giving me her clothes as she was shrinking out of them. Some of the things she gave me were still too small for me so I had to lose some weight to get into them. One item in particular was an awesome pair of jeans that I just loved and was so proud I could wear them....
I wore them over to her house and she looked puzzled.... "Did I give those jeans to you?" I was so proud, I said "Yes! They finally fit!" and she then took all the wind out of my sails by saying "Wow...and I thought I looked so good in them!"
I knew what she meant - she had lost a considerable amount of weight since the time she gave them to me, and she only meant that she thought she was so awesome then but still had a long way to go...but it came out all wrong. LOL0 -
I went to a Dr who didn't know my highest weight was 230, I was 180 at appt and she's just looking at the number on the the chart with some disdain and asks,"well are you active? " (I work out 6days a week ) so she's checking my scoliosis and asks me to touch my toes, my nose touches my knee and she says with surprise "oh! I guess you do exercise!" I gave the raised eyebrow "ya think!?" look.0
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I have a couple of serious knee injuries and when I play squash I have to wear a very bulky shin to thigh knee brace.
Funniest comment was "Bloody hell - I'm playing Robocop".
Most motivating comment was "Oh look, I'm playing a cripple".
(Boy did that person have to do a lot of running that day!)0 -
Had a guy who's a friend of a friend on fb tell me I was beyond beautiful, and he would love to grow a field of me.
First of all thanks on the beautiful, second that's creepy! He went on to explain himself, and it just creeped me out even more! Needless to say blocked!0 -
Got another. My hair dresser told me, not just my face but my whole head got smaller. And I'm thinking "oh great, apparently I looked like the Kool-aid Man before and no one thought to mention it?!"0
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Your whole head??!
I'm sure this discourse doofus meant to say your face, but lolz0 -
When I worked in retail, I had a little old lady I had just served tell me to never dye my hair. O.o, well, okay, thankyou, I had no intention of doing so, but, er...
Actually, I get a lot of questioning about my hair colour. There are plenty of people - especially hairdressers - who can't believe it's natural. I really didn't think my red-gold was that odd.0 -
People used to think I have an eating disorder. I never told anyone I was going to lose weight so they just assumed I'm sick when I suddenly started shrinking. My sister's mom said that she'll call a rehab Centre if I look even thinner the next time she saw me. She meant well, not in a insultive way.
Luckily body recomp is so slow, I believe this time my good looking body will creep up on them and they'll ask: "Whoa! When did that happen? ?" .... to which I'll reply um, all year hahaha.0 -
Over Easter my BIL, who I haven't seen in about 6 months, told me I looked like a real life bobble head doll.
I'm going to assume he meant I have a swan-like neck rather than an abnormally large head. LOL 0 -
After losing about 30 pounds, I ran into a coworker I hadn't seen in awhile and she was speechless when she saw me. She stammered around for awhile and finally said, "You look.....different.....not bad but.......did you have work done? On your face? Your face is unrecognizable."
OK, my face is thinner now, but come on, I'm almost 6 feet tall so 30 pounds isn't a ton of weight on me. I'm definitely still recognizable. And why would she jump to cosmetic surgery rather than weight loss?!
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I ran into a guy I know at a party and he said " hey where's your other half ?" So I thought he was either speaking about my husband or I have an identical twin... But no here he was speaking about my body. The next year I had unfortunately gained 65 pounds back and when I ran into him again ., I told him " hey look I found my other half"0
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I was at karaoke one night when I had lost all of this weight previously like ten years ago. Out of the blue, one of the regulars pulled me over to her table, then proceeded to tell me that she wanted to take me home, and dress me up like a police officer. A dirty police officer... with handcuffs.
I noped out of there right back to my table.0 -
Got another. My hair dresser told me, not just my face but my whole head got smaller. And I'm thinking "oh great, apparently I looked like the Kool-aid Man before and no one thought to mention it?!"
In one of John Pinnets comedy specials he talks about losing 100lbs and how people always said "you can really see it in your face!"....he goes into this bit about unknowingly being the kool-aid man. its hysterical!0 -
In college, i worked in a store selling maternity clothes. I had several ppl ask how far along i was (i wasn't) and then say "oh....i just assumed you were pg because you work her". Like the store only has pregnant employees?!0
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ncboiler89 wrote: »girlviernes wrote: »So far just the big boss and his wife making various compliments on my weight loss and telling me about their own attempts. Guess what, if you are my boss, don't talk about my body!
Ya. God forbid they compliment on your endeavors.
I don't mind compliments on my work or even other types of achievements, but frankly, there is a power differential, and I think it is very inappropriate for a boss to comment on an employee's weight, positively or negatively. Beyond this, these were protracted conversations in front of my colleagues.
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My favorite comment was from my dad. He said "you're getting all cutesy. Now you're going to get all mad because boys will be talking to you all the time." This just proves that at 28 years old he still sees me as a little girl. I love being a daddy's girl.0
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