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Ideal_Rock
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Hi ladies...I am just posting to get some opinions about an incident that happened today and I am very curious to see how all of you ladies would have handled it.
So, my husband and I are in the middle of a huge remodel on our home. Fun times, I know
. Today, we finally reached paint colors...and we went to visit our local Lowes to grab some swatches and maybe a sample can or two. I was standing in the paint area and there was this lady there blocking the area I needed to reach with her cart, while wrestling with her daughter who simply did not want to get into the child section of the cart. I politely said excuse me and kind of shimmied my way past her cart to reach the paint swatch I needed. She proceeded to say "I cannot move right now"...to which I said nothing, because clearly, she didn''t need to move, I could get what I needed---and she could go on fighting with her kid.
Now, I didn''t think to much about her comment, because...whatever...but then she said to her daughter "come on sweetheart, lets go...we can come back when there are nicer people here" as she was rounding the corner....
What the hell just happened?
I was standing there with my husband...who, God love him, was like "it''s no big deal"...but, I think it is. I think any time anyone is rude it''s a big deal.
I am not a parent. But I have a niece and nephew and I know sometimes it can be frusterating trying to deal with them when they aren''t listening. But, I never snap at other people who are just trying to get their stuff done. Was I suppose to stand there while she worked out her differences with her daughter? Should I have apologized for needing something where she was? I mean, I shop all the time...sometimes I''m in someones way and sometimes they are in mine...usually saying excuse me is an acceptable way of letting someone know you need to squeeze by them to reach something.
I was so embarrassed. The paint department was busy. People turned to look. They probably thought I shoved her cart, or pushed her out of the way, or gave her a nasty look (I promise, for the record, I did NONE of those things!). And, to make matters worse...she said this as she was rounding the corner, so I couldn''t even rebut her comment...
So, I did nothing. I said nothing. And now it''s eatting me up. I hate, hate, hate rude people....so I try my best not to be rude. I say please, thank you, excuse me... And I feel like this woman totally overreacted and I just took it.
I wish I had been ballsy enough to say "no honey, you''ll never be around nice people with a mother like that...sorry"...but I''m a wimp
What would you have done? Taken it? Said something? Was I wrong? Am I crazy?
(P.S: I did have a flash moment where I would have liked to smack her...so hard...but my husband said he wouldn''t have bailed me out, so thank God I didn''t)
So, my husband and I are in the middle of a huge remodel on our home. Fun times, I know
Now, I didn''t think to much about her comment, because...whatever...but then she said to her daughter "come on sweetheart, lets go...we can come back when there are nicer people here" as she was rounding the corner....
What the hell just happened?
I was standing there with my husband...who, God love him, was like "it''s no big deal"...but, I think it is. I think any time anyone is rude it''s a big deal.
I am not a parent. But I have a niece and nephew and I know sometimes it can be frusterating trying to deal with them when they aren''t listening. But, I never snap at other people who are just trying to get their stuff done. Was I suppose to stand there while she worked out her differences with her daughter? Should I have apologized for needing something where she was? I mean, I shop all the time...sometimes I''m in someones way and sometimes they are in mine...usually saying excuse me is an acceptable way of letting someone know you need to squeeze by them to reach something.
I was so embarrassed. The paint department was busy. People turned to look. They probably thought I shoved her cart, or pushed her out of the way, or gave her a nasty look (I promise, for the record, I did NONE of those things!). And, to make matters worse...she said this as she was rounding the corner, so I couldn''t even rebut her comment...
So, I did nothing. I said nothing. And now it''s eatting me up. I hate, hate, hate rude people....so I try my best not to be rude. I say please, thank you, excuse me... And I feel like this woman totally overreacted and I just took it.
I wish I had been ballsy enough to say "no honey, you''ll never be around nice people with a mother like that...sorry"...but I''m a wimp
What would you have done? Taken it? Said something? Was I wrong? Am I crazy?
(P.S: I did have a flash moment where I would have liked to smack her...so hard...but my husband said he wouldn''t have bailed me out, so thank God I didn''t)