Ok that's the last time I'm nice to strangers.

[sunstruck]

Fucking crazy people.

So I'm picking up a few things at the supermarket and it's late so there's only ONE lane open and the woman in front of me is at the register buying a Christmas wreath.

She tries her credit card, the doesn't work so she makes him try it like three times all the while complaining that she doesn't know why it doesn't work, and then the same thing happens with ther ATM card so she tries to write a check but the computer won't accept one from her and she won't give up she just keeps sighing and making excuses and there are like 10 people behind me.

So I touch her on the arm and very softly say "Mam I'd like to buy that for you if you'd let me".

She looks at me like I said "Mam I'd like to dismember a small child with a soup spoon if you have one to offer".

So I turn 12 shades of red and turn back to my cart thinking God just let her leave. But she doesn't.

Instead she starts SCREAMING at me about how she isn't a charity case and yeah maybe she's having a little bit of money trouble right now but those cards are good and it's the fucked up computer's fault and how dare I pity her. I was stunned. I didn't know what to say. EVERYONE in the front of the store was staring at us and this woman had about 50lbs and 4 inches on me.

Finally the manager came and asked her to leave and she threw her wreath at my feet on the way out.

Merry fucking Christmas bitch.

 

[His_kitty]

sorry but.....

LMFAO



Don't ya just love the holiday spirit floating around out there?

 

[lavender]

Sunny,

I can actually understand her response. Think of the embarrassment she must have felt. Think of the despair. She was in a bad situation all around. She was probably frustrated beyond belief. Instead of being sane and rational and accepting your offer, when one is in that kind of frustrated mood they lash out at anything and everything that was around.

Both of you were victims of your circumstances. Don't think of her as a bitch just as she probably doesn't see you that way.

Put yourself in her shoes for a moment.

 

[I'mVan]

Merry Christmas Sunstruck, that was a wonderful offer.

I on the other hand love strangers. I gave one a lift today, she made love to me, twice.

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

Sun, that was very nice of you.

 

[I'mVan]

Don't think of her as a bitch just as she probably doesn't see you that way.

Put yourself in her shoes for a moment.

Really? Are you joking? Of course she was a bitch, that was a disgusting way to treat someone who offered to help in that way. So perhaps you can understand her response because embarassment tourned to deffensiveness turned to nastiness, but that doesn't make the way she reacted any less bitch.

 

[perks]

it's such a good thing that you were 50 pounds lighter, imagine the gall of her if she had been skinnier than you.

 

[Rubyfruit]

Oh, don't let one freak put you off strangers for good, Sunny.

I love strangers. I talk to them all the time, and most are very nice.

 

[lavender]

Some people have a great amount of pride - that can be stomped upon. Yes, the way she acted was inappropriate - very much so. But, just imagine the damage something like that would do to your ego if you were a proud person.

I know something like that would mortify me. I could never have accepted sunstruck's gift. I would have told her thank you and moved along, though.

 

[Lancecastor]

Paging Dr. Freud! Mirror! Where IS that mirror?!

Sunny,

I can actually understand her response.

She was probably frustrated beyond belief.

Instead of being sane and rational and accepting your offer, when one is in that kind of frustrated mood they lash out at anything and everything that was around.

 

[Dantetier]

Not that I'd be nice enough to help anyone like that, but if that had happened to me I would have come back with "Bitch, I'm don't pity you, nor am I taking you as a charity case, but the rest of us would like to get home sometime tonight so let me buy this for you so you can get the fuck out of my way"

 

[Lancecastor]

it's such a good thing that you were 50 pounds lighter, imagine the gall of her if she had been skinnier than you.

Zing!

6.0 From the Eastern Bloc!

 

[SilvaTungDevil]

Some dude offered to let me step in front of him today at Walmart 'cause I had less than stuff and he had a shitload. I threw down my stuff and started screaming at him. Then I called the little kid with him a bunch of dirty names. They told me I could never come back.

 

[Lancecastor]

Seriously though, I think it's heartwarming the way Sunny took pity on the broke fat bitch.

 

[sexy-girl]

Seriously though, I think it's heartwarming the way Sunny took pity on the broke fat bitch.

*sigh* sunstruck never said she was fat ... she meant she was taller then her and bigger and thus intimidating as she was yelling in her face


and i do understand kinda what lavender is saying ... it is the season for people to freak out like that ... but it does suck that she threw a very kind offer back into sunstrucks face

 

[ridddder]

I was at lowes, and this guy was trying to load one of those free standing fireplaces into the back of his minivan, I offered to help. He accepted, he thanked me and wished me a merry christmas. I guess you just met the wrong person. He was nice, and appreciative.

 

[perks]

*sigh* sunstruck never said she was fat ... she meant she was taller then her and bigger and thus intimidating as she was yelling in her face

then, say intimidating. I'd say anyone who was in a rage screaming would be intimidating, no?

Anywho, I've been in her shoes. Some people can accept it, some people can't. I wouldn't say no to doing nice things, because of one bad experience.

 

[Rubyfruit]

Lav, I can't believe you're excusing this loon's behaviour. I don't care how proud she was, she said she wanted to "dismember a small child with a soup spoon."

I think your insomnia is catching up with you, babe. ;-)

 

[Ham Murabi]

No kidding about kindness turning around to bite you in the ass.

It was just after dark a few days before Christmas several years ago. I was coming out of the liquor store, having stocked up on some quality beer and ale, and after I put it in the front seat of the car this guy approached me. His battery was dead, and he asked if I had some jumper cables.
I did. He pointed around the corner to where his car was parked, so I started up mine and pulled around. I parked next to a car that had the hood up, got out, and got the cables.
I handed the guy one end of the cables, and started hooking mine up. It was tough, because we were around the corner and it was pretty dark.
Suddenly I feel this sharp pain in my back. I turned around and the SOB I was trying to help was standing there with this stupid grin on his face. He's holding a bloody steak knife in his right hand.
I staggered away as he lunged at me, and I tripped over something. I started to scream for help and some other guy came around the corner. He saw me on the ground, and this guy standing over me. I suppose he saw the knife, cause he disappeared right away.
The guy with the knife opened up the passenger side of my car, grabbed the sack of beers, and put them in his car. Then he pushed down the hood, got in his car and it started right up. As he backed up he gave me the finger and shouted, "Merry Christmas, asshole."
As far as I know the cops never found the bastard. I ended up spending the night in the hospital. The surgeon said I was lucky because the blade just nicked a kidney and otherwise didn't do any damage that couldn't be fixed with sutures.
The hospital bill came to over $2,000, and the antibiotics to ward off infection cost about $250.
As a joke, my friends pooled their money and bought me a case of Schlitz.

 

[Rambrat]

well...I have gone through a line and my ATM card didn't work....but my credit card worked. It was embarrassing, but I think that if someone offered to buy the items for me...I WOULD HAVE BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THEM!!!!

I'm just kidding...

I would have rolled them!!!

more kidding...

I would have laugh and said.."but I just stole this card!"

enough kidding...

am I being an ass Sunny?

I would have been a little more gracious...you probably hurt her pride...but she didn't have to act like that.

 

[lavender]

Lav, I can't believe you're excusing this loon's behaviour. I don't care how proud she was, she said she wanted to "dismember a small child with a soup spoon."

I think your insomnia is catching up with you, babe. ;-)

Ruby, I think you are having reading comprehension issues. Sunstruck said that the woman looked at her AS IF she had said she wanted to "dismember a small child with a soup spoon."

 

[perks]

Lav, I can't believe you're excusing this loon's behaviour. I don't care how proud she was, she said she wanted to "dismember a small child with a soup spoon."

I think your insomnia is catching up with you, babe. ;-)

no those were sun's words, " she looked at me like" she didn't actually say that.

 

[Rubyfruit]

Oh, I think then that my insomnia is catching up with me.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[Lancecastor]

*sigh* sunstruck never said she was fat ... she meant she was taller then her and bigger and thus intimidating as she was yelling in her face

I found it sexist, weightist, tallest and moneyist!

I'm shocked and appalled.

In this, the season of giving and joy, Sunny tried to buy off an economically disadvantaged woman of weight.

How callow.

How insensitive.

I could cry for that woman's sense of oppression at the hands of the moneygrubbing elitest Sunstruck....I really could.

 

[sexy-girl]

then, say intimidating. I'd say anyone who was in a rage screaming would be intimidating, no?

Anywho, I've been in her shoes. Some people can accept it, some people can't. I wouldn't say no to doing nice things, because of one bad experience.

i've had taller women who have had a bigger build then me yell at me at work ... it does sometimes make a difference

not that i think anyone would punch me but they've looked like if they did they would probably take my head off


its a lot worse at this time of year ... and also at this time of year credit cards to get asked to be phoned through for checks even if theres nothing wrong with them more then usual