I'm starting a war!

Oh and i agree with the touching belly thing, hate that people ask after they are touching you, i generally pull away and say sorry but i would really prefer you didnt, but they always ask after the hand is already nearly on your belly!

~Dust wrote:
Like a petting zoo hey.
Touch the old ladies stomach in return grin

I would.. but with some it's hard to tell where the boobs end and the stomach beings hahahahaha

*~Zimbee~* wrote:
Oh and i agree with the touching belly thing, hate that people ask after they are touching you, i generally pull away and say sorry but i would really prefer you didnt, but they always ask after the hand is already nearly on your belly!

I usually say 'I don't feel comfortable with that' which usually works.. expect for when they go 'don't be stupid, I let people touch my tummy all the time, and my son/daughter needs to learn', then it's game face time and I bolt outta there hands protectively over my tummy while muttering 'I will never be that woman, I will never be her', crazy pregnant lady coming through!!

~Dust wrote:
I've got one.
War on people who pick up fresh produce from the supermarket floor and put it back! angry
I went to grab some beans and another woman got there first, so I got some brocoli instead and thought I'd get beans after her.
She dropped some on the floor and to my amazement, picked them up and threw them back in the pile! She then got herself some more beans (from a different part of the pile), spilling yet more on the floor and picked those up and threw them back as well!
Needless to say I decided to pass on beans that day. I wont be giving them to my kids raw to munch on anymore either. I know you're meant to wash your fruit and veg anyway but seriously what is wrong with that womans head?
Anyone for a bit of ecoli with their beans? wacko

Pretty sure the floor would be cleaner than some peoples hands digging around in those beans! Ew! Lol.


My idiot award for today goes to the grown woman who pushed my 2yo out of the way to get to a toy in big w. Firstly, you're the adult; use some fricken manners. Secondly, you're lucky I try to set a good example for my child and just called you out on it instead of knocking you on your arse like the mumma bear in me really wanted to do. Grrr. Rude B.

2littleBs wrote:
my_girl_lily wrote:
My idiot award for today goes to the grown woman who pushed my 2yo out of the way to get to a toy in big w. Firstly, you're the adult; use some fricken manners. Secondly, you're lucky I try to set a good example for my child and just called you out on it instead of knocking you on your arse like the mumma bear in me really wanted to do. Grrr. Rude B.

OMG some adults can be so damn rude! I had a grown man push infront of my 7 year old nephew and I to get a 'good seat' on a tour boat up in the Abel Tasman, my nephew was standing smile at the end of the row pointing to the seats saying 'these ones?' when he literally got pushed out of the way! Then the man and his wife sat down with a smug look on his face- couldnt believe it so I let him know exactly what I thought, what a rude prick!

The irony is these people are probably the type to insist on a child saying please and thank you and respecting elders but display none of these qualities themselves.

ohhh.... my_girl_lily you are so right, i was just talking to one of froggys specialists only yesterday about our local moron (he's in his sixties i think) telling my daughter to say please (when she actually cant anyway) and then swearing at her because she didnt. o.O um...righteo. That's just....great.

My idiot award this week goes to the people that were openly making fun of me and froggy when i was trying to ask her if she was thirsty. I was using sign language. It's just disheartening when i look over after using my new skill and seeing adults staring at us and looking like we are doing something offensive and then laughing. This gig is hard enough without uneducated morons making digs and making me question myself.

Frenchkiwichick wrote:
And when the supermarket is busy and people just stop right in front of you or don't even park their trolleys off to the side!!

When my husband used to do the shopping with me, he'd do this ALL the time - he'd have one hand on the trolley, which was stopped right in the middle of the aisle (usually on an angle), while standing to one side looking at stuff. It drove me nuts and he just didnt see the problem with it blink ...fool!!

Athaye wrote:
When my husband used to do the shopping with me, he'd do this ALL the time - he'd have one hand on the trolley, which was stopped right in the middle of the aisle (usually on an angle), while standing to one side looking at stuff. It drove me nuts and he just didnt see the problem with it blink ...fool!!

Haha my partner used to always tell me off for doing that but I wasn't even in the middle of the way! Oh and when I was about 8 1/2months pregnant I went to turn the corner to go to another aisle and this guy was speedwalking with his trolley and just barely avoided crashing into me lol he kept apologising for ages.

argh I know exactly what you mean about pubescent boys hahaha I get hounded by them whenever I go out even when I am with my daughter!! It frustrates the sh*t out of me and I have no patience for it. They have absoloutely no shame these days.

Also people stopping in the middle of the aisle to look at things. Hss to be the worst thing imaginable when I am shopping sleep

That happens to me all the time Jas! Gotta love waltzing with a stranger. Not. I walk like i drive - I stick to the left. It's not a difficult concept (unless you visit the US in which case you need to remember to switch lanes lol) If everyone followed this premise it would erase the awkward stranger dance forever! smile

Wow this thread exploded. Aren't we just a lovely bunch if whiners?
XD

tickled*pink wrote:
ohhh.... my_girl_lily you are so right, i was just talking to one of froggys specialists only yesterday about our local moron (he's in his sixties i think) telling my daughter to say please (when she actually cant anyway) and then swearing at her because she didnt. o.O um...righteo. That's just....great.

My idiot award this week goes to the people that were openly making fun of me and froggy when i was trying to ask her if she was thirsty. I was using sign language. It's just disheartening when i look over after using my new skill and seeing adults staring at us and looking like we are doing something offensive and then laughing. This gig is hard enough without uneducated morons making digs and making me question myself.

thats terrible! some people have absolutely no respect.

Sounds like a good plan, so I would go with it, non of their business how you chooose to communicate with your daughter.

jazool wrote:
tickled*pink wrote:
ohhh.... my_girl_lily you are so right, i was just talking to one of froggys specialists only yesterday about our local moron (he's in his sixties i think) telling my daughter to say please (when she actually cant anyway) and then swearing at her because she didnt. o.O um...righteo. That's just....great.

My idiot award this week goes to the people that were openly making fun of me and froggy when i was trying to ask her if she was thirsty. I was using sign language. It's just disheartening when i look over after using my new skill and seeing adults staring at us and looking like we are doing something offensive and then laughing. This gig is hard enough without uneducated morons making digs and making me question myself.

thats terrible! some people have absolutely no respect.

Sounds like a good plan, so I would go with it, non of their business how you chooose to communicate with your daughter.

Agreed!!