Rude Encounters

levioosa

My coworker's dad stopped by our work, and since I am up front she introduced him to me when he walked in.  As she introduced us, she mentioned that I had just gotten into nursing school.  The first thing he says: "Oh yeah?  Who's paying for that?"  Um, none of your business, really.  The next question: "What, you don't want to get married?" 

I don't mind a comment like, "Oh man, that's expensive, good luck!"  But straight out asking who is paying for my education is a little over the line to me, especially if you are a complete stranger.  And then questioning my relationship plans?  Ugh.  People.

What are your WTF people moments today? 

NowIamMrsKlein

I was raised catholic, but am no longer practicing. At the beginning of Lent, a coworker raised his eyebrows at my not 'giving up something' for lent and then rattled off a list of about 8 things that he was giving up for lent (coffee, chocolate, chips, alcohol etc.) 

I just kind of laughed him off saying something along the lines of 'well aren't you a little over acheiver' and that while I don't give anything up for lent, that I have my own ways of being spiritual.

He gave my a very judgy look and walked away.

Today. I caught him not only with a coffee, but a box of timbits.

ITS BEEN 14 DAYS! Out of 40!

I have no problem with peoples beliefs and how they choose to practice, but if you are going to get on your high horse and feel like you are better than me because of the way you worship, then actually stick to your decisions for the full 40 days. Yeesh.

/End Rant.

novella1186

Dude. What an ass. I totally woulda been like "No nursing degree can help me cure how fucking rude and tacky you are." 

WinstonsGirl

SoontobeMrsKlein said:

I was raised catholic, but am no longer practicing. At the beginning of Lent, a coworker raised his eyebrows at my not 'giving up something' for lent and then rattled off a list of about 8 things that he was giving up for lent (coffee, chocolate, chips, alcohol etc.) 

I just kind of laughed him off saying something along the lines of 'well aren't you a little over acheiver' and that while I don't give anything up for lent, that I have my own ways of being spiritual.

He gave my a very judgy look and walked away.

Today. I caught him not only with a coffee, but a box of timbits.

ITS BEEN 14 DAYS! Out of 40!

I have no problem with peoples beliefs and how they choose to practice, but if you are going to get on your high horse and feel like you are better than me because of the way you worship, then actually stick to your decisions for the full 40 days. Yeesh.

/End Rant.

Lets be honest though.  Timbits are just like McDonalds fries.  All made with heroin.  You can't fault the guy.  

We have a parent who brings in Timbits and coffee every few Fridays.  I had one (or maybe a lot more) last time and it was still warm!!!  He said he calls in an order so they have enough.  It was just out of the deep fryer and it was fucking amazing!!!

levioosa

novella1186 said:

Dude. What an ass. I totally woulda been like "No nursing degree can help me cure how fucking rude and tacky you are." 

Meeting him definitely explained some things.  haha

And what the hell are timbits?

WinstonsGirl

levioosa said:

novella1186 said:

Dude. What an ass. I totally woulda been like "No nursing degree can help me cure how fucking rude and tacky you are." 

Meeting him definitely explained some things.  haha

And what the hell are timbits?

Donut holes froM Tim Hortons.  Or crack cocaine in donut form

NowIamMrsKlein

levioosa

La Timbit!

haha. Sorry. It's Canadian. Its the center of a doughnut.

cupcait927

levioosa said:

novella1186 said:

Dude. What an ass. I totally woulda been like "No nursing degree can help me cure how fucking rude and tacky you are." 

Meeting him definitely explained some things.  haha

And what the hell are timbits?

Delicious little bites of heaven. AKA donut holes from Tim Hortons. Also one of the few reasons that still makes living in NY and close to the Canadian border tolerable.

NowIamMrsKlein

WinstonsGirl said:

SoontobeMrsKlein said:

I was raised catholic, but am no longer practicing. At the beginning of Lent, a coworker raised his eyebrows at my not 'giving up something' for lent and then rattled off a list of about 8 things that he was giving up for lent (coffee, chocolate, chips, alcohol etc.) 

I just kind of laughed him off saying something along the lines of 'well aren't you a little over acheiver' and that while I don't give anything up for lent, that I have my own ways of being spiritual.

He gave my a very judgy look and walked away.

Today. I caught him not only with a coffee, but a box of timbits.

ITS BEEN 14 DAYS! Out of 40!

I have no problem with peoples beliefs and how they choose to practice, but if you are going to get on your high horse and feel like you are better than me because of the way you worship, then actually stick to your decisions for the full 40 days. Yeesh.

/End Rant.

Lets be honest though.  Timbits are just like McDonalds fries.  All made with heroin.  You can't fault the guy.  

We have a parent who brings in Timbits and coffee every few Fridays.  I had one (or maybe a lot more) last time and it was still warm!!!  He said he calls in an order so they have enough.  It was just out of the deep fryer and it was fucking amazing!!!

Oh man they are the best when they are still warm... drool.

vikinganna87

@levioosa  That's horrific - I feel for you.  What happened to "Congratulations on your acceptance to a nursing program; good for you!" ?  And by the way - CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Clearly this man is lacking tact and manners.  The only thing I can say is that some men are extremely awkward and have weird ways of flirting...is there a chance he was trying to find a way to hit on you and completely failed?

[Deleted User]

We have Tim Horton's here in Ohio too, and now I need Timbits ASAP.  There's one downtown by my work that also has a Coldstone self-serve froyo bar! NOM.

My WTF moment of the day was an internal associate who I was interviewing, who kept trying to place how he knew my name or if we had met before.  Then he remembered he had given me a ton of crap and REALLY fought me late last year when I told him he didn't meet the qualifications for a role that he has no experience in (and it was a Director level role).  I went back and looked at the email and was reminded what a jerk he was.  Thanks dude for reminding me that you're an ass.

chibiyui

SoontobeMrsKlein said:

I was raised catholic, but am no longer practicing. At the beginning of Lent, a coworker raised his eyebrows at my not 'giving up something' for lent and then rattled off a list of about 8 things that he was giving up for lent (coffee, chocolate, chips, alcohol etc.) 

I just kind of laughed him off saying something along the lines of 'well aren't you a little over acheiver' and that while I don't give anything up for lent, that I have my own ways of being spiritual.

He gave my a very judgy look and walked away.

Today. I caught him not only with a coffee, but a box of timbits.

ITS BEEN 14 DAYS! Out of 40!

I have no problem with peoples beliefs and how they choose to practice, but if you are going to get on your high horse and feel like you are better than me because of the way you worship, then actually stick to your decisions for the full 40 days. Yeesh.

/End Rant.

I really hope you gave him hell for that.

I gave up soda for Lent, and even though my stomach has been very unhappy with me for the last 3 days, I have resisted the urge to chug sweet. sweet ginger ale......Mother fucker can suck it.

FiancB

Some people just can't be happy for others. WTF? Education is expensive period, and if you are getting an associate's first it's pretty darn good bang for your buck, job prospect wise. Or even if you are going BSN. Congrats on getting in, by the way!

A while ago H and I had a little problem with our gym membership. I think it was from when we closed a bank account and realized we needed to get it changed before the money withdrew.  So we went in and while we were there we asked about health insurance stuff, because we noticed we hadn't gotten any refunds for going as often as we were. 

You would have thought we asked the woman if we could eat her child for dinner.  She was just super rude and had this whiny condescending voice and clearly thought that we were idiots.  We started out very polite, we were just asking, and it was very hard not to just start screaming at her.  H got frustrated trying to explain the issue to her and she told him to calm down.  He was not yelling or getting nasty. It was 100% her escalating the situation.  We finally just said we'd come back when someone else was working since she clearly did not want to help us. 

Turned out she didn't normally work in that part of the gym. Gee, I can't imagine why someone like that should avoid THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK. 

It was bizarre. I really wonder sometimes how some people manage to have jobs, friends,  or SOs when it seems like their first impulse is to basically shit all over people. 

levioosa

vikinganna87 said:

@levioosa  That's horrific - I feel for you.  What happened to "Congratulations on your acceptance to a nursing program; good for you!" ?  And by the way - CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Clearly this man is lacking tact and manners.  The only thing I can say is that some men are extremely awkward and have weird ways of flirting...is there a chance he was trying to find a way to hit on you and completely failed?

Haha, no, he wasn't hitting on me.  It was just an awkward exchange all around.

We don't have Tim Hortons, so I'd never heard of Timbits before.  But they look delicious! 

WinstonsGirl

When we were in NYC we found a Tim's there.  It's was the middle of a 40C + heatwave and I still wanted a hot chocolate just cos it was there.  

I also laughed when the Junior Hockey Championships were held in Buffalo (I think).  The 1 Tim's there was taken over by all of the Canadian fans in town for the tourney.  The regular Americans who were there for lunch had no idea why it was so crazy.  

bizzy592

FI is from western NY. Although I am New England through and through, my life has changed for the better now that it includes Tim Hortons, Wegmans, Mighty Taco, and Paula's Donuts.

alpacalunch

WinstonsGirl said:

When we were in NYC we found a Tim's there.  It's was the middle of a 40C + heatwave and I still wanted a hot chocolate just cos it was there.  

I also laughed when the Junior Hockey Championships were held in Buffalo (I think).  The 1 Tim's there was taken over by all of the Canadian fans in town for the tourney.  The regular Americans who were there for lunch had no idea why it was so crazy.  

I had a friend who served in Afghanistan a few years back. There were so damn many Canuck troops, they opened a Tims. He was delighted.

The town I am currently in is full of two groups. Group A is polite, holds doors, smiles and says hi to strangers. Group B is The Worst, and makes up about 75% of the population. 

Boo to rudeness.

mikenberger

SoontobeMrsKlein said:

I was raised catholic, but am no longer practicing. At the beginning of Lent, a coworker raised his eyebrows at my not 'giving up something' for lent and then rattled off a list of about 8 things that he was giving up for lent (coffee, chocolate, chips, alcohol etc.) 

I just kind of laughed him off saying something along the lines of 'well aren't you a little over acheiver' and that while I don't give anything up for lent, that I have my own ways of being spiritual.

He gave my a very judgy look and walked away.

Today. I caught him not only with a coffee, but a box of timbits.

ITS BEEN 14 DAYS! Out of 40!

I have no problem with peoples beliefs and how they choose to practice, but if you are going to get on your high horse and feel like you are better than me because of the way you worship, then actually stick to your decisions for the full 40 days. Yeesh.

/End Rant.

Oh my goodness, my uncle moved in with a woman who is Catholic (he is not Catholic, raised Catholic, NO CATHOLIC AT ALL. In fact, his Dad, my grandfather was a Nazarene pastor.)

Well all of a sudden he's Catholic. "I'm giving up this for Lent, I'm going to Mass, I'm going to classes" etc etc etc. And it's all for this woman. Anyways, moving along.

He keeps posting statuses "Ever since I gave up soda for Lent... it was so hard, but I know, it's worth it." then goes off into this religious tirade about sacrifice and how we should sacrifice more in our daily lives. 

Then his lovely fiance posted a photo of him, in his chair.... WITH A MOUNTAIN DEW on the tableside. Oh lawdy. I was all over that. "So, about that soda Lent thing... I suppose it's okay to not sacrifice for all of the 40 days." It was deleted and the photo taken down quickly after. Then the most #vaguebook status ever of "Even the strongest get weak."

It's fucking mountain dew. You didn't eat a baby. Yes, you broke your sacrifice of Lent, but y'know, suck it up, throw it away, move on with your day. 

cupcait927

lizabobiza said:

FI is from western NY. Although I am New England through and through, my life has changed for the better now that it includes Tim Hortons, Wegmans, Mighty Taco, and Paula's Donuts.

I was a ridiculous amount of excited when they opened a Mighty Taco in Rochester and it meant I didn't have to wait until I went to Buffalo to get it.

OliveOilsMom

I was raised catholic, but am no longer practicing. At the beginning of Lent, a coworker raised his eyebrows at my not 'giving up something' for lent and then rattled off a list of about 8 things that he was giving up for lent (coffee, chocolate, chips, alcohol etc.) 

I just kind of laughed him off saying something along the lines of 'well aren't you a little over acheiver' and that while I don't give anything up for lent, that I have my own ways of being spiritual.

He gave my a very judgy look and walked away.

Today. I caught him not only with a coffee, but a box of timbits.

ITS BEEN 14 DAYS! Out of 40!

I have no problem with peoples beliefs and how they choose to practice, but if you are going to get on your high horse and feel like you are better than me because of the way you worship, then actually stick to your decisions for the full 40 days. Yeesh.

/End Rant.

Oh my goodness, my uncle moved in with a woman who is Catholic (he is not Catholic, raised Catholic, NO CATHOLIC AT ALL. In fact, his Dad, my grandfather was a Nazarene pastor.)

Well all of a sudden he's Catholic. "I'm giving up this for Lent, I'm going to Mass, I'm going to classes" etc etc etc. And it's all for this woman. Anyways, moving along.

He keeps posting statuses "Ever since I gave up soda for Lent... it was so hard, but I know, it's worth it." then goes off into this religious tirade about sacrifice and how we should sacrifice more in our daily lives. 

Then his lovely fiance posted a photo of him, in his chair.... WITH A MOUNTAIN DEW on the tableside. Oh lawdy. I was all over that. "So, about that soda Lent thing... I suppose it's okay to not sacrifice for all of the 40 days." It was deleted and the photo taken down quickly after. Then the most #vaguebook status ever of "Even the strongest get weak."

It's fucking mountain dew. You didn't eat a baby. Yes, you broke your sacrifice of Lent, but y'know, suck it up, throw it away, move on with your day. 

I actually got to attend mass on Ash Wednesday this year.  The priest was older and said that no one should be braggin about what they gave up for Lent as that kinda defeats the purpose of the sacrifice.  Your sacrifice becomes a boastful "look how awesome I am at giving up something that I love!".  I thought it was a great point. 

He also told a story of how a priest he used to serve with would give up cigarettes for Lent and how after a few days all the other priests at the parish were encouraging him to take them up again because he was miserable to be around.  And that segued into only give up something you can truly live without.  For example, I gave up beer last year, but I was still able to drink cocktails!

banana468

Bragging how much you give up for Lent is the Catholic equivalent to donations in lieu of wedding favors.

It defeats the purpose of being nice if you need to tell everyone that what you're doing is awesome.   From a Catholic perspective, it's also really sanctimonious to pull the "I'm holier than you" kind of rant.     We are all sinners!

huskypuppy14

vikinganna87 said:

@levioosa  That's horrific - I feel for you.  What happened to "Congratulations on your acceptance to a nursing program; good for you!" ?  And by the way - CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Clearly this man is lacking tact and manners.  The only thing I can say is that some men people are extremely awkward and have weird ways of flirting...is there a chance he was trying to find a way to hit on you and completely failed?

FTFY

Chipmunk415

My moment of the day- the office legal production/discovery info tech coordinator basically told me to shove it up my ass and that she had "other priorities" ranking above what I was asking her about.

Now I might be the junior attorney in the office. Boss Lady may also have shut down the idea I was asking coordinator person about (in terms of whether such an idea was actually feasible) for the purposes of the case I was relating it to. BUT, in terms of office hierarchy, I do outrank coordinator, have never said an unkind word to her, and the case involved is one of two of our level one priority cases (the other priorities she was referencing involved the other case and other much lesser priorities).

This is the same chick who went into Boss Lady's office last August demanding she get a raise approx. 6k beyond what I make as the jr. lawyer. All because another unit in the overall agency we are in offered a position similar to hers for that increased pay. BUT, said position also required a bachelors degree in computer science or IT, plus at least 5 years experience. Coordinator in my office has worked her way up from phone receptionist to current position (been there now for almost 3 years) and has no academic credentialing beyond the high school diploma. W.T.F.

On the Lent thing- Mom's Irish Episcopalian, Dad's Irish Catholic, I'm a lapsed practitioner somewhere in the middle. When people bug me about "don't you want to honor Jesus, this is awful of you!" and abstaining from certain things during Lent, I smile and say "lucky for me, Jesus wasn't too big on judging people."

falsara

Wow people are rude. Congratulations on your acceptance OP.

My moment of the day- got off the CTA stop to go to my 9:30 class this morning. A man was waiting near one of the pillars before the escalator. I pass by him and he says "mmmm I want to stick my hand between those legs girl.

Great way to ruin my morning.