Merry F'ing Christmas
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
So I got back from a late lunch today and was walking into my building after an older man. Because I am an employee I ended up getting to the elevator first (he had to go through metal detectors) but he got on the elevator after me and this is how our conversation goes:
Him: "I need the 3rd floor please."
Me: "Sure" & I press the button for him
Him: "I like that color of your sweater" (hot pink)
Me: "Oh, thanks"
Him: "Are you ready for the holidays?"
Me: "Oh yes, I absolutely love Christmastime"
Him: "Probably just to gain more weight I'm sure" (I am obviously overweight, but dressed normally??)
I FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN BITCHSLAPPED. My immediate reaction was "Wow, well THAT was rude". But at this point we were at the floor he needed so he gets off and looks back at me and just says snarkily "Well, I am just telling the truth".
Don't know if I want to laugh, cry or go back downstairs and find him! What in the world makes people think it is ok to go around acting like that to random people who you met approx. 10 seconds ago.
Re: Merry F'ing Christmas
They were never corrected as children, they grew up to be asshole adults, and by the time people hit their 70's+ everyone else has this strange sense of Respect Thy Elders that no one ever tells these assholes off.
You should have looked at him and said, 'Well Grandpa, I'd eat up if I were you because this will likely be your last Christmas."
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
I'm not really taking it to heart, because even though I am a big girl, I have always had a lot of self confidence. Just so annoying that people can go around treating others like that. Why compliment me and make chit-chat? Just shut your mouth and keep your fucked up thoughts to yourself!
"Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends time and space."
I honestly think that some people are raised to think that they can be however mean they want because they are just "telling the truth". It's like when people say, "I'm not a bitch, I just tell it like it is". No you're a fucking bitch.
Sometimes people suck. While I'm not a fan of hurting people, I hope you have the opportunity to see him trip and fall on his face next time he steps into an elevator.
Best. Response. Ever.
I met an older lady who was a friend of my mom's for the first time and the first thing she said to me was "have you gained weight or is that just the way you're standing?" Older folks really have no filter, but honestly I don't make exceptions because of that. Unless you're my grandma, and then I kind of have to, but yeah girl just let it roll off. A'int no thing!
I loved my grandparents, but it PISSES me off when old people use their age as an excuse to have no filter and then have the audacity to be like "oh kids these days... (don't know the value of money), (are selfish), (are lazy), (other annoying things people say about us). When my great aunt met my cousin's black fiance she was literally like "YOU'RE MARRYING AN (N word)! Your parents didn't raise you right." I yelled at her. UGH. What the actual fuck.
Rant over.
ETA: I just realized I made this all about me. I'm sorry he's a dink. I hope he gets licked by a smelly homeless person with herpes.
I might make an ageist or another kind of rude remark back to him if you see him again.