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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:05:02 GMT
at least according to the woman at Walmart yesterday looking for a particular snack item!
Has a stranger ever made a surprising assessment of you while out in public?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:06:41 GMT
What does that even MEAN?!? Lol. Doesn't everyone buy snacks?
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Post by sharlag on Aug 11, 2014 14:07:41 GMT
What was the snack? I'm curious.
I've had strangers say I seemed unhappy when really it's just my bitchy resting face.
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Post by LisaDorothy on Aug 11, 2014 14:09:30 GMT
Lol, look like a lady who buys snacks... what the heck?? I never like it when I'm shopping and you have that awkward moment when someone assumes you work there! And once in awhile even seems pissed off at you that you DON'T work there. Um, excuse me!
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Post by scrappert on Aug 11, 2014 14:09:55 GMT
I have many people say I look mad. I tell them that is my thinking face. And it's been more than once, so I try to be real conscience on how my face may read to others! I don't want to look mad.
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Post by Goldynn on Aug 11, 2014 14:10:44 GMT
Wth? What do you think she meant?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:13:45 GMT
I can't decide if it was a reference to my weight (she wasn't much, if any, thinner than I am) or because I had two bags of chips in my cart. I WAS buying snacks for a party.
She was looking for a particular pretzel type.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 14:16:16 GMT
Did you have armfuls of candy and chips?
What a strange thing to say.
And at least it wasn't a lady coming up to you, asking where a particular brand of OTC birth control is, because, you know, you look like a lady who......
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Post by caro on Aug 11, 2014 14:18:05 GMT
What was the snack? I'm curious. I've had strangers say I seemed unhappy when really it's just my bitchy resting face. Sharla, you crack me up.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 14:18:38 GMT
I have many people say I look mad. I tell them that is my thinking face. And it's been more than once, so I try to be real conscience on how my face may read to others! I don't want to look mad. I have to purposely fake perpetual smile face because if I don't will my mouth to make a smile, it automatically makes a frown. I once had a man come up to me in my child's school yard during pickup, asking what I was so sour about. I didn't even know him, so it wasn't like he was asking out of concern.
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Post by caro on Aug 11, 2014 14:20:29 GMT
Ashley, did you have your kids with you? That would be the only reason I might say that to someone.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 11, 2014 14:23:02 GMT
People ask me where things are in the store all of the time. It even happens when I'm wearing my winter coat. Maybe I look like I won't flip out on them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:25:48 GMT
I buy snack food all the time. It seems like the food of choice is chocolate covered things, chilli and spicy chips and other stuff. I get the "You must have boys" comments all the time. I don't have boys but I have a son who has friends.
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Post by scrapnatya on Aug 11, 2014 14:29:19 GMT
Unfortunately, I DO look like someone who buys snacks. And then eats them.
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Post by gloryjoy on Aug 11, 2014 14:29:55 GMT
Maybe you just look like a smart lady who knows her way around a store .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:30:46 GMT
Ashley, did you have your kids with you? That would be the only reason I might say that to someone. Nope, I was completely and totally by myself!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:31:17 GMT
Maybe you just look like a smart lady who knows her way around a store . I have been mistaken for a Walmart employee more times than I care to admit.
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Post by miss_lizzie on Aug 11, 2014 14:32:57 GMT
A woman in my apartment building once told me that she thought I'd be fun to go gambling with. What does that mean? I didn't know her and I've never gambled.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:35:34 GMT
A woman in my apartment building once told me that she thought I'd be fun to go gambling with. What does that mean? I didn't know her and I've never gambled. Maybe you look like you're good luck.
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Post by sharlag on Aug 11, 2014 14:46:03 GMT
I can't decide if it was a reference to my weight (she wasn't much, if any, thinner than I am) or because I had two bags of chips in my cart. I WAS buying snacks for a party. She was looking for a particular pretzel type. That's why-- the chips in your cart. It wasn't a commentary on your appearance, but rather, your CART's appearance.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 11, 2014 14:53:00 GMT
People ask me where things are in the store all of the time. It even happens when I'm wearing my winter coat. Maybe I look like I won't flip out on them. Me too Dh loves it when I come home asking "do I look like I like people"
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Post by Ellie on Aug 11, 2014 14:54:27 GMT
People ask me where things are in the store all of the time. It even happens when I'm wearing my winter coat. Maybe I look like I won't flip out on them. I was going to say this. Name a store I shop at, and I've been mistaken for an employee. It just happened at Target the other day in the diaper aisle. It's mystifying when I'm obviously shopping with two children! But I take it to mean I have an approachable face.
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Post by cynipidae17 on Aug 11, 2014 14:55:19 GMT
Maybe you just looked like you knew where everything was. I get asked at Target all the time where something is (not wearing red). I just figure I look like I spend a couple days a week in the store
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Post by annabella on Aug 11, 2014 15:10:24 GMT
What does that even MEAN?!? Lol. Doesn't everyone buy snacks? No I never buy snacks. I'm not good at eating just one serving so I figure why buy something unhealthy anyway. The reference could have been because you have a lot of kids and thus you must keep snacks at home.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 11, 2014 15:25:13 GMT
I get strangers ask me for directions and help all the time and think it has a lot to do with making eye contact and a long history of customer service jobs. In your case, I think the chips in your cart were the reason she asked you but do have to laugh at the opening line
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Post by leannec on Aug 11, 2014 15:38:42 GMT
I got a free coffee at Starbucks in June because I must have looked like a regular
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Post by withapea on Aug 11, 2014 15:44:13 GMT
People are weird.
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Post by emelle64 on Aug 11, 2014 16:13:27 GMT
I was in my grocery store a few weeks ago and went to grab some broccoli. An older man was standing staring at the two choices: regular broccoli or broccoli crowns. He turned to me and asked which he should buy and i replied "whatever you like" and walked away. A few aisles over I suddenly thought of what I wished I'd said which was "so having an uterus makes me a broccoli expert?" Clearly grocery shopping does not bring out the best in me! Emelle
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 11, 2014 16:22:44 GMT
I get strangers ask me for directions and help all the time and think it has a lot to do with making eye contact and a long history of customer service jobs. In your case, I think the chips in your cart were the reason she asked you but do have to laugh at the opening line Ashley, can we now call you the Snack Queen? LOL I get asked for help as well. I usually smile at someone in the same aisle as I am. Because I'm from Minnesota and we do that. But I've had people argue with me at Target. "But I see you here all the time." Time to spend a little LESS time at Target! I will admit that I do try to help people at the commissary. It's been under renovation for the past 2+ years and they move stuff weekly, I swear. And it never makes any sense. It's like a big game of hide and seek in there and we all stand there looking lost. But I'm not the only one offering help. It's like I have 5 new BFFs when I leave the place.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 11, 2014 16:48:36 GMT
I was in my grocery store a few weeks ago and went to grab some broccoli. An older man was standing staring at the two choices: regular broccoli or broccoli crowns. He turned to me and asked which he should buy and i replied "whatever you like" and walked away. A few aisles over I suddenly thought of what I wished I'd said which was "so having an uterus makes me a broccoli expert?" Clearly grocery shopping does not bring out the best in me! Emelle I'm not meaning to pick on you Emelle, but it really saddened me to read your response. I have a friend whose dad was completely lost when his wife died and could have been that man in the grocery store. Coming out of an extremely traditional marriage, he was completely clueless how to shop & what to buy and I could see him being bewildered by the difference between broccoli choices. I would have said "if you are going to cut off the stalks & throw them away, just buy the crowns" - maybe obvious to you & me, but if someone is asking for help I prefer to try give a pleasant answer. In his world maybe having a uterus does make you a broccoli expert. My friend and his brothers were all well-trained by their mother, but were stunned that they had to teach their father how to plan meals, shop, clean the house, etc. He really didn't know, but has learned and is thriving.
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