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Or is it just me? These are situations in which you have never seen nor spoken to the other person. All you did to instigate this was to simply walk past the person or be within the vicinity of him/her. I was just thinking about all my years in the service industry and in fact really my whole life and I seem to attract this bizarre behavior. It's unnerving. Here are some examples:
--Working at the burger place, sweeping the floor and minding my own business, not paying attention to anything but what I was doing. I probably didn't look happy because the management was rude. I happened to pass a table with an older couple when suddenly the woman piped up "You should be glad to have a job in this economy!" I wish I'd said "You should be minding your own business." I had not even been the person to take their order. I hadn't interacted with them in any way whatsoever. I had never seen them before.
--I was at the retail job walking from the front to some other location and just happened to pass a man I hadn't interacted with at all. He came out of left field and ordered me to smile, saying "It can't be that bad." I don't remember how I answered him, but I know he didn't like it. How did he know how bad it was? I didn't know him from Adam!
--I was standing outside my doctor's clinic for some reason and it was in the high 40s or maybe low 50s and drizzly that day. I had on crop pants and flip flops and a light sweatshirt. I didn't care if my feet got wet because flip flops will dry and so does human skin. Some old woman looked me up and down and said "It's raining, you know." I guess she thought my attire was inappropriate. Again, I had never seen her before in my life and we had not even interacted. I simply happened to be standing 3 feet from her.
I don't know if it's me or if it's the state I live in. Maybe it's the latter. All of these examples are from WI. So many people judging without the facts. (I don't mind judgement if you do have the facts and we agree to the same standard.) My grandmother was like this. We all see things and come to conclusions about them, but I don't know why they need to come out the mouth. Bunch of control freaks if you ask me.
--Working at the burger place, sweeping the floor and minding my own business, not paying attention to anything but what I was doing. I probably didn't look happy because the management was rude. I happened to pass a table with an older couple when suddenly the woman piped up "You should be glad to have a job in this economy!" I wish I'd said "You should be minding your own business." I had not even been the person to take their order. I hadn't interacted with them in any way whatsoever. I had never seen them before.
--I was at the retail job walking from the front to some other location and just happened to pass a man I hadn't interacted with at all. He came out of left field and ordered me to smile, saying "It can't be that bad." I don't remember how I answered him, but I know he didn't like it. How did he know how bad it was? I didn't know him from Adam!
--I was standing outside my doctor's clinic for some reason and it was in the high 40s or maybe low 50s and drizzly that day. I had on crop pants and flip flops and a light sweatshirt. I didn't care if my feet got wet because flip flops will dry and so does human skin. Some old woman looked me up and down and said "It's raining, you know." I guess she thought my attire was inappropriate. Again, I had never seen her before in my life and we had not even interacted. I simply happened to be standing 3 feet from her.
I don't know if it's me or if it's the state I live in. Maybe it's the latter. All of these examples are from WI. So many people judging without the facts. (I don't mind judgement if you do have the facts and we agree to the same standard.) My grandmother was like this. We all see things and come to conclusions about them, but I don't know why they need to come out the mouth. Bunch of control freaks if you ask me.
I wonder if she'd have gotten the reference ...
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