So THIS is what the "Size Zero" craze has caused.....LONG

[Andara Bledin]

When you're hormonal like that you KNOW you're being irrational but you can't stop and it's a terrible, terrible feeling.

The pill throws me out of balance like that. When I was on it, I'd get all cranky, and I'd know I was being cranky, and so I'd get crankier and then I'd be mean to people and I knew it was the wrong thing to do, but I'd be too upset to figure out how to stop being mean, and it would just make me feel worse and then I'd just be meaner.

Needless to say, I don't take the pill any more.

I actually told my boss off (gently) because I'd gone too long without food and my blood sugar level was dropping and I was getting notably irritable. He just laughed and told me to call him back after lunch.

^-.-^

[Lace Neil Singer]

I probably would have told her off if she'd come and asked me; ie said, "Just be grateful for being stick thin; having a baby does not mean you have a god given right to treat shop assistants like crap." Then I would have told the manager that I have always had good service in this shop and that this woman is obviously insane. The shop I go to to get measured and to buy bras is great and the women in the fitting rooms are very nice and professional so if some harpy was screeching at them, I certainly would be very angry. Why wasn't security called and this madwoman thrown out? No-one's paid enough to listen to verbal abuse. Post partem depression or no, the shop assistants do not deserve to be treated like serfs by this woman. If she has depression, to me that does not excuse her. I've suffered from clinical depression and PMS in the past, and yet, it never occurred to me to go and screech at shop assistants... and back when I was depressed, I was also suffering from compulsive eating disorder, so I certainly was fat.

[Estil]

Why can't it just be simple like the way men's jeans are sized? [circumference of waist] x [length of jeans] (in inches in the case of the US). Simple enough. Why can't dress sizes work the same way?

[Emrld]

Women already have a big enough challange if they are a size 8 or 10 - just think how they would be if it is a 26, 32 etc.
Everyone dealing with a chemical embalance behaves differently. True the clerk did not deserve the treatment . . . whose to say the lady was even aware of what a brat she was being?

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Why can't it just be simple like the way men's jeans are sized? [circumference of waist] x [length of jeans] (in inches in the case of the US). Simple enough. Why can't dress sizes work the same way?

Every woman alive has asked that same question.

[Pezzle]

And that's okay! Jeez, I'm 5'3", 330lbs 50DD, have issues finding clothes on the rack, and guess what, I DON'T CARE. I don't care if people call me fat, I love skinny people who start shit. I just tell them I'm twice(3X,whatever) the woman they'll ever be.

Well, I'm not comfortable with my BMI simply because diabetes runs so heavily in my family. The organs and high amounts of body fat don't usually get along well sadly

Also, chemical imbalances should never be used as -excuses- for this type of behavior only -causes-. I have had a terrible day all day, but did I let it reflect on the customers I was serving? Nope. Had that smile plastered right up there on my face, regardless of the strangle factor involved.

[wagegoth]

The SC could be having some major hormonal swoops and dips, which would explain the tears and screeching.

Additionally, she may have body issues. On top of that, she may have a husband who expects her to maintain her figure perfectly. A horrible combination. She will probably end up anorexic or bulimic. Anorexia is usually a control response to a life over which the sufferer feels she has no control. Bulimia is more likely to occur in women attempting to maintain their weight, especially if they tend to binge due to depression or general unhappiness.

Pregnancy does things to a woman's body that are irreversible. Plastic surgery is about the only way to get back to where you were before, and it's not 100%.

Maybe her husband didn't want children, or didn't want them yet, and he's been on her case about her weight the whole time since she put on the first pound of baby weight. Or, maybe he is happy, but he made a joke or two about her weight, not realizing how bad she felt about. ****WARNING: MEN SHOULD NEVER MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR SO'S PREGNANCY WEIGHT, EVER, EVER****

She could feel that if she isn't perfect physically her husband won't want her, no matter how he feels.

Wow, humans are a f***ed up bunch. Time for chocolate!

[TwoScoopsSciath]

I know I have body image problems (size 20, though shrinking oddly enough), but also I know that suddenly men have been stopping me in the street and asking for my phone number and telling me I'm pretty.

I agree with the post-partum theory. It can turn perfectly lovable individuals into fiends and no doubt, the fact that her old clothes probably don't fit right anymore doesn't help. But that's no excuse to treat people like carp.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Like... carp?

(Sorry; I know that was a typo, but that made me snicker for a moment there.)

I'm a size 16 in most shops; in some I'm 18, and oddly, in Evans I'm a 14, but I accept myself and my boyf loves my curves. In fact, I've had in the past guys walk right past skinny girls to talk to me, probably cuz I can hold a conversation. XD

[auntiem]

Reminds me of an old agent tale:
Woman calls in livid because the airlines staff was unbelievably rude to her and put her physical discription on her bag. She was flying to Fresno - the city code for Fresno is FAT.

Had this woman never been to a bra fitting before? A fitter who is any good at their job at all will ask that question esp. if they note that the bra the person is currently wearing is cutting into them or some such. Sorry, at bra fitting you have to check your ego at the door and be honest about your body and its changes.

The manager should not have let it escalate to the point of letting her scream at sales assistants for 40 min! and then to call corporate sheesh. The manager should really have said "Stop, just stop" (a verbal slap in the face for hysteria) taken her to a dressing room to collect herself and handed her the phone # for corporate for her to call on Mon. Then run to the office and send a detailed memo to corporate.

[Bright_Star]

Since when did "Fat" become a swear word?

[Gurndigarn]

Since when did "Fat" become a swear word?

Roughly the time that "negro" and "oriental" did. And when #$%@, *&#@, and &#&# stopped being swear words.

[Andara Bledin]

Why can't it just be simple like the way men's jeans are sized? [circumference of waist] x [length of jeans] (in inches in the case of the US). Simple enough. Why can't dress sizes work the same way?

Every woman alive has asked that same question.

*nods sagely*

Like... carp?

(Sorry; I know that was a typo, but that made me snicker for a moment there.)

Actually, probably not. It's the word you use when a board has a sensor running that won't let you use the word crap. This is uncommon these days, but was really notable back on the old WWIV BBSes. It's the same as people saying pr0n instead of porn. Mostly just for sillyness these days.

^-.-^

[Jadedcarguy]

It's the same as people saying pr0n instead of porn.

What about carp pron?

[Lady Heather]

As soon as a woman asks "Do I look fat?" RUN!! You look good and know it. Or you have body image problems. If someone thinks they look "fat" or "ugly", you can't change their minds. You can't look good untill you believe you look good. I've been 145-250 pounds, do not expect simpathy if your a size 8 or lower.
I do not awnser that question anymore. I am not going to waste the next 20 min. trying to convince someone they look good.
I look fat!
No you don't!
Yes I do!
It looks good on you!
I look chunky!
Rinse, Lather, Repeat.