To feel humiliated, or have i just lost my sense of humor.

[leopardprintsock]

I was at work today, i work in a very nice shop, I approached a customer laying on a bed. He wasnt much older than me ( mid 30's) and had two early teens with him. I asked if he was ok and if he needed any help, to which he responded' im alright love, id be better if you jump on next to me' I laughed and said ' no' but he carried on telling me how much i wanted to and that his wife was in the loo and to be quick.
His children seemed to think it was funny, i felt awkward and embarrassed. I walked away feeling humiliated and laughed at.

Do i need to get a grip or am right that he was, in fact, a knobber.

[HellonHeels]

Absolute knobber.

[OTheHugeManatee]

He was a tosser and massively inappropriate. YANBU.

[DameDeepRedBetty]

Definitely a knobber.

[RevelsRoulette]

Yup. He was a prat.

Nice example he's setting for his kids too. How to talk to a woman you don't know from adam.

But I am sure he thought he was rip roaringly funny and there was no conscious intention to humiliate you.

[Pollydon]

What a dickhead

[thebody]

what a twat. best response ' in your wet dreams love'

surely they weren't his children? if yes how vile.

[Tryandguessthisonethen]

What an arse! Def not you.

[Salmotrutta]

Prat.

[Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme]

I'd have been tempted to say 'I'm sorry sir but that lewd sort of behaviour isn't tolerated and perhaps you'd like to try elsewhere?'

YANBU

[fanjofarrow]

He was a bellwhiff.

[Untilthecowscomehome]

He was a knob.


Unfortunately there are many knobs about. I get them often in my shop, just recently I've had

"hurry up, mush, mush" as I was walking to the till

"20 lambert and your phone number please"

And while reaching down to stock a low shelf and realising a customer wanted serving behind me. As I apologised he said "don't worry I was enjoying the view"



As I say, many, many knobs.

[neiljames77]

When he suggested, "better be quick", it's a pity you couldn't have said, "you probably always are, unfortunately for your wife, sir".

[VerySmallSqueak]

I have to say I have a hide like a rhino and I wouldn't be humiliated but I would have had to put him down in a non-getting the sack way.If I could think of think of something fast enough.

I'm sure he thought he was being very funny rather than showing the world just how inadequate he actually is.

[leopardprintsock]

im not sure i could have said things like that, its a very ' naice' store and i was totally caught unawares, you just dont expect that sort of thing to happen when you are at work, least of all where i work.

[leopardprintsock]

untilthecows = urgh, that is grim.

[nennypops]

He was being a knob, but I think you do need to expect that knobs will come into your shop occasionally and learn to deal with them.

[Finola1step]

He's a dick. There are unfortunately plenty of them about. Don't feel humiliated. But do feel sympathy for the poor woman who puts up with his crap. And not to mention his children.

[Brandnewmamma]

You haven't lost your sense of humour.. You we caught off guard when you needed to be professional. He was absolutely out of order. Not very funny.. A bit sad actually. I wish I was one of those people who could think of witty answers but I can't.

[MistAllChuckingFrighty]

knobber

[elskovs]

I agree its a bit immature of a grown man, but I don't know why you would feel humiliated or offended.

He sounds a bit like Jim Royle from The Royle Family.

I would've smiled and left. But if you spend a lot of time on MN you will probably read a lot more into it.

[MistAllChuckingFrighty]

There is nothing more to read than "knobber"

Don't you like MN, elskovs ?

[FracturedViewOfLife]

Idiot.

I had two people lick their hands, wipe it on my uniform and say "lets get you out of those wet clothes" when I worked in a pub. Fucking grim.

[claretandamberforever]

Best retort I heard to someone who had asked for a phone number..

"Yeah, course it's 0121 do one"

[pianodoodle]

Just what you need - a "hilarious" dad.

I guarantee his kids will soon be mortified of him. His wife probably is already!

[DismemberedDwerf]

Until whenever my dd was asked for her number she would reply 0121youcando1.

What is is with knobbers in shops?