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Would waiting half an hour piss you off?

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whiteferrari · 07/04/2024 22:06

For someone to go into a changing room and not come out for 30 minutes and then not even acknowledge they’ve taken that long?

(Person is an adult not a child for relevance)

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DrinkinghelpsThinking · 07/04/2024 22:24

WarshipRocinante · 07/04/2024 22:23

Sorry, myself and colleague? What does that mean? Do you mean, “My colleague and I?”

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Oh ffs, you know what I meant. Why are you acting so alarmed when you worked out it anyway?!

WarshipRocinante · 07/04/2024 22:23

DrinkinghelpsThinking · 07/04/2024 22:22

It depends, if myself and colleague arranged to grab some lunch and we couldn’t as a result of her taking so long, I’d be pissed.

If I had lunch with me and my original plan was to find a bench and eat by myself anyway, it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest.

Sorry, myself and colleague? What does that mean? Do you mean, “My colleague and I?”

Scarramoosh · 07/04/2024 22:22

I despise clothes shopping, so on the rare occasions I do go, I try an absolute shitload of stuff on all in one sitting. I hate having to keep getting undressed> dressed> find more stuff to try on> undressed> dressed> (etc!)

And the queue for a changing cubicle to become free may also be a mile long on a busy Saturday afternoon.

So I could maybe end up being gone for 30 mins.

But I try to go alone when I know I'm going to be doing this kind of shopping, as I appreciate it's no fun for say, my DH or DS. They'd be going insane with boredom.

WarshipRocinante · 07/04/2024 22:22

So you pretty much missed your lunch break? You should have just left. She is old enough to figure that out.

DrinkinghelpsThinking · 07/04/2024 22:22

It depends, if myself and colleague arranged to grab some lunch and we couldn’t as a result of her taking so long, I’d be pissed.

If I had lunch with me and my original plan was to find a bench and eat by myself anyway, it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest.

Mum2jenny · 07/04/2024 22:22

I’d have walked out after 10 minutes

Princesspollyyy · 07/04/2024 22:19

Did she apologise for being so long or acknowledge the fact she had? I would never keep someone waiting that long, it's really rude IMO.

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whiteferrari · 07/04/2024 22:15

Full context. I was at work today (work in city centre) and colleague asked what I was doing for lunch and said she’d join me.

She said she needed to go in a clothes shop, we went in and she said she was going to try her clothes on (she had maybe 3 items)

I said ok I need to make a phone call so I’ll wait outside thinking she wouldn’t be long, I sat on a bench directly outside and she took half an hour.

I don’t even have her number to call. I felt like I couldn’t leave because she would have walked out and had no idea where I’d gone.

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marrybarry · 07/04/2024 22:13

Depends. I hate trying clothes on and how the mirrors/clothes can make me feel. I could possible be sat in the changing room crying for half an hour 🤦‍♀️

Createausername1970 · 07/04/2024 22:12

A changing room in a shop and they were just trying on a top? Yes, it would annoy me.

Or a changing room in a gym and they were having a shower etc? Maybe, depends how busy it was.

loropianalover · 07/04/2024 22:10

Well yes obviously I think that would piss anyone off but Did you stand there like a lemon for 30 mins or did you browse by yourself, don’t you have phones to get in touch if you can’t find each other?

Tatas · 07/04/2024 22:10

For someone trying on clothes? Not really if they took in a good armful of things to try!

Popchippps · 07/04/2024 22:09

Was it the only changing room?
did they know you waited 30mins?
why couldn’t you get changed elsewhere?

Popchippps · 07/04/2024 22:09

More context needed…

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