A man told me how I should have reverse parked. I told him to floss and use a stain resistant toothpaste.

As a mobile dog groomer, I drive a long wheel based van which I have to reverse through a gate on to the driveway. A male (65ish) neighbour once told me ‘you drive it very well…you know, for a woman’
Watch out ladies, they’ll be letting us vote soon! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Good for you!

And thanks for making this Covid-ridden mum smile today 😊

It wasn't a genuine interaction, it was a man thinking he knows better than a woman and letting her know what she should be doing something despite the fact that she was already doing the thing perfectly well.

You can bet your bottom dollar he wouldn't have treated a man like that.

Why are women terrible at parking?…

Because men are always telling us that this

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is eight inches…

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I used to get advice and "help", always from men, on how to park when out and about in a clearly-marked postal van, wearing a postie uniform.

A couple of days ago I was working as a volunteer, doing a 5 minute job picking up rubbish in a car park. Some random man sitting in a car couldn't help himself from explaining how I should do the job. 😏

Had someone walking by while I was parking on my narrow terraced street tell me I had done a good job, and he did not believe I would have been able to park in the space I parked in, much less in one go. Told him 'yeah, I am pretty good at parking' and walked off.

This is a truly horrible and depressing thread.

Are people not allowed to interact with other humans now unless there is some kind of written agreement in place?

It was perfect, don't be such a handmaiden. Men need to learn to stop this shit, and subtlety is lost if fuckwits like this.

Tilt your head to one side and say 'I'm confused' then when they start to explain again, say 'No, I'm confused why you think I gave a flying fig about your opinion?'. There's rarely any reply to that.

I’d think my relative (of any type or age) deserved everything they got for being a patronising arsehole who thought they had the right to butt in with their unsolicited opinion.

Fucking hell! Safe to say that person didn't give unsolicited advice again!

I'm not one to condone violence, but I once allowed myself a small nod of satisfaction when I watched a guy's reaction to a lengthy stream of 'advice' from a pedestrian, as he was trying (and succeeding, eventually) to park in small space. After the advice-giver stopped shouting instructions - which were full of expletives, sometimes contradictory - and topped it off with openly laughing at the the driver, the driver calmly exited his car and aimed an expert karate kick at his abuser's chest. Which put the numpty on his arse, with an astonished look on his face. Driver strolled off with not so much as a backward glance.

I was once reversing out of a space at the supermarket. When I looked in my mirrors, I could see a man and a woman giving me ‘helpful’ hand signals. I opened the car door and let them know I had mirrors, a camera and reversing sensors. 🙄

I think the yoof say FAFO - serves him right, being “classy” is overrated.

I had to move my car at a relative's house because of a contractor arriving who needed access to the bit of the pavement I was parked next to. I only had to move to the other side of the road being careful not to overlap the end of some double yellow lines.

Said relative insisted on pratting around trying to help me. I had to point out that 1. He was standing on my blind spot so I couldn't see him and 2. My car has cameras providing a clear view of where the double yellows finished.

We had just half an hour before been talking about how useful it was that modern cars had such cameras.

I just told DH about the situation and OP's riposte. He laughed and said the prat deserved it.

I had a man tell me off for something very trivial while I was on my bike. Told me off not the man in front of me, on account of my vagina.

I shouted after him “Get help for your anger problems you angry man” (best I could think off on the moment).

He properly stopped his bike and started circling round as if to follow up but skulked off. I felt empowered but then vulnerable because that’s the reality of speaking back right. Threat of violence.

Yes op, whatever you do don't make them feel bad or offer them a chance for some self reflection. Good grief.

Exactky. My dad would be 92 if he were still alive now- and he used to absolutely hate twats like this. Then again, his big sister was a mechanic and driver in the army during WW2 before running an anti-submarine unit in the Navy, so there was no chance he was going to grow up patronising women.

This is true!

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Can't work out of this is serious or not. 😆

STEALING THIS! 😂

I like this - very disarming

If my father or grandfather spoke this way to a woman they would absolutely deserve it and I would be ashamed for them.

Old people can be arseholes, too - young arseholes do not miraculously become sweet old men/women.

Hahahaha!!!