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

210 replies

user47 · 08/09/2024 20:33

I had to use DH truck today - which I rarely drive. I then has a tricky reverse park in a busy town. A man watched the whole thing with his arms cross, chuckling and came over and offered a lot of critique and unsolicited advice.
WIBU to offer him critique and unsolicited advice in return?

Yeah yeah, I know I was rude but fuck me, he was a twat of the highest order.

I may have used the phrase "Is it FREE ADVICE DAY? GREAT?"

OP posts:

coxesorangepippin · 08/09/2024 22:17

There's no way this bloke would have commented on a man driving

This. I went home and said to H, has anyone every told you that you are walking on the wrong side of the street??

He was er, no

CovertPiggery · 08/09/2024 22:17

BoredZelda · 08/09/2024 20:40

Did everyone clap and cheer?

🤣

coxesorangepippin · 08/09/2024 22:16

What does that even mean? Wrong side? What is the right side

Who knows?? ( Him, apparently)

user1471548941 · 08/09/2024 22:15

A bloke once tried to guide me in to MY OWN parking space... outside MY OWN house! Just a randomer walking back from the pub....

I wound the window down and asked him if he'd offer the same service to my 6ft 3 bearded husband

Userxyd · 08/09/2024 22:15

Brilliant response OP!!! 😃👏👏👏👏
And @AuntieJoyce so is yours - slippers hahaha

JudgeJ · 08/09/2024 22:13

HRTQueen · 08/09/2024 20:51

YANBU

I was reverse parking into a very tight space. A man stopped walking and decided to watchme shaking his head. When I caught his eye he said you won’t get in that space

Well I did and jumped out before he could walk away and said well that’s a great bit of parking isn’t it with the smuggest smile on my face 😄

he wasn’t smiling

Similar thing happened to me, I was reverse parking into a small space, a group of men sitting outside a cafe were watching, clearly expecting to be entertained! Sadly for them I am very good at reverse parking and when I got out they started to clap and were disappointed when I simply said It's hardly rocket science, is it?

LittleCharlotte · 08/09/2024 22:13

There's no way this bloke would have commented on a man driving.

There's no way any of the posters telling the OP she should have been "nicer" would say that to a man, either. Well done OP!

HolidayAtNight · 08/09/2024 22:10

According to the unassailable precedent set by Dish It Out vs Take It, OP's response does not, in fact, make her just as bad as, and especially not worse than, the man.

Babbahabba · 08/09/2024 22:07

Someone mentioned women's rudeness. In my 40-odd years on this earth I have had very very few unsolicited negative comments from women about anything. I've experienced more kindness and positivity from female strangers than men.

Do women really regularly heckle people they don't know? "Help" them park?

BirthdayRainbow · 08/09/2024 22:06

I got glared at by a man today because I moved my car when he wanted to cross in front of me. I found it interesting that when I told him not to glare at me and to use the crossing he had nothing to say. A lady was looking a bit shocked so I asked her if she'd like to cross, she did, she smiled, she crossed while the bloke was still walking off with nothing to say. He looked a prat using a newspaper to try and keep himself dry in the rain.

AbraAbraCadabra · 08/09/2024 22:05

Hoppinggreen · 08/09/2024 20:39

That was neither as clever or funny as you think.
He was a Dick, you could have made your point AND been a bit more classy

You can't always think of exactly the right response when nobheads catch you off guard. I think the OP did very well.

rubberduck22 · 08/09/2024 22:05

Perfect response! I doubt he would have stood and watched a man reverse park with his arms folded, let alone give him advice on it!

Babbahabba · 08/09/2024 22:04

Or classy I should've put. I hate that word. Why on earth should OP be demure and unruffled? Fuck that shit.

Babbahabba · 08/09/2024 22:04

Why oh why are women expected to be witty, funny or clever when dealing with unwanted attention/provocation from men who are being dicks? I wouldn't have even been as imaginative as you OP, I'd have told him to go fuck himself. Silly twat.

Floppyelf · 08/09/2024 21:58

Hoppinggreen · 08/09/2024 20:39

That was neither as clever or funny as you think.
He was a Dick, you could have made your point AND been a bit more classy

Er no piss off Hopping and anyone else telling @user47 to be more classy. You’re my hero today @user47

SendMeHomeNow · 08/09/2024 21:57

MintyNew · 08/09/2024 20:48

You stopped to his level which I think makes you sound worse off op. You went very personal which isn't nice.

He deserved it & more! Cheeky git. You might have done him a favour OP, he might be ashamed enough to start cleaning his bloody teeth.

Emck3334 · 08/09/2024 21:53

Lol... I'd probably just agree. My parking can be terrible

Echobelly · 08/09/2024 21:51

YANBU - I hate parking when there is a smug man or men watching. The fact is some days I park just fine, other days I struggle - probably the same for most people. My husband is the same and actually reckons I parallel park better than he does. I have been know to go park somewhere else if it looks like someone is going to be watching me. No one has attempted to give me 'advice' thankfully.

Breadcat24 · 08/09/2024 21:47

Sod him- he did not need to comment on your driving- he deserves what he gets.
I absolutely hate when I am driving out of somewhere and some arse weasel decides to help me unrequested by standing in my line of sight then frantically waving their arms about.
I have been know to get out of the car and say "could you move please" (even to my dad when he was still alive!)

LongTimeReading · 08/09/2024 21:45

GeneralUser · 08/09/2024 21:43

@LongTimeReading

True, true but the thread is talking about men. Women's rudeness is not relevant here.

It really isn't. The OP would have said the same and posted all about it here had it been a woman who "helped" her.

Beansandneedles · 08/09/2024 21:45

RunningOutOfImaginitiveUsernames · 08/09/2024 21:44

Ok, I haven't seen any personal insult the OP made but it's been commented on. Has a post been edited?

I think it was just the insinuation that he had poor dental hygiene suggested by the thread title...