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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.

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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?"

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SilenceInside · 08/09/2024 20:47

IMO, as he interrupted you going about your day with unneeded commentary and unwanted interaction, then what you said back was totally reasonable. Sod being polite, and sod feeling bad about it! He should have minded his own business instead of deciding to interfere in your day.

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user47 · 08/09/2024 20:46

pinkyredrose · 08/09/2024 20:45

7 brother's! I hope you had more than one toilet!

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One OUTSIDE until I was 6 then one inside until I was 14, then 2. It was brutal! I have a bladder of steel.

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thoonerismspread · 08/09/2024 20:46

Please tell us exactly how it went! What exactly did you/he say?

BoredZelda · 08/09/2024 20:46

Nope, it was just us, but I do feel bad. Does that help?

I'm sure they will clap and cheer here to make up for it.

Wordsmithery · 08/09/2024 20:46

Haha, well done. If anything, you were too restrained. That level of twattery deserves the skunk breath, shit for brains level of insults, not just kindly dental advice :)

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user47 · 08/09/2024 20:46

RedRobyn2021 · 08/09/2024 20:45

No this is perfection, do not doubt yourself

Dying to know what he said back 😂

nothing, he stropped off - so unsatisfying

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RedRobyn2021 · 08/09/2024 20:45

user47 · 08/09/2024 20:36

@MikeRafone He stopped off calling me names.

Of course he did

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user47 · 08/09/2024 20:45

HauntedbyMagpies · 08/09/2024 20:42

@user47 *crossED. His arms were crossed.

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I am riddled with errors - believe me I know! You only picked up one of several in the OP. Get your red pen out and go for it!

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pinkyredrose · 08/09/2024 20:45

user47 · 08/09/2024 20:39

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

I have a dad and 7 brothers and have spent my life being told off by men, well, that is how I felt today.

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7 brother's! I hope you had more than one toilet!

RedRobyn2021 · 08/09/2024 20:45

No this is perfection, do not doubt yourself

Dying to know what he said back 😂

Hoppinggreen · 08/09/2024 20:45

MrsGhastlyCrumb · 08/09/2024 20:43

Oh, FUCK classy. Also, it was, in point of fact, quite witty.

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Its possible to be both.

PaillettenBedeckt · 08/09/2024 20:44

Nah, bollocks to him. He chose to stick his beak in where it wasn't wanted!

Gettingbysomehow · 08/09/2024 20:44

Haha I got told off once by a pensioner for wearing a camouflage print biker jacket on my motorbike. He said why am I so stupid wearing camo so nobody can see me.
The jacket had reflective patches all over it, my lights were full on and I wasn't riding through a fecking forest.

Sparklfairy · 08/09/2024 20:44

user47 · 08/09/2024 20:37

I am thinking about it and feeling mildly ashamed. He was just such a knob but I should have been "Yeah, thanks Grandad"

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We can't win though can we. If you'd not said anything in the name of dignity then you'd be kicking yourself for not saying anything. We always, always, come up with a better retort after mulling it over for ages

When we're put on the spot like that we just have to accept what our brains give us in the moment. He doesn't feel ashamed.

bergamotorange · 08/09/2024 20:44

I can see he was really annoying, but I think what you said in return was out of order as it was about personal appearance.

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user47 · 08/09/2024 20:44

PinkPolkadotFlamingo · 08/09/2024 20:42

I think you just need to internally eye roll. In my opinion, men who do this do so because they have very little else going on in their lives, and probably feel inadequate to women in other respects, career, education, etc. so driving becomes the "thing" that they want to jump on.

When they do it to me I just think, "you don't realise how little I give a sh*t about getting into a space the first time" and then smile and nod until they go away.

You are sooooo right!

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user47 · 08/09/2024 20:43

gamerchick · 08/09/2024 20:40

I recently had an elderly bloke explain parking meters to me while I was getting a ticket. I honestly couldn't be arsed pushing back and sent him off feeling like a master of the universe.

Tires you out man.

At the Yorkshire Show - sorry the Great Yorkshire Show - a man stood behind me doing the 'helpful' hand thing, unrequested, I had to shamefully tell him I might knock him down if he stayed there 😂

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MrsGhastlyCrumb · 08/09/2024 20:43

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

Oh, FUCK classy. Also, it was, in point of fact, quite witty.

HauntedbyMagpies · 08/09/2024 20:42

@user47 *crossED. His arms were crossed.

anxietyaardvark · 08/09/2024 20:42

Don't feel bad. He won't have done and I bet you weren't the first woman he has done it to this week. Knob.

PinkPolkadotFlamingo · 08/09/2024 20:42

I think you just need to internally eye roll. In my opinion, men who do this do so because they have very little else going on in their lives, and probably feel inadequate to women in other respects, career, education, etc. so driving becomes the "thing" that they want to jump on.

When they do it to me I just think, "you don't realise how little I give a sh*t about getting into a space the first time" and then smile and nod until they go away.

LlynTegid · 08/09/2024 20:42

Calling him granddad presumes that his sex life has not always been solo.

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user47 · 08/09/2024 20:41

BoredZelda · 08/09/2024 20:40

Did everyone clap and cheer?

Nope, it was just us, but I do feel bad. Does that help?

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user47 · 08/09/2024 20:41

URGH *Had a tricky
I can't even do basic grammar now, a man will be along to correct me shortly 😂

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gamerchick · 08/09/2024 20:40

I recently had an elderly bloke explain parking meters to me while I was getting a ticket. I honestly couldn't be arsed pushing back and sent him off feeling like a master of the universe.

Tires you out man.

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