Was I so rude???

There is no fury like you feel when you have just got your baby to sleep and then somebody wakes them up! I’m not sure I have forgiven my mother-in-law yet for when she woke my daughter up in 2004…

Just put this behind you and move on. Hopefully those women will have forgotten about it so don’t take it to heart.

I would not have dared to ask strangers to keep quiet, but it is not the end of the world.

This .... like you just can't ask people in shops to be quiet ...its really odd.

Both were unreasonable. You can't dictate whether people are talking, loudly or quietly in public, and they should have given you an eye roll rather than sarky comments.
There are bigger hills to die on though and it isn't worth crying over - you won't have to see them again. I wouldn't have challenged them tbh - it looks a bit entitled even if noisy people are annoying as heck.

Exactly this. Fucking pathetic generalisation! I know many people who go there who are savvy, well-educated professionals with homes worth 7 figures, and tons of surplus income. They didn't become well off (and stay that way) by doing their shopping in fucking Harrods, Waitrose, and Fortnum and Mason!

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Poor, common people.

I actually have a bit of sympathy for OP as she's overtired.

Bit the absolute snotty shite I'm reading on here from some posters about demographic is far more fucking rude than she was.

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Wow. You should emigrate to Afghanistan. They forbid women to even whisper to each other there. They have to remain silent because only men have the right to speak. You’d love it.

God the cackling and screeching from groups of girls sometimes in coffee shops sets my teeth on edge! People treat public areas as their private spaces now! Sick of it

And Gloria Hunniford😬

The world doesn’t revolve around you and your baby unfortunately. If you want silence then stay at home where you can control it.

YABU to police how other people behave.

You were rude. You can't expect the world to rearrange around your baby.

I feel for you, OP.
You probably shouldn't ask people to be quiet, but I also think it's just consideration and good manners not to be loud around someone who is asleep, especially a baby.

100% YABU! @Mulberrypie You can't tell people how to behave, and that they can't laugh and talk and chat and giggle (and be a bit loud in a public store.) That's just daft to think you have the right!

If someone told me to STFU in a public place 'so their baby can sleep' I would laugh at them, and purposely be louder. Don't tell me to shut up! Go to a library or a Church if you want silence!

And people can just pack it in with this 'there's a certain type of person that goes in Home Bargains' shit as well... People from all walks of life go in there. Stupid fucking shitty comment!

Oh and as for 'they weren't ladies........' Actually pissing myself laughing at THAT comment. How should a laaayyydeee behave pray tell? 😂 Should we all be quiet and demure and only speak when we're spoken to?! LOL fuck off!

Realistically, asking people to keep the noise down in a shop is probably not going to get the best response. You don't own the shop. It isn't your place to tell customers what to do. I had a migraine today and had to go to Sainsbury's. My head was pounding and I felt sick. Would it have been ok for me to ask people in the shop to keep it down a bit? Like the kid screaming "BUT I WANT IT!!" right next to me?

Last weekend a man halted in the entrance of M&S to audibly howk up a massive gurgling ball of phlegm, only to then shoot it out on the ground with a splat, exactly where people walk in and out.
Never seen anyone do that at Home Bargains. Revolting.

Maybe you and the OP could move to Afghanistan where women are only allowed to speak in a whisper.

I'm sorry you have had this experience, op. They all sound awful, loud, stupid and vulgar. I can't bear that sort of thing (& I'm an old lady).

Put it behind you now, it's over and done with. Perhaps shop somewhere else, there are nicer places I'm sure.

You had no right to ask this, but this isn't an excuse for the women and cashier shouting at you, given that you asked politely. If it had been me at the queue making a noise, I'd have been embarrassed but whether I apologised or pointed out (calmly) that that this was a shop, not a library, would depend on my mood at the time.

So, both you and they were in the wrong, but they were more in the wrong because they were rude to you, while you had been unreasonable but polite.

@Mulberrypie
You weren't rude. I have insomnia so I know how you were feeling. Don't worry about it. Things will get better.
People are rude to me all the time in my job. To my face, in Emails. Once in some official documents I found a completely fabricated incident about me. I don't take any notice at all. It's just a matter of practice, you are lucky you still get upset!

What demographic is that then? 'Shopper'? 🧐

Because anything else would be bloody rude!

It doesn't sound like you were asking them to be quiet, more that you were asking them not to make such a racket. I've no idea why people think it's socially acceptable to be so loud. No ones ears want to be assaulted by that kind of noise. These women sound common as muck.