to have complained about this child's top?

[Lotster]

I was in Peacocks yesterday - I know, living the high life! Our nearest town is a bit limited for kids clothing and wanted to get my son some long sleeved tops.

I saw this boys top hanging up and it stopped me in my tracks.

Now, given that this top is for boys aged 1-6 I don't imagine the joke could be aimed at fellow 6 and unders, as they wouldn't get the joke, so surely must be aimed at older children and adults. Which is why I found it made me really uncomfortable. The lady in the shop said she agreed with me, but a friend thought I was being over the top.

So am I being precious or is it really bad taste?

x-post again chipping - "'The Peacocks one was aimed at a voyeur'

Strange how it's only you who thinks that...."

Again, nasty undertone.

And iagain I was not the only one who thought that - 2 members of Peacocks staff thought so too. Also 3 of my girlfriends at dinner last night thought so.

so first just the lady in the shop agreed with you, then another lady and now 3 friends aswell?

AIBU by stealth is what this is.

OFGS - no-one has stuck the boot in. You really do need to get a grip.

Don't post in AIBU if all you want is people to agree with you - especially when what you are posting is rubbish.

Chipping - yes I saw that even the non-slogan liking people don't see a problem with it.

Am more about the OP's point

we do need a rolling eyes emoticon don't we!

Stealth - before we know it the entire shop is going to have agreed with you and formed a picket line outside.

No undertone at all, nasty or otherwise.

YOU are the only one who thinks it's for voyeurs!

and actually - I might go and buy that for DS3 next week. I'm liking some of the stuff on their website - hopefully our local one will have some of them in......'tis only a small one and not usually much to choose from.

I suppose I could order online - but some of their neck sizes are a bit strange (or maybe I just have large headed children ) and I need to check they fit over heads before buying

Excellent - if you do, you'll have to put a photo of him in it on your profile :)

2shoes.....I love that idea!! (your first post)

'aimed at voyeurs' are you quite mad?

op i bet the women in the shop laugh about you once you left the shop.

there is nothing offencive about this top, if there is i would like to know why.

i dislike tps like this, but still don't see nothing sexual or offensive.

oh oh oh I'm LOVING the duffle coat - but they only have it in 2-3yrs and DS3 needs a 4-5yrs one

face to it shop staff have to agree with you.they probably laughed when you left

I don't see the problem either but I absolutely love 2 shoes plan

YABU

Ok my last word,

"Voyeur" means to look. The t-shirt was about someone staring at the wearer, so no, I'm not "mad", it's the literal translation of what it means. It's in the dictionary if you need to check.

Nothing "stealth" about my AIBU, I had dinner with friends last night and we discussed it, not so unbelievable really.

I agreed early on I was possibly being oversensitive. Not interested continuing a bunfight.

Everything is open to interpretation though isn't it? I think that it's certainly too adult a joke/slogan for a childs top. At the very least its ambiguous and I would say that if there's any room for doubt than it most probably isn't suitable.

I asked my DH and BIL what they thought about it without pitching where the OP was coming from and they both thought exactly the same as the OP.

So I guess we're all warped individuals....

stealth is when you dripfeed information at different points in the thread to support your point, happens quite often when an OP isn't getting the response they had hoped for. it doesn't mean it is made up or umbelievable.

I've never really understood this whole "dripfeed" AIBU by stealth notion either. What is a conversation if you can't add to it? This whole dripfeed thing is just a means to trying to silence people you don't agree with. It's utter gash.

aye but its the adding of suddenly recalled supporting information.miraculously remembered stuff support point

they never recall unsupportive info.oh aye come to think of it the shop assistant said i was talkin keech...

Lotster no - voyeur is not the verb for 'to look'.

voy·eur (voi-yûr)
n.

1. A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point.
2. An obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects

In your OP you said a friend thought you were over the top - no mention of the other friends who you apparently had dinner with last night (before you started the thread) who agreed with you....

i like it in fact am going to look for one for ds3 tomorrow want one that ay opps you hould have been looking for that lampost intead of me

rollergirl, it is when the info that may have been useful to know from the start is only produced when OP feels they aren't convincing posters they are right, that people get annoyed. it isn't an attempt to silence. if OP thought the info relevant then she should put it in teh OP rather than later on only when peopel are disagreeing.

Gee, this is the definition of voyeur I get when I look in a dictionary:

voyeur (vwaɪˈɜː, French vwaj?r)

? n
a person who obtains sexual pleasure or excitement from the observation of someone undressing, having intercourse, etc

And it's a dripfeed because suddenly the OP has gone from 2 people agreeing with her who have to agree with her to keep their jobs, or think they do, to having her friends agree with her.

That's what the dripfeed AIBU by stealth is about. It's additional information that she only included when it started not going her way.

And this is the tamest bun fight I have ever been in.