kids free meals

[Kitsichick]

AIBU to be surprised and upset?
In Morrisons this evening I treated myself to egg and chips and sauasages- it had been a b of a day. They have a deal where kids eat free for one adult price meal that is being bought. I don't have kids so was in there on my own. Standing just behind me in the quque was a lady and her (around) 8 year old daughter. Daughter said to Mum 'I'm hungry- can I please have some lasagne?'

Mum said 'No- I haven't got the money on me and anyway- I want to buy myself a cake. You can have some coke though'. I turned and said 'If you would like, I would be happy to order your daughter lasagne as I am buying a full price adult meal and might as well use the kids meal up too- I can't eat both!' (I said it to her very quietly while her daughter had run off to choose a coke)

She looked me up and down and then said 'Fxxx off you stuck up bitch!'
I said 'I take that as a no then' but I was really upset. Was I out of line unknowingly?
Is there some Mum etiquette I don't know about?

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I think I might have a name change.. lol!!!

Yes she was rude and there's no excuse for her rudeness.

However, i do think it's incredibly rude to comment on someone else's private conversation uninvited, just because more people do it now doesn't make it OK.

A kind older gentleman gave me his bus ticket last week, his was an all day saver thing and he wasn't going to use it again that day, so gave it to me. Which i accepted gratefully, it never occured to me to tell him to fuck off or that he was being anything other than kind and helpful.

I am indeed as common as muck, ain't nothing wrong with that

BubbleOseven is as common as muck obviously....

The sort of person i'd cross the road to avoid [bwink]

bubbleoseven 'Someone had to say it so I thought I'd go first??'
Is this a WAR or a website? I am even more stunned now. Do you know what? I would rather have someone be rude to me a million times over and yes, be upset about it than not to be polite and nice to people and operate from the 'don't get involved and be cynical to everyone' brigade.
I was SO aware it could be seen as chaity so I was careful- I KNOW this lady as its a small village and she is the GP's receptionist. She said 'I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY ON ME and I want to buy myself a cake'
I can't see how she could think I was offering 'charity' she has a nice job and a responsible position dealing with the public.
I am staggered both at the original incident aand what mean people you and goaty breath or whatever her name is!

Although bubbleOseven, sometimes it's hard not to over hear, especially in a queue. I know what you mean though.

But there is something wrong with behaving like a foul, mouthed yob

"BubbleOseven is as common as muck obviously....

The sort of person i'd cross the road to avoid"

why? don't you like common people?

and anyway what IS 'common as muck'?
I come from a long line of council house renters and parents being unemployed- does that make me as common as muck or bubble for that matter?
I think there is a line between being 'salt of the earth' and downright horrible.
If we mean in terms of material possessions in our extended family then I am CAM too.

Agree with Hecate. Why was she buying herself a cake and no food for the child?

I would of been so chuffed it you had been in front of me in a Q and offered. You sound like a lovely person.

OK - eavesdropping, maybe a bit rude (but it's arguable this was even evesdropping, but if the Outcome of it is a nice, kind thing then surely that's irrelevant.

I think some people are very proud, very suspicious, perceive well-intentioned things as an attack on them. Chippy, in other words

You think there is nothing wrong in being "common" ?

:(

I would be quite concerned if anyone thought I was common, never mind proud of it.

Now it comes out - she's a medical receptionist! They go on special courses on how to be rude and unhelpful

bOs If I dont want anybody to hear what im saying I whisper or I have my conversation where other people cant hear me. Anything else is fair game. Talking to strangers is called Being Friendly. Give it a try one day, you might actually enjoy it.

Yadnbu

Yes no excuse for being a foul mouthed yob,it's true a simple no thank you would have done.

You know when your heart does that little drop thing when something makes you jump- mine just did that.

What a bloody rude woman. Poor you, it was a kind offer, which she could have refused politely if she was really against the idea of her child eating.

I know I'm going to sound like an old gimmer now, but there seems to be so many things to do 'wrong' nowadays- it's amazing anyone dares speak to anyone else!

YADNU. It never ok to verbally abuse someone like that. What an awful woman. It was hardly charity, you were entitled to it for free anyway, and it was kind of you to offer.

Quite depressing that someone on here thinks it is ok to behave like that.

OP, it was a really nice gesture. As you say you couldn't help overhearing. Even if she felt offended she shouldn't have said anything worse than 'No, thanks.'

I think manicbmc has goten to the truth of it.

OP - don't let it stop you doing nice things. That way the bastards win

Amazingbouncing ferret- she actually had a cake AND a sandwich and her daughter had a coke and grizzled about being hungry. She then stuck two sugar lumps in the coke and said 'that'll keep you going' No- she didn't share any food.
I couldn't help seeing this as she chose to sit down at the table RIGHT NEXT TO ME even though there were loads of spaces so I have to presume it was deliberate. And I am even more amazed that was the