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Original poster

to find a swaying womam very annoying

94 replies

MikeRotch · 07/04/2011 13:16

today me in post office q ( preferred place for observing unwahsed)
woman there, late 30s, jeans converse highlights, heavy thighs, waiting with small parcel.
she is swaying. swaying as she might if at an evangelical church, or to some gentle rhymic samba. I stare at her. has she an ipod? no.
she sways. back wards and forwards side to side.

this annoyes me

i stare again.
she sways more.
she is not drunk( seemingly)
why is she SWAYING? Do you sway?

OP posts:
Bucharest · 07/04/2011 13:29

You'd have to stand up close and personal and bodyblock the sway midmotion.

Then they might think you wanted to join in in a kind of Mexican wave of swaydom.

You'd have to be very careful.

QueeferSutherland · 07/04/2011 13:29

Fuck, was it me?

I sway when pg or holding a child. Or on my own.

I have grabbed a collegue's hand when crossing a busy road.

2gorgeousboys · 07/04/2011 13:29

Curry I have been known to say "look at that fire engine, what noise does it make?" before realising that DS2 was not with me on the bus. I got very strange looks from the other passengers Blush

PumpkinBones · 07/04/2011 13:31

Apart from the highlights, this could have been me. I sway for various things. Sometimes when hearing music in my head.

I don't get what it was that annoyed you though.

PortBlackSandwitch · 07/04/2011 13:31

Maybe she was the first swayer in a flashmob .... if you'd have hung around any longer folks would be popping up out of the rolls of brown parcel paper and from behind the cheap cards and there would have been more converse, over-thin scarves and goaties than you could shake a stick at.

If you were really lucky they might start singing too....

Original poster
MikeRotch · 07/04/2011 13:32

ROAR!

OP posts:
chickenpieface · 07/04/2011 13:32

I have heavy thighs and highlights and I work in the Post Office!

bucaneve · 07/04/2011 13:35

Maybe she has dodgy hips? When I stand up for too long sometimes my legs/hips hurt and I have to rock back and forward/sway a bit.

Swaying flash mob sounds much more fun tho.

Gemsy83 · 07/04/2011 13:36

When marimba rhythm starts to play........

TheCrackFox · 07/04/2011 13:36

Maybe she is bursting for a crap and trying to hold it in?

YouaretooniceNOT · 07/04/2011 13:36

Perhaps she was experiencing some discomfort in her back/legs etc? The swaying may have eased her pain a little.

Quenelle · 07/04/2011 13:38

CurrySpice Thu 07-Apr-11 13:21:48
I don't sway but I have been known to excitedly point out tractors / horses / baa lambs to an empty car

Look! Diggers!

blackeyedsusan · 07/04/2011 13:44

Back ache.. not in a post office, but guilty of swaying when it is bad. standing still can get very painful.

PfftTheMagicDragon · 07/04/2011 13:44

sounds like me Confused

OliPolly · 07/04/2011 13:47

maybe she needed a wee? Blush

madonnawhore · 07/04/2011 13:48

YABU to point out the size of her thighs even though they are totally irrelevant to the source of your irritation i.e. the swaying, which YANBU about because 'swayers' are annoying.

I vote for the 'she was desperate for a wee' option.

On a related note, there was a woman behind me on the bus this morning who was a very noisy sigher. Every 5 mins or so she would sigh or yawn and it would be accompanied by an 'oooh' or a 'hmmm' followed by a couple of lip smacks. Like the kind of noises you make when you're snuggling down in bed. Occasionally it veered a little bit too close to sex noises.

Really wish I had had my ipod this morning. She was so annoying.

piprabbit · 07/04/2011 13:53

I get backache when I stand still for too long (like when I'm queuing).
It eases the pain if I rock my hips. I guess it looks like I'm swaying. I never realised that someone might be judging me. I will make myself a little sign to wear around my neck in future, explaining what I am doing.

madonnawhore · 07/04/2011 13:55

piprabbit would you? there's a love.

Also, if you're prone to yawning noisly in public please don't leave the house in future :o

Original poster
MikeRotch · 07/04/2011 13:57

lol at pip

OP posts:
piprabbit · 07/04/2011 13:57

Would a post-it note attatched to my jacket do the job, or shall I fire up the laminator?

dinkystinky · 07/04/2011 13:59

Maybe she was meditating (lets face it, who wouldnt want to transcend when stuck in a post office queue) and was swaying in time to her internal chants of of Om...

or maybe she needed the loo

SpringHeeledJack · 07/04/2011 14:01

I have noticed that you always seem to get deeply annoyed by mumsnetters/members of the general public and slightly idiosyncratic behaviours, OP

[concerned]

...perhaps you have Anger Ishoos?

thefirstMrsDeVere · 07/04/2011 14:02

Was it in East London. I dont remember going to the PO but I have highlights, wear converse and have been known to sway.

If so , sorry love.

(NB I dont have heavy thighs)

ShoutyHamster · 07/04/2011 14:02

piprabbit as long as your thighs are within the normal range, you should get away with it.

She was HEAVY THIGHED so will invite comment.

Maybe her hips/back hurt BECAUSE of the outsize thighs attached to them.

Maybe she was doing thigh reducing exercises.
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Maybe she was hoping that by creating a swaying diversion her shocking thigh situation would go unnoticed (Ha! That one backfired)

All in all the thigh size factor could be at the heart of the issue.

scaryteacher · 07/04/2011 14:03

I vote for back pain which she is trying to ease, or she could have an inner ear infection which means she is wobbly, or she has just got varifocals and is trying to see straight.