I'm a delivery driver out of a depot where there is only 1 male driver, the rest are female. I pick up my parcels at 9.30 in the morning, which is the last collection time and share the slot with this bloke.
There was a new lady there yesterday, and of course because she was new she took longer to sort out and load, so she was still there when we got there. She had also brought her friend with her. It was very busy as well so she was struggling to fit all the parcels in her vehicle.
So the bloke came over and asked me who they were, I said I didn't know, just new cover drivers I assumed. As they drove off he made a comment about the car's suspension, I laughed and agreed that it was low at the back (due to the parcels). He then said 'yeah, right couple of monsters, weren't they?' I called him an arsehole.
He said that he doesn't like women who don't look after their appearance.
Now to paint a picture, I'm about a stone overweight, and very hippified. I don't wear make-up, dress casually, and my husband cuts my hair. These 2 ladies were heavier than me (maybe 13-14 stone each), a little older, but certainly better turned out, nicely styled hair, well-dressed. So from his previous comments he could only have been referring to their weight.
Anyway, I totally saw red, at his opinion that it's ok to make negative comments about the physical appearance of people he doesn't know. I tried to tell him this. But all he kept saying was 'awww, slugz, but I think you're lovely' which just made me madder and madder. I certainly didn't want him to think I was lovely. So called him lots of bad names, and then refused to speak to him again.
I came home last night and related the tale to dh, who just said 'why would you care? Loads of people have rubbish opinions', he thinks I totally overreacted, did I?