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Original poster

Or do I have a sign saying "I am illiterate" on my forehead?

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StealthyKissBeartrayal · 13/04/2011 13:14

I've just been to Sainsbury's and one of the members of staff was in the way of the item I wanted, I'd picked up one bag then realised they were 2 for £2 so went to get a different type but she was in the way. I said "excuse me please" and instead of just moving she looked at what I was holding and said "They're on 2 for £2 at the moment"

still didn't move...
"and look you can get or or ..."

I know she was just trying to be friendly and I know I should have just been more assertive but aaaargh.
Also whenever I go to a restaurant with MIL she starts picking stuff off the menu and suggesting them to me while I'm trying to read the menu. "ooh look they do jacket potatoes with cheese, or you could have an omelette, or a salad...". Again, she is lovely. But I can read!!

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YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 13:18

I was in the Co-Op superstore at the weekend, about to be served at the till. An ignorant cow shop assistant stood to the side of me arranging the chewing gums in their stand. She pushed me out of the way when she bent down to reach a box. I said, "Excuse me?, did you just push me?". She said, "No, i did not!". She did i tell you with the back of her hand, i almopst toppled over. Anything but ask me politely to stand to one side so she could get on with her needless fiddling job.

YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 13:21

OP perhaps the staff member aniticipated a series of questions from you about item offers. Annoying i know but you are hardly illiterate because of that. Next time just grab the item and tell you haven't time, you have to be back at work, meetimng a friend. Or just grab, run, ignore.

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StealthyKissBeartrayal · 13/04/2011 13:23

true - the thing that annoyed me is that I was in a hurry, I knew what I wanted I just needed her to get out of the way
all sweetness and light, me :o

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StealthyKissBeartrayal · 13/04/2011 13:24

why do my AIBU threads never kick off? Am I that dull?

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ShatnersBassoon · 13/04/2011 13:25

DH does this to me when we're seeing what's on TV. He reads out the TV guide, because obviously I'd rather have him huffung and sighing his way through hundreds of unsuitable programmes than just read it for myself.

YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 13:27

What was you buying nosey question out of interest? Hope it was choclit! Grin

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StealthyKissBeartrayal · 13/04/2011 13:27

I feel your pain Shatners! At least when it's DH you can tell him that he's being annoying though!

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StealthyKissBeartrayal · 13/04/2011 13:27

I knew someone would ask, and yes it was Blush
It was TTD chocolate chip cookies from the bakery

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ShatnersBassoon · 13/04/2011 13:29

Yes, but it doesn't stop him. It never stops the miserable, monotonous sod.

YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 13:29

YABU OP for not sharing the chocolate cookies... Sad

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StealthyKissBeartrayal · 13/04/2011 13:30

here you go Biscuit
the cookies are mine ALL MINE
go on - someone has to point out that I was ina rush but still had time to buy cookies!

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YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 14:01

LOL! Thank you - nom, nom, nom!

Cookies are a priority, espcially of the Rolo variety - chewy and choclitty!

TheMonster · 13/04/2011 14:05

When I used to take DS to the local children's centre, one of the women there would as me regularly if I was interested in a basic literacy course at a local college. She seemed to make a bee-line for me. Each time I would tell her that I was an English teacher and the woman would act all surprised.
I guess I must look stupid...

YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 14:11

I act stupid and dumb for so long now, i actually am...

SisterCarrie · 13/04/2011 14:47

My DP reads out tweets from people I am also following. And have already read for myself. I have now unfollowed the 2 he does it the most for as it was so infuriating and now at least I have the element of surprise.

storminabuttercup · 13/04/2011 14:53

she was just being helpful, if she hadnt have said anything you'd be on here moaning as well. FFS she couldn't win. And if you were in such a rush you shouldn't have been buying cookies. Oh and use waitrose or ocado, you commoner you!

Will that do StealthyKissBeartrayal Wink

notquitenormal · 13/04/2011 15:00

This wouldn't bother me at all. I'm hardened to this kind of thing now.

DH like to tell me what happening on programs that I am sitting there watching with him.

Weather; "Gonna be about 14 degress tomorrow."
Yes I know, I'm sat here next to you.
OBEM: "She just had an epidural."
Yes I know, I'm sat here next to you.
Filthy Cities: "They make leather by soaking the hide in piss."
Yes I know, I'm sat here next to you.
Harry Potter; "He's broken his wand."
Yes I know, I'm sat here next to you.
You've been frame; "Bloke just drove his car into a ditch"
Yes I know, I'm sat here next to you.

Grin
YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 15:03

My Father used to hear the first 2 lines of Inspector Morse, a DVD we had hired, anything where there was a 'who done it' and tell us who had done it! He was never wrong. Shock Hmm Oh, it is him/her, he'she is the murderer. HE DID THIS, THAT ETC I could write one of thses scripts grrrr. What shall we watch now? Really annoying.

PlopPlopPing · 13/04/2011 15:04

If I stumble over a word when talking or pronounce it weirdly my DH ALWAYS has to correct me! It drives me crazy. He knows I know the word and I've just said ti weird but he just can't help himself. His dad is like that too so i see where he gets if from.

Maybe the lady in the shop misheard you and thought you asked about the offer.

With your MIL I would just say "sssh I'm reading"

nailak · 13/04/2011 15:07

bodyofeyore actually i know a woman who oes to the childrens centre literacy course, althouh she can speal enlish and has been in uk since she was 12, went to school here etc, i asked her why and she said for somethin to do and coz the kids like the creche! lol

kreecherlivesupstairs · 13/04/2011 15:20

FiL clearly thinks I can't read. He was astonished when I told him I could. He was reading endless articles out of the Daily Mail.
He went and complained to DH that I was being disrespectful.
He is coming tomorrow for four days. I cant wait.

LaWeasel · 13/04/2011 15:27

PlopPlopPing. People who do that to me get short-thrift these days. 'correctors' when they know what you mean, and it was obviously just a slip of the tongue are bloody wankers.

The only reason I get so fed up with it though is that I had a particular friend who did it all the time, and since my spelling and ability to speak goes to the window when I'm tired, and I had insomnia the whole time we were at school together... so irritating and self-important.

LaWeasel · 13/04/2011 15:28

I love that your FIL complained to your DH kreecher what did your husband say?

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