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cringey moment in charity shop.

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Nevergarglebrandybutter · 29/12/2011 20:53

Here's the scene: town centre charity shop a few weeks ago.

I spy a notice board for sale and think oh that's bloody useful and just what i need to a craft project i'm planning. i pick it up.

Person I don't know.

Person: "oh, you've picked it up, oh never mind"
Me: " yup, too slooooooowww"
Person:
Me:

Then she stood behind me at the til while i bought it and we stood in silence.

Why, why, why must I speak, or go out in public.

I was supposed to give her the noticeboard wasn't I. I wasn't supposed to taunt her about it either. Ah fuck.

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JustHecate · 30/12/2011 17:55

left - that reminds me of my 30th birthday. My husband had arranged for all our friends to suprise me at the restaurant. I thought we were meeting just one couple, but walked in to find all my lovely friends there. Shocked was an understatement! I was looking at them waving and yelling for at least a minute before I recognised them Anyway, one of them said "happy birthday Hec" and I replied "happy birthday Tom" .

cringe factor 15

(tom is a false name )

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Nevergarglebrandybutter · 30/12/2011 18:14

i think this is why we're all here on mumsnet.
we can't be trusted in the real world and this at least gives us some opportunity to delete what we were planning to say for something more reasoned.

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JustHecate · 30/12/2011 18:15

reasoned?

are you sure?

I think that it says it all about mumsnet that so few of us turned a hair about the sheep dress

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Nevergarglebrandybutter · 30/12/2011 18:20

true, any other forum and we'd be on to the craft project i needed the pin board for.

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fallon8 · 30/12/2011 18:53

This recenly happened on Antiques road show..bloke picks up vase at car boot sale,woman if front says she is still looking at it,he says,I have it in my hand..Valued at £20,00,BUT he chipped it packing it for show,,de valued to £2,000,"on a good day".couldnt have happened to a nicer guy.

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Nevergarglebrandybutter · 30/12/2011 22:35

i bet she was hoping i'd get a splinter from the thing.

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tethersend · 30/12/2011 22:52

Was the other lady elderly and walked with a stick due to crumbling knees and/or hips?

10 extra points if so.

Raffiiscool · 30/12/2011 22:56

Day before DS 3rd birthday I took him to m&s to pick his cake(crap oven cannot bake a good cake honest).

So here is me and DS in the cake aisle and I have put one of ever cake on a nice toddler level shelf so he can have a good look ( fussy bugger he is). So here we are potificating away ( it was a midweek morning) when along comes an m&s wifey on the phone picks up one of the cakes and says to the lady on the phone" yes we have it and it is the last one!" me, being no wallflower taps said wifey in the back to advise her (very politely) that we were thinking about buying the cake and in the middle of making a decision. , she basically said no luck and walked off with it!!! Oh the bloody cheek of it!

Oh I went mad. Got manager called pronto. toddler a bit upset but was able to be passified - just glad wasnt ds1 who would have thrown a wobbler. Never did get the "stolen" cake back but got to pick any one in the store for free and I bet wifey got a right earful!

HandMini · 30/12/2011 23:06

What's an "m&s wifey"?

Raffiiscool · 30/12/2011 23:10

A Scottish Phrase for a woman but it is a bit derogatory! Like " silly old wifey" silly old biddy....iyswim!!

BoysAreLikeDogs · 30/12/2011 23:22

arf at this thread

v good, v good indeed

rhondajean · 30/12/2011 23:35

Not strictly in the spirit but I was standing at the milk in tesco one day when an old lady walked up and hit me across the ankles with her walking stick! I swear I hadn't done a tying. Trouble just kinda finds me...

I like this thread.

BendyBob · 30/12/2011 23:36

I've posted this before but I do love it. I was in a charity shop a few years back when an old lady tried to buy another old lady's (unattended) wheeley shopping bag from the very confused old lady shop volunteer.

The ensuing conversation between the three old ladies was brilliant.

VivaLeBeaver · 30/12/2011 23:45

I had similar in waitrose years ago. I picked up the last rosemary foccia, there was someone dawdling in front of the bread display but she wasn't reaching towards it. I got it and she turned to me and shrieked that she had just been about to have it. I feigned deafness and walked off.

TroublesomeEx · 31/12/2011 07:48

OP, if it makes you feel better, not long after I'd passed my driving test I made a bit of a faux pas. Not a major offence, just a priority faux pas in an ambiguous situation.

The other driver stopped and I didn't. I should have, to at least show willing, although it wasn't the end of the world. So what did I do? Did I put my hand up or nod as an acknowledgement or thank you?

No. In my highly panicked state, I stuck my tongue out at him.

Stuck my tongue out! It's haunted me ever since!

DedalusDigglesPocketWatch · 31/12/2011 08:24

On Christmas eve we went to the Crib service. We are not church regulars.

The vicar does the whole both hands over yours hand shake and says "Hello, welcome, welcome"

So I say "Hello, thanks, Welcome"

What a tit.

Loving the fancy dress stories :o

Wallace · 31/12/2011 09:03

Stuck tongue out!

Once I meant to give my ds the thumbs up, I stuck two fingers up at him by mistake

Luckily there was noone else around!

TroublesomeEx · 31/12/2011 09:19

@ Wallace! Now that made me chuckle!

habbibu · 31/12/2011 11:04

I've just reported this thread as a potential MN classic. I am weeping at folkgirl and the three confused old ladies.

lurkinginthebackground · 01/01/2012 22:58

I did something similar last night at a New Year's Eve party.
Saw my friend's mum who is a lovely lady. She hugged me and said "Happy New Year!" I must have been having a blonde moment because I couldn't think what to say so eneded up replying "Yes, you too! Have a merry Christmas!" Dough!!!!

Lueji · 01/01/2012 23:18

All of you perfectly reasonable.
If you don't get hold of it, tough.

I almost lost DS a sweater because I thought it was too big and put it back, then just as I went for it, some guy picked it up. DS was so sad. Luckily, I hung around looking for stuff and the guy only wanted to know if they had it in a different size. :-D
As I realised that could be the case, I got the nerve to ask if he really wanted it and if I could have it. Result!

I would never try to guilty anyone out of an item.

wellwisher · 02/01/2012 21:32

lurkinginthebackground I think it's spelt Doh

nevergoogle, PLEASE post a photo of the sheep dress...

lovelyladuree · 02/01/2012 22:01

I agree. The moment she said anything she lost her dignity. You beat her to it, fair and square. Similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago; I unknowingly beat a woman to a lovely new leather belt because she had left it in the shop to go to the cashpoint. It was still on the shelf, not left behind the counter, so more fool her! All her mutterings had no effect on me. Tee hee.

Whatsyourexcuse · 02/01/2012 22:09

I greeted my new boss for the very first time with "hello WHO are you?" meant to say "hello HOW are you?" am a prat at times.

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Nevergarglebrandybutter · 03/01/2012 12:45

there is a photo of me wearing the sheep dress somewhere, but i'm not sure where the digital copy is. will work on it.

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