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Original poster

AIBU to think it was a bit rude to say "how much did your handbag cost?"

34 replies

Denj33 · 14/02/2012 09:12

Woman on bus just leans over and said it randomly, not even "I like your bag, where did you buy it?", just how much did it cost

I didn't answer her so she tapped my bag and said it again so I asked her why she wanted to know and she said "just wondering"

What the actual fuck was that about?

OP posts:
squeakytoy · 14/02/2012 09:15

Well... how much DID it cost? Grin

We all need to know if it was a real Birkin now Grin

scurryfunge · 14/02/2012 09:15

I would take it as a compliment.She was probably trying to make conversation.
There will be another thread soon about the miserable woman on a bus.

SuePurblybilt · 14/02/2012 09:16

Rude. Tapping it was rude too.
That's why I keep a brick in mine, for swiping rude people.

Asking where you bought it is OK though.

Original poster
Denj33 · 14/02/2012 09:23

Real Birkin(??
On the bus on my way to work 8 hours at a awful not that we'll paid job
DKNY is as good as it gets (and that was a pressie)

OP posts:
KittyFane · 14/02/2012 09:23

She was complimenting you on your bag, wondered where it was from and whether it was too expensive for her.
YABU and a bit precious.

Original poster
Denj33 · 14/02/2012 09:25

She wasn't complimenting it tho, that was my whole point

OP posts:
KittyFane · 14/02/2012 09:25

Well, saying "DKNY" and "I don't know how much it cost, it was a pressie" would have been nice.

Original poster
Denj33 · 14/02/2012 09:26

Loving the brick lol

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scurryfunge · 14/02/2012 09:27

No, complimenting your style, choice, taste when I said I would take it as a compliment.

KittyFane · 14/02/2012 09:27

Some people lack social skills.
The "I like her bag" thought probably got lost in her head and she only spoke the words " how much was it"

randommoment · 14/02/2012 09:29

Bonkers biddy on a bus!

Original poster
Denj33 · 14/02/2012 09:36

She shouted it at me, there was no compliment at all

OP posts:
JustHecate · 14/02/2012 09:42

"six thousand pounds"

Grin
bruxeur · 14/02/2012 09:45

The only possible reply to that is little finger to mouth, sly smile, one MEEELLION dollars, cackle wildly.

AnnoyingOrange · 14/02/2012 09:45

6k Hecate ?

You should have been in a chauffeur driven limo, not on the bus

JustHecate · 14/02/2012 09:59

Grin yes, but when a stranger gets in your face and shouts "how much did that cost", you are allowed to respond with a ridiculous figure.

scurryfunge · 14/02/2012 10:18

Oh, she was shouting it now?

IDontLikeBaking · 14/02/2012 10:27

That's what I was trying to say, obviously did not explain very well :(

She randomly leaned over and SHOUTED how much did your bag cost?
It wasn't a conversation or a compliment, it was shouting at me!?

If if was a normal conversation I would not be thinking about it

catgirl1976 · 14/02/2012 10:33

Rude and random.......

but you do get that on buses (I know I do)

JustHecate · 14/02/2012 10:36

That's what the OP said. "She shouted it at me, there was no compliment at all"

JustHecate · 14/02/2012 10:37

IDon'tLikeBaking - are you the OP?

IDontLikeBaking · 14/02/2012 10:41

Sorry, name change
Just had a convo with someone at work about how she bakes her own bread, cakes, pies, children etc

JustHecate · 14/02/2012 10:44

ah. thought so. don't do that again. I am easily confused Grin

IDontLikeBaking · 14/02/2012 10:44

Whereas I am a terrible person as I never bake anything...
She did say that "don't your kids miss having home baking in the house"
Well, no they can't miss what they never had :)

JustHecate · 14/02/2012 14:44

"don't your kids miss having home baking in the house"