to be annoyed at the snarly/growly woman?

[mumnosGOLDisbest]

Standing in a busy queue with dd 4yrs (who is small/average) she accidently stepped on the lady' toe. I saw so i immediately said "sorry" and said to dd she should be careful and stand still. The woman turned and looked at dd then growled said in a nice voice "ouch that was my toe". Shw paid for her things then made a point of limping away. Now if that qas you and you already had a broken toe/foot/poorly foot then i'm sorry but it wwas truly just an accident otherwise aibu to think that was a massive overreaction and the woman was a complete cow a bit harsh and really upset my dd?

[ilovesooty]

Well if we weren't there we can hardly be expected to give you positive strokes either.

[BitterAndTwistedChairDodger]

My feet are trashed. If anyone treads on them Which seems to happen about six bloody times a day they get growled at.

Doesn't matter if it's DH, DS, DD, the cat, BigDog or PupDog.

It bloody hurts. And yes I would limp off. Not for effect, but because it bloody hurts.

[mumnosGOLDisbest]

saint i posted here because i was a bit bored and annoyed in hindsight and tgere isnt a 'i need to let of steam' topic.

[mumnosGOLDisbest]

*There

[CaptainSharonRaydor]

Ifyour dd has been taught manners, then she would have immediately apologised and would not have immediately clung to mummy. All the poor woman said was 'ouch my toe'. You have no idea if she had a previous injury or ailment.

It sounds like your dd is very cosseted and is probably only 'much loved' by your colleagues because they are too frightened of your reaction to say otherwise. Hardly surprising when you consider you go around wishing gangrene on complete strangers who, like it or not, your daughter hurt.

I'm with mrsrosieb and stratters .

Enjoy your op. I expect by the time you finish posting, the poor woman will have grown nine heads, been screaming blue murder, cursed your entire family and spontaneously combusted as your description of events is getting more and more exaggerated with every post

[Salmotrutta]

flow - your last post made me laugh!

Why are you asking our opinion OP then "since we weren't there"?

[mumnosGOLDisbest]

flow4 that is awful

[ilovesooty]

It sounds like your dd is very cosseted and is probably only 'much loved' by your colleagues because they are too frightened of your reaction to say otherwise. Hardly surprising when you consider you go around wishing gangrene on complete strangers who, like it or not, your daughter hurt

I agree. My sister is diabetic and I think that anyone who wishes gangrene on someone (even if they passive aggressively crossed it out) because their little angel was a bit tearful is sick.

[Salmotrutta]

Captain - I avoided mentioning the wishing of gangrene only because it was crossed out, but I did initially consider calling her on it.
Clearly the OP has no actual idea how horrific gangrene is - or so we hope.

[messybedhead]

I'm not sure why some ( most ) people think it is acceptable to snarl/ growl at a 4 year old child.

If somebody had stood on my foot, I (maybe naively) would have smiled in preparation for them apologising. When they leave I would turn to whoever I was with and say something like 'ow! Stupid person trod on my toe blah blah blah!'

But there is no need to be rude to somebody after an accident , especially if it were caused by a small child whose mother was apologetic !

[mumnosGOLDisbest]

My description hasnt changed in fact im getting bored of repeating myself and will leave you to reinvent somebody elses experiences

[ilovesooty]

Off you go then. Whatever you say won't make you sound reasonable.

Oh, and think twice before you wish gangrene on anyone.

[mumnosGOLDisbest]

Thanks messy now i need to sleep or i may well growl at dd in the morning but im allowed as im her mum

[Salmotrutta]

Who was rude messy?

Certainly not the woman who limped off - all she did was say "ouch, that was my foot". How is that rude?

Oh, I see, you mean the OP's DD was rude? Yes, correct. HTH

[flow4]

Splendid, Salmo :) And I can probably do it again... Because my next step was to call the police and tell them that if they didn't come round and caution the woman for harassing a four-year-old, they would have to arrest me for assaulting her!

The good news, OP, is that DS recovered from the trauma of his snarly-growly-woman, and has grown up to be an unscathed, strapping 17 year old exacting revenge by being a teenage boy and therefore quite scary to ladies in queues

[ilovesooty]

Certainly not the woman who limped off - all she did was say "ouch, that was my foot". How is that rude?

Don't forget that she issued blood curdling growls, did an impersonation of the Wicked Witch of the West and got "in her face" too.

[flow4]

Indeed, Lemar.
And tho' he probably doesn't actually stand on toes any more, his feet are so bloody enormous they are obviously threatening

[Salmotrutta]

I've enjoyed this thread - it had everything.

flow - teenage boys' feet are a constant source of amazement to me.

It takes some time for the rest of their body to catch up don't you think?

[CaptainSharonRaydor]

Couldn't help myself salmo. A darling old gent I knew lost both his legs to gangrene and remained a sweetheart throughout, despite the pain and the subsequent phantom leg pains. I would not have blamed him in the slightest for getting cross or sad but he never did. He was a gentleman til he died. For the OP to say such a wicked thing - crossed out or no - made me fume. In that respect I completely agree with sooty

So OP if you are loving the crossed out passive aggressive bits off you feck to nethuns where they will provide you with fluffy bunny responses

[Salmotrutta]

You were quite right to call her on it Capatin - nasty sentiment.

[Salmotrutta]

Or even Captain