Hey Fatty Bum Bum :(

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Two Greek Gods chaps working on a house I pass on the school run sang this out to me this morning.

AIBU to hope their willies drop off during this cold spell?

At least my fat arse will help keep me warm .

I don't see much difference between shouting personal insults to racist ones. I would go past again and film them on your phone and report them. It's 2013 and one of the few good things about the UK is the fact that this is not acceptable behaviour. If nothing else put It on YouTube and shame the bastards. Not harmless fun

Someone once shouted 'nice tits, shame about the face' at me. It was about 10 years ago but it still hurts!

Taggie the real Taggie Campbell-Black (well, I know she's not real as such, but you know what I mean) would never have said anything as crass and prejudiced as you just did.

Many years ago I was walking along quite happily with my friend who is very petite (and I most def am not!)

2 builders started whistling the tune from Laurel and Hardy; still hurts all these years later.

I've been told that a good response is to turn round, look right at them and waggle your pinkie at them - as in 'you've only got a wee one', very childish but somehow satisfying.

Sorry you had to experience that, OP

Taggie what a nobbish thing to say

Blimey, I would have thought Taggie was being tongue-in-cheek and attempting to cheer up the OP by being amusingly extreme.

I thought that too casting. I'm sure it was just a joke. Sometimes however when you're being abused by builders it does seem to be done thing by them. I'm certain that face to face they'd keep schtum.

How about "Thanks you two, but if I wanted to see a pair of tits I'd just look at my own".

Or "If I wanted an arseholes opinion I'd have farted"?

Free you just made me snort

Sounds like you have a good sense of humour OP - and perhaps the "boys" did too. Sometimes we all take life too seriously - that song brings back lots of happy memories

My crass personal fave, "If i wanted to see a twat and i'd put a mirror to my own"

Or "Editors for Attitude magazine (for gay men) called, they liked your pictures, would you like to model for them"

There are two issues here - one is that these wankers think they have the right to make any comment, positive or negative, on a person's appearance in such an overbearing, intimidating way. Report them to their boss and on hollaback, as a PP mentioned.

Issue two is that it's really hurtful and belittling to be commented on like that and it can really make you feel bad about your body. I can guarantee you that a sizeable proportion of the hero male and gay girl population would have very positive things to say about your fat ass ;-p
Next time you walk past them, do it with swagger, confidence and an expression of mild, pitying disdain should they so much as glance on your direction.
Then ring up their boss and report them.

Hero male??? Hetro male, even!
Although in the context it does have a nice chivalrous overtone ;-p

Haha, that's what I thought you meant Knit! Hero male: a male who loves a woman's curves and is very nice about them!

Thanks for all the replies .

Didn't see my lovely two chaps on the way to the hairdressers but on the way back I did. Whipped out my phone and have taken some photos and intend to inform the company they work for.

There were no further comments. I think they were stunned by my fabulous new hair .

Amother vote for hollaback here. Also this week @EverydaySexism have asked for people to Tweet their experiences of this sort of thing. The hashtag is #ShoutingBack.

Wonder what Argos are doing about this.

ldn.ihollaback.org/

Brilliantly worded letter by Racel on hollaback. Worth bookmarking for any future use that mumsnetts may need!

Darkesteyes thanks for that link. :)

Many many years ago I was successful in an interview for my first teaching job, I was over the moon. I nipped into town walking on air. A few lads started saying things about what I was wearing (I thought I looked lovely). I turned round and said "Why don't you just fuck off?". Not another word was said - but they had no right to say those things and to burst my bubble. I shocked myself to be honest. I would certainly be contacting the company and if anyone working at my house were doing that I would want to know as well. OH is doing some building work at the moment and anyone, however good a worker they were, who behaved like that would be off the site immediately.

Bastards.

Don't let you self worth be determined by strangers.

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Oh god that is nasty, tell them to fuck off,

tbh I've noticed its never the Channing Tatum's of this world who shout this stuff to women, they are often ugly, overweight middle aged men themselves!.