To feel humiliated, or have i just lost my sense of humor.

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I was at work today, i work in a very nice shop, I approached a customer laying on a bed. He wasnt much older than me ( mid 30's) and had two early teens with him. I asked if he was ok and if he needed any help, to which he responded' im alright love, id be better if you jump on next to me' I laughed and said ' no' but he carried on telling me how much i wanted to and that his wife was in the loo and to be quick.
His children seemed to think it was funny, i felt awkward and embarrassed. I walked away feeling humiliated and laughed at.

Do i need to get a grip or am right that he was, in fact, a knobber.

Absolute knobber.

He was a tosser and massively inappropriate. YANBU.

Definitely a knobber.

Yup. He was a prat.

Nice example he's setting for his kids too. How to talk to a woman you don't know from adam.

But I am sure he thought he was rip roaringly funny and there was no conscious intention to humiliate you.

What a dickhead

what a twat. best response ' in your wet dreams love'

surely they weren't his children? if yes how vile.

What an arse! Def not you.

Prat.

I'd have been tempted to say 'I'm sorry sir but that lewd sort of behaviour isn't tolerated and perhaps you'd like to try elsewhere?'

YANBU

He was a bellwhiff.

He was a knob.

Unfortunately there are many knobs about. I get them often in my shop, just recently I've had

"hurry up, mush, mush" as I was walking to the till

"20 lambert and your phone number please"

And while reaching down to stock a low shelf and realising a customer wanted serving behind me. As I apologised he said "don't worry I was enjoying the view"

As I say, many, many knobs.

When he suggested, "better be quick", it's a pity you couldn't have said, "you probably always are, unfortunately for your wife, sir".

I have to say I have a hide like a rhino and I wouldn't be humiliated but I would have had to put him down in a non-getting the sack way.If I could think of think of something fast enough.

I'm sure he thought he was being very funny rather than showing the world just how inadequate he actually is.

im not sure i could have said things like that, its a very ' naice' store and i was totally caught unawares, you just dont expect that sort of thing to happen when you are at work, least of all where i work.

untilthecows = urgh, that is grim.

He was being a knob, but I think you do need to expect that knobs will come into your shop occasionally and learn to deal with them.

He's a dick. There are unfortunately plenty of them about. Don't feel humiliated. But do feel sympathy for the poor woman who puts up with his crap. And not to mention his children.

You haven't lost your sense of humour.. You we caught off guard when you needed to be professional. He was absolutely out of order. Not very funny.. A bit sad actually. I wish I was one of those people who could think of witty answers but I can't.

knobber

I agree its a bit immature of a grown man, but I don't know why you would feel humiliated or offended.

He sounds a bit like Jim Royle from The Royle Family.

I would've smiled and left. But if you spend a lot of time on MN you will probably read a lot more into it.

There is nothing more to read than "knobber"

Don't you like MN, elskovs ?

Idiot.

I had two people lick their hands, wipe it on my uniform and say "lets get you out of those wet clothes" when I worked in a pub. Fucking grim.

Best retort I heard to someone who had asked for a phone number..

"Yeah, course it's 0121 do one"

Just what you need - a "hilarious" dad.

I guarantee his kids will soon be mortified of him. His wife probably is already!

Until whenever my dd was asked for her number she would reply 0121youcando1.

What is is with knobbers in shops?