To think this was unfunny and impolite

[burgundytartan]

Work is a tunic worn with black trousers and black shoes. Very physical and sometimes messy. Please don't ask what I do!

So I turned up this morning at 6, it's freezing cold so I had a black hoodie (zip up) with tunic and black trainers. Most people wear these sorts of shoes and other women wear hoodies or cardis with the tunics as they're short sleeved.

Colleague - 'Ooh, are you off to the gym?'
Client 1 - 'burgundy looks like she's off to the gym!'
Client 2 - 'ooh I just said to client 1 burgundy looks like she's going to the gym!'

All. Morning.

WIBU to eventually say 'look, it wasn't funny the first ten times. Can you cut it out please?'

She's complained I was really rude to her. AIBU to think actually it's the other way round?

OP when are you going to the gym? Only you look like you'll be off any second

sorry, couldn't resist have a and forget about it. I don't expect she meant to be rude but yes I can imagine it was annoying the second tenth time.

Haha no I need anger management first apparently!

No, I know. But you've said yourself that the OP potentially reads differently to what happened.
Honestly, i wouldn't worry about it. I used to go to different clients' homes and say the same thing to every one, like 'oh isn't the weather awful' or whatever. I was sick of my own voice by the end of the day, but I imagine your colleague was doing the same sort of thing. A bit tactless to make it about you, but harmless.

I was raised to believe that it is rude to comment on someone's dress or appearance unless you are being complimentary or warning them of something they would want to know (zipper down, socks don't match). So yes, I think your co-worker was rude.

Saying it once could be construed as a 'little joke'. Constantly repeating the remark to everyone is rude.

I think that was it to be honest especially as going to the gym isn't really a compliment unless you ARE going to the gym of course! Which I wasn't!

Yanbu purely for the fact that the same unfunny joke got repeated SO MANY TIMES. I think she was rude and irritating.

You do sound erm, rather stressed So I second pp in having and

DH would feel your pain. We live in America, and there's a popular convenience store called 7-11 (popular place for midnight slurpees, but I digress).

Him and his cousin had a dual birthday party one year. He was turning 7, his cousin was turning 11.

All day it was "Ooh 7-11!!" and "Do you guys want to go to...7-11?"

He still looks frustrated talking about it to this day.

Anyway, I wouldn't have snapped. I would have just joked and told them how very witty they were.

I genuinely don't know where I'm coming over as stressed as I did agree early on I was probably BU. But sorry if I was :)

Colleague sounds like a bore who doesn't let things go. She'd get short shrift from me too OP.

OP I agree - funny, mildly, once, at least not so unfunny that you could not be expected to put up with it.

After that, unfunny and tedious - and dreadful if said to a client. That's never acceptable.

But please, have some mercy, we are all anonymous here - tell us what you do!

Bul -

We once were stuck behind a car with the number plate HEH. My brothers mate must have commented on it a dozen times - heh Look! It's laughing! Heh ! Get it?

What do you mean by 'you are the one with form on here'?

I pointed out that people weren't embellishing on your story, they were just reading it as you'd actually written it, not as you intended to write it ( which you subsequently agreed with) and yet I'm the bad guy.

I imagine if your job involves making small talk/ conversation with lots of clients throughout the day your topics of conversation might become repetitive and it sounds like today you were one of your colleagues topics.

If she hasn't done this before and you've told her you weren't happy with it then try and forgot about it. If it happens again then speak to your manager about it.

She wasn't rude, but rather very very annoying. I wouldn't apologise.