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To have told this woman in the supermarket she was rude

35 replies

clockingoff · 14/02/2015 17:54

A few of us were queueing up at the self service tills. Two of them were out of order and a woman in front of me with a little boy was grousing and giving out. She then went up to one of the tills and put her basket down while the person using it was still packing her bag. She looked a bit annoyed and reached over grousy woman to look for her receipt amongst the pile that had built up in the receipt slot. At which point the woman removed her basket with a sigh and said loudly 'could you be any slower' (the shopper had been going at a perfectly normal speed, hadn't needed authorisation for anything, or put anything 'unexpected' in the bagging area).
After the shopper was gone the woman rolled her eyes up to heaven and grimaced at me. I said 'actually, you were very rude. And setting your son a bad example'.

She gave me a filthy look. I was telling my mum and she said I should have kept out of it.
Feel bad now. WIBU to say something to this woman?

OP posts:
SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 14/02/2015 17:56

She was rude. Well done for saying so!

arethereanyleftatall · 14/02/2015 17:57

Ywnbu

MissDuke · 14/02/2015 17:58

You did good!

CookieDoughKid · 14/02/2015 17:58

No you did the right thing. She was well rude. Very poor manners

Justmuddlingalong · 14/02/2015 17:58

Definitely an 'unexpected bag' in the bagging area. Well done you for saying something to her.

ChickyEgg · 14/02/2015 17:59

You did the right thing! Its about time more people spoke up to be honest. Manners are disappearing Sad

VeryVeryDarkGrey · 14/02/2015 18:00

If she hadnt rolled her eyes and looked at you for validation you would have BU to say anything. as it is well done for telling her what you thought

AlpacaLypse · 14/02/2015 18:00

yanbu. I've been known to tell litter droppers 'Excuse me, you dropped this' and dogwalkers who haven't picked up 'Oh, have you run out of bags, would you like one of mine?', but I've never had the guts to actually tell someone straight out they were being rude!

Pipbin · 14/02/2015 18:01

You were fine. But what does little boy was grousing and giving out. mean? They aren't phrases I've heard before.

Nolim · 14/02/2015 18:01

She was rude but you commenting on the example she is setting for her son was not nice.

SauvignonBlanche · 14/02/2015 18:03

She looked for your opinion, she got it. YWNBU

Aridane · 14/02/2015 18:04

YWBU

VeryVeryDarkGrey · 14/02/2015 18:04

Grousing normally means whinging where i'm from. And since she was setting a bad example for the boy pointing that out is also NBU

BuzzardBird · 14/02/2015 18:06

YANBU, waits to hear what 'grousing and giving out' means too.

BuzzardBird · 14/02/2015 18:06

OH, nothing to do with shooting and sex then?

MooMaid · 14/02/2015 18:08

I take grousing and giving out to mean whining and moaning? Perhaps bored?

Gruntfuttock · 14/02/2015 18:08

Well done, OP, she deserved telling.

championnibbler · 14/02/2015 18:13

"grousing and giving out" is irish slang for whining/moaning.
"giving out" can mean whining/moaning or it can mean to tell someone off....
depends on the context.

Fuckmath · 14/02/2015 18:15

She was so rude! Yanbu.

I hate it when people put their things on the self service till when you're still using. A man did this to me in Tesco express and started getting aggressive to me for going slow, when I was going a normal speed!

GlassBaubles · 14/02/2015 18:19

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clockingoff · 14/02/2015 18:23

Thanks for the responses.
Sorry I'm Irish - grousing and giving out means complaining and moaning.

OP posts:
TruJay · 14/02/2015 18:24

Ywnbu
I'm obsessed at the moment with watching the American show "what would you do?" On YouTube at the moment. Its seeing how people will react in certain situations, some similar to the one u mention and others much worse. It's interesting to see what some people will ignore on there, I'm open mouthed sometimes.

diddl · 14/02/2015 18:25

"Could you be any slower"

Oh what a shame the shopper didn't reply "yes" & come to a standstill!

Mushypeasandchipstogo · 14/02/2015 19:01

YANBU. Incidentally I know what "Grousing and giving out " means and I'm English!

TwoOddSocks · 14/02/2015 19:12

I wouldn't have the guts to say anything but love it that you do!
YWNBU

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