To ask you to tell me your wtf moments from this week...?

[bwentinquake]

Today a stranger walked up to me in the street, gestured to my 2yo, and said "She's Downs Syndrome, yeah?".

Dd does not have Downs Syndrome. Nor does her appearance in any way suggest she might do.

So. Weird.

Can anyone beat that?

Discussing maternity leave with friend, I commented that I'd had extra time off due to pregnancy complications and then sick baby. She said "So you've done quite well out of it then." Or something very similar.

I was too taken aback to reply that I'd much rather have worked than been in a wheelchair, on a drip, in severe pain, with a sick baby on a ventilator.

But she's very nice and just wasn't thinking in that moment. I did go 'wtf?' in my head though.

beyond my dh. Thankfully we made the journey In one piece!!

BTW where are all these rough peacocks?

Rogue

I've seen many rogue pheasants, but never a peacock.

Red, I would have had a heart attack - I'm the worlds most nervous passenger!!

"Up yours freaky bunt" made me giggle out loud 😊

Bint!

We're mid a tricky situation at work, where it looks like we may loose a valued client. I came up with a win win solution, and but it to DBoss. DBoss, says she'll mull it over, over the weekend, and come back to me on Monday. Nothing on Monday, nothing on Tuesday, nothing on Wednesday. Team meeting on Thursday, and it is announced that she's come up with a brilliant solution to our tricky situation. Applause all round...

Pretty much any time a senior manager opened their mouths really

This thread is making me piss myself and that's the typos alone!!

beyond he did ask why I'd gone quiet after chatting the whole journey. I was just gritting my teeth hoping he was a good knee driver

Manchester airport on weds for 2.15 flight. Terminal evacuated due to bomb scare and then no organised re-entry. Thousands of people in giant scrum. Man with enormous suitcase barged me out of way "as he was trying to get a flight".

No shit Sherlock, the rest of us were there for the view. Dick.

Then at 430 bloke shouts that any flights due to take off before 4pm were cancelled and we should go home. Not quite appreciating the need for some of us to be at the airport in the first place.

When my DD was born 10 yrs ago bwent, a hospital cleaner said "Aw, is she a little bit Downs?" (she's not, but the WTF was more about who would even ask that??) before asking her name, and on being told, saying "Really?? Do people really call children that these days?"
Won't name for fear of ID but it's a perfectly normal, popular name, DD isn't even the only one in her friendship group.

Today, my absolute WTF has blown my mind.
I work in an industry with vulnerable people. If we have any suspicions about any of our charges, we are duty bound to report it in strictest confidence, or so I thought. It's then looked into and a case file created if necessary.
Yesterday, a colleague had cause to report an allegation about another colleague, that probably is quite likely untrue, but as we were working together we agreed between us better to be safe than sorry and we couldn't not report it. AFAIK it's the only such allegation made, person making allegation is very new to us, so there's very little opportunity for a past to have developed, if that makes sense?
Accused colleague has now been approached by management directly and told of the allegations, and by power of deduction, who has accused them.
This person has angrily approached my colleague today about it - I was off today, but no doubt will get my turn on Monday.
I am absolutely gobsmacked by the way it's been dealt with but don't know what to do about it.

Guy in the queue at the supermarket trying to unclip the rein part of DS's backpack because he didn't like them.

Sitting in the park with friend and her DT, who are mixed race. Friend is asked by random person if both are hers, as "one is white and one is black". They're identical!

I've just had (am having) a miscarriage at 12 weeks (due to a blighted ovum).

Talking to my mum today about the miscarriage symptoms I'm having and that I'd spoken to a friend to compare symptoms and understand what she went through. My Mum says "oh dear 'friend' had a proper miscarriage then" !!! WTAF

I was stunned. Had to explain to her that a blighted ovum is still a miscarriage with all the same physical and emotional impacts as to any other types. I was still pregnant, still have to miscarry the placenta etc and I was still planning, hoping and dreaming about my baby.

I guess she doesn't know the specifics but geez how to kick you when you're down!!

james

Bold - sound like my parents- why do they do it????

On a day out today at a place that had lots of activities for toddlers. My DS(2) was playing with a toy. A bit of around 3 (maybe a little older - he was quite tall) and snatched it out of my little boy's hand. The grandmother shouted at him to give it back and that she was sick of telling him not to snatch , she turned to me, and said 'it's the Arab in him, they just snatch and grab stuff'. I was mouth open type reaction and just mumbled how it was ok - don't worry about it. I couldn't believe it. The two kids did have a Mediterranean look to them and the grandparents def did not. The grand mother seemed to dislike them immensely. We overheard other comments where she was telling the kids they could only have cheese pizza for dinner as they can only eat pepperoni in their own country where it is made out of chicken and they weren't allowed it here.

*boy

Shagged my boss when both extremely drunk (actually my bosses boss)... what the hell do I do now??

Get a promotion?

JamesSpaderMadeMeDoIt

I'm so sorry you're going through this

When I lost mine, the first thing my mother said was that it didn't surprise her because she had a feeling...

The feeling was probably my hypothetical fist as I twatted her stupid head.

Not my WTAF moment, but a friend of mine.
She was driving along a busy carriageway which has parking bays every few hundred yards. So she pulls over when her DS was sleeping so she could eat her sandwich, when a frantic man runs over hitting her window. She thought he was trying to car jack her, but it turns out his wife was in labour in the car in front and was in total panic mode and was being quite useless. She delivered their baby boy at the side of the road 10 minutes later as the ambulance was stuck in traffic!!!!!!!

"What are you going to do with that 'not an onion' you're holding I asked."
Brilliant :)

The takeaway ones are making me laugh.
We often go to the local pub Friday tea time and order a takeaway as we are getting our last drinks. DCs are in to pay- but we do always let them know.
A few weeks ago dd rang to say our Chinese had arrived and she had paid. Trouble is we hadn't ordered one. There was no menu and it came in a plain plastic bag so we couldn't ring to find out where it should have gone. Both next door houses were empty so no idea which neighbour was sat waiting for food to be told it had been delivered already. Luckily it was stuff we all liked. More than we usually have and not quite what we would have ordered but we managed to scoff it all. Never found out who it should have gone too.

Am housesitting for a few days, my Dad asked if he could visit me over the weekend (I currently live with him so see him every day), I said no as I didn't feel it was appropriate. He then said "well there's no reason you can't come back home and visit me"

I came here last night and will be back on Monday morning. He can do without me for 3 days! I need a bloody break from him! Jesus...

Ran upstairs after finishing off worlds quickest phone call today to find my 4 year old and the hair clippers in the bathroom.

Surely with the take away one they must have also been waiting for a take away from a different place