To feel a bit irritated with being disturbed for this?

[wontyouletmeknow]

I’m going to get flamed.

I have a small coke bottle in my pocket as there’s no room in my bag.

The bottom is sticking up because it fits in easier. I haven’t opened it yet.

I have my headphones in and waiting for a train.

A man has been shouting at me. I take my headphones out.

“Your coke bottle is upside down.”

Me - um yes, the top is on it.

But it will all fizz up!

No. It. Won’t.

It will get warm though!

It would fizz either way it's up regardless. He's odd for caring and extremely odd for making it obvious he cares!

Side note- where do you get your trousers that you have pockets big enough for a coke bottle? I doubt I could even get a Haribo cola bottle to fit in mine.

Perhaps he has an issue. Things that are precariously not right can be dreadfully difficult for some people and they can feel a need to point it out or fix it in a way they don't necessarily realise is inappropriate.

I know somebody for whom that upside down coke bottle would be almost unbearable.

It was very nice of him to warn you. Maybe he thought it would leak or something.

It was in my coat pocket.

To be honest red I didn’t appreciate it.

I agree, some people struggle if things aren't as they 'should' be and it can be very distressing for them. They probably didn't mean anything bad by it. Just informing you.

Clearly he thought he was trying to help. So what if he was mistaken. It's not like you were interrupted in the middle of performing heart surgery.

I detest this sort of thing. He might as well have said 'I think you are so stupid that I feel I have to point out to you which way up I think your Coke bottle should be'.

Patronising arse.

I'd appreciate someone being thoughtful enough to let me know the coke bottle was upside down just in case it was open and I was about to ruin my best Primark jacket. It doesn't matter that he was a man, in fact I'd expect a man to not bother or even observe it.

How would the op NOT know it was upside down though?! In her pocket? Op I’m with you, busybodies are bloody annoying. I don’t see how much it bothers him, not his coke, not his pocket, not his business.

Who cares if it’s disressing him?! If he has issues where things like this distress him then he is going to spend all day getting distressed about stuff, he can’t go uop to everyone and disturb them because something doesn’t look right to him

Shrug it off and carry on with your day.

Such a non-event. Maybe he thought he was being helpful.

Yanbu, I have a really widescreen phone and the top 1/4 maybe is visible from my pocket. I rarely put it in there when out and about unless i need both my hands quickly for a moment. I popped it in my pocket while I showed a bus driver my ticket and the guy behind me tapped me on the shoulder causing my to jump (I have terrible anxiety).

I took an earphone out and he shouted “your phone is hanging out your pocket! Someone will take it!”. He literally had just saw me put it in there momentarily and it certainly wasn’t “hanging out”. I just said “no it’s not” and went back to playing on it but I was shaken for the whole journey.

Some people just can’t help themselves.

FedUpParent

He was being nice! You're very likely to lose or have your phone stolen like that.

If you were shaken by that it's very clear imo the problem is not others offering friendly warnings but your anxiety.

A lady in Wilko pointed out my bag was open and not zipped the other day, I hadn't realised, I was grateful,I don't want my purse stolen.