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Original poster

To think its not of this strangers business what I drink?

59 replies

Flutra · 08/06/2019 11:33

I was minding my own business waiting for a bus and a man came up to me and told me that fizzy pop is bad for me. WIBU to have just glared at him and told him to go away?

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Original poster
Flutra · 08/06/2019 11:34

Should have said that I was drinking a can of diet coke at about 9am in the morning.

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Pipandmum · 08/06/2019 11:35

Ah the strangeness of strangers! Surely you have come across people like this? Just ignore.

Thehogfatherstolemycurry · 08/06/2019 11:36

I'd have told him insulting strangers could be bad for him and to mind his own business!

DonPablo · 08/06/2019 11:36

Maybe it was that dentist from the other thread on his way home. On a mission to protect the teeth of strangers/munsnetters!

Candleglow7475 · 08/06/2019 11:38

A woman did this to my dd9 when my mum had bought her lunch in a cafe. She to my dd “don’t drink that it will rot your teeth”, then said to my mum “you shouldn’t have bought her that”. My mum said it’s a one off, as a treat, I wouldn’t have been so polite. I don’t understand why these people feel the need to interfere.
None of his fecking business OP.

UnicornBrexit · 08/06/2019 11:38

Is he wrong ? that is the bigger question.

On the other hand, this is the fodder of MN, people poking their noses in, making ridiculous judgements on other people lives. Without Diet-Coke-Man, Bare-Arsed-Bum-Reporting-HV, and Nosey-Supermarket-Dentist there would be nothing to read this morning

PregnantSea · 08/06/2019 11:40

I would immediately assume that it was a ploy to distract me whilst his friend pocket dipped me or similar. Be vigilant and trust no one!

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BogglesGoggles · 08/06/2019 11:41

She, this is a situation where I go wide eyed and start shaking and crossing myself while spitting out my fizzy pop all over the do folder in order to extoll that no one have ever told me then proceed to thank the nosey bastard kind stranger for saving my life.

FriarTuck · 08/06/2019 11:43

Sure you haven't just started this to get in on the dentist OP's attention?
(Diet coke does rot your teeth badly though. Take it from me. Lots of (expensive) fillings......)

Readytogogogo · 08/06/2019 11:45

Its funny how these busy bodies don't normally target men ...

sheshootssheimplores · 08/06/2019 11:47

I’m quite enjoying this new phase of people poking their nose into others peoples business. Drinking a fizzy drink at 9am is a pretty bad thing to do for your health. I don’t drink k fizzy pop at all but if I was going to do that I wouldn’t do it so early in the morning.

TroysMammy · 08/06/2019 11:50

Whenever I see people drinking energy drinks I feel like saying "my cousin had a heart attack at the age of 35 because of those". But I don't.

Dvg · 08/06/2019 11:53

I get frustrated at this as well, i dont up to smokers/drinkers/druggies/ people eating KFC etc and tell them how bad it is o_0 im pretty sure they know and i'm pretty sure they dgaf.

Why some people think they have the right is beyond me.

Deuxcaggages · 08/06/2019 12:00

What relevance does the gender of this individual have on your story.

ooooohbetty · 08/06/2019 12:02

It was just an excuse to talk to you.

mouldyhousemouldylife · 08/06/2019 12:06

@Deuxcaggages Hmm This is how most humans communicate - by using descriptions. Is it somehow offensive to say man or woman? No. Get a life.

LarryGreysonsDoor · 08/06/2019 12:07

What relevance does the gender of this individual have on your story.

What was she meant to write?

‘A someone of a nondescript age and I don’t want to assume the gender of said I shouldn’t be drinking pop’.

Apolloanddaphne · 08/06/2019 12:09

What relevance does the gender of this individual have on your story.

There's always one. The OP was saying what happened factually. She made no assumptions or assertions about him being a man other than he just was a man.

Some people are just odd. Everyone knows diet coke isn't the healthiest drink but we have a choice to drink it or not. It is no-one else's business. Also, there is no difference in healthiness of the drink whether being drunk at 9.30 am or 9.30 pm.

Original poster
Flutra · 08/06/2019 12:10

Deuxcaggages Hmm Seriously? If I said person it would've sounded weird. You're just being picky now.

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mouldyhousemouldylife · 08/06/2019 12:11

@sheshootssheimplores what difference does it make about what time you drink it?

sheshootssheimplores · 08/06/2019 12:13

I’m not sure mouldy. It just suggests to me that if you’re drinking that crap at 9am you must be making even worse decisions as the day wears on. Drinking a fizzy drink with lunch for example at least gives your blood sugar some chance of stabilising.

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Flutra · 08/06/2019 12:16

I stated the time because that maybe was the reason the man (yes, he was a man, Deuxcaggages) spoke to me because it was so early to be drinking such a drink.

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BeerandBiscuits · 08/06/2019 12:16

I was on the train drinking coke and eating a mars bar and no one said a word to me.
Feeling ignored Sad.

mouldyhousemouldylife · 08/06/2019 12:17

Well that's a generalisation, they may well just have the one... and if it's diet coke will it have an effect on blood sugar?

ivykaty44 · 08/06/2019 12:20

It’s not wrong to share an opinion.
If you do share your opinion with strangers in public be aware that they may also have opinions to share that you may not like.
I wouldn’t be justifying myself either