To wish that a Stranger would give me unsolicited advice

[Jemima232]

Having read a lot of threads this morning about HVs, retired dentists and Random Strangers giving unwanted advice about fizzy drinks, I am devastated that this has never happened to me.

Why have I been Left Out?

@SingingLily

Excuse me. I never frequent the carrot section in case I find a purse

And as a result, I have to steal carrots from my NDN

That would explain it, DSHathaway, but I'd always secretly hoped that I looked more like the store manager. Think of the pension scheme, the prestige, the company car!

And whenever I see your username, I howl with laughter, by the way 😁

I don’t get random advice. Maybe because I’m too old. But I have to really stop myself telling people not to keep their money in their backpacks after my purse was swiped out of mine somewhere between Battersea and Kings Cross. Maybe I need to channel my inner adviser and inform people they are at risk.

I'd have to give the purse to a stranger to take to the fennel section as I've never been there myself and wouldn't know what to do (unless Pinkkahori was there to explain). Would the police also visit me if I was swearing profusely at a stranger in a supermarket when they'd had the bare-faced cheek to provide me with helpful advice?!

OP, a bit of advice - don't steal your NDN's carrots - she's got CCTV and is watching you.....

Jemima, love, you suffer from carrot poverty? I'm so sorry. Next time I'm in Tesco in Oban, meet me in Aisle 34 (or do I mean Aisle 35? They keep changing things over!) and I'll slip you a bag of black market carrots.

I feel left out! I have a good resting bitch face though clearly not good enough because I seem to attract people who like to talk. Occasionally I feel compelled to tell a random stranger that she looks lovely. I am a horrible person.

@FriarTuck

My NDN's CCTV has been fucked put out of action by my 100 year old tree, which overshadows her garden.

I am refusing to get the advice of an arborist, BTW.

Ha!

Black Market Carrots will never be used in my batch-cooking.

I have standards.

Not at all, QueenofIce, you just need to practice your resting face in the mirror a bit more. I thought I'd perfected mine but it clearly needs more work. Back to the mirror shop

Jemima after posting about purses and backpacks I feel I must tell you never to carry your purse in a backpack. I had mine taken out of mine somewhere between Battersea and Kings Cross and i never felt a thing. I had to cancel my bank cards and replace my driving licence, store cards and my Just Can’t Wait card from the Bladder Association whIch was very inconvenient indeed. Consider your yourself advised.

I was once told by a old women that I am one of those disgraceful teenage mothers and my child is doomed. I was 33 at the time

I got approached on the street and asked if I was a child minder - I said no as I wasn't and got told I must be - I instead I wasn’t with a smile - oh you must be .

DH nearly got hit because he was waiting for me at a train station – a couple were mad about a train being late and insisting he must work for the train company as he was wearing a hat .

It’s not just unasked advice or demand for information people will randomly tell you your apparent vocation.

I suppose You're a Busybody wouldn't go down well.

"Haha, a nice lady came up to me in the supermarket to advise me to put my purse somewhere more secure in my bag because it was on show. I said thank you and put it in a zipped compartment because I hadnt realised."

This happened to me, Queenbetty, except the lady in question grabbed my scarf and pulled me backwards by it to get my attention.

Well-meant gesture, I'm sure, but I'd have preferred not to be half-throttled in the process.

Seriously though.I did not know that about raisins.

I would have been pissed off, OP on there was getting a bit of a hard time I think.

I gave a short person advice in Tesco once when she was trying to retrieve a beverage. I said if you pull this plastic bracket it brings all the beverages to the front...oh how we laughed at the sorcery.

Other than that I do attract weirdos, I must have the weirdo vibe.

Once was asked for advice about decent shampoos (worked the shelves at a supermarket) gave great info on different brands before noticing the man was extremely follicly challenged.. Felt a right lemon.

You just have to admire his optimism though!

I hope you advised him to get the dearest shampoo.

As a Geordie I suggested lloreal coz he looked worth it!!

Once, many years ago when I was young I saw my Dentist in a nightclub. He had recently completed root canal on me and suggested I drink through a straw if I had a sugary drink. In said nightclub I was not using a straw in my sugary drink and he told me off.
So I took him home and shagged him silly. It was immense. Never saw him again sadly. At my next checkup he’d changed to private rather than NHS, they offered to give me the private practice contact details but I was a poor student so I declined.

I was disappointed that today’s dentist story just involved avoiding raisins.

last weekend I was in M&S with my elderly mum buying loads of easy meals for one for her to freeze and 2 strangers offered me advice:

An older man came up to us to explain how much cheaper Aldi is. Had a quick friendly exchange about cost vs convinence, then both went on our way.

A woman suggested their Red Leister cheese was nice when mum couldn't make up get mind. Mum thanked her and took the Red Leister and when she tried at home enjoyed it.

I think it is because I am talking to my mum asking what she wants quite loudly (she's very hard of hearing), they feel part of the conversation. I don't mind, think it's friendly and the suggestions are good intentioned.

@ToTheLetterOfTheLawTHELETTER

Many years ago I, too, shagged my dentist silly. It wasn't after a nightclub meeting, however. We went out for some months until he accidentally let slip that he'd taken another woman to Watership Down.

Perhaps it is the same man? He had a moustache.