To think I met some of the nastiest people ever today?

[FloralTeacup]

I was at a shopping centre today with my mum and DP. As the escalator wasn’t working, the alternative was a large flight of steep stairs or the lift. As my mum suffers with a heart condition that leaves her breathless easily, we went in the lift.

As the doors of the lift began to close, a young couple with a pushchair hastily tried to get on. As DP put him arm up to stop the doors closing, the woman of the two angrily said “Why are you letting ‘t doors close on me! Fucking idiot,”. DP actually APOLOGISED (despite the fact he had tried to stop the doors from shutting). The woman went on, aggressively, “You shouldn’t even be in the lift, there’s stairs over there!”. My mum calmly said “I have a heart condition, I can’t manage the stairs,”. But the woman and her partner just kept on, insisting that we shouldn’t be in the lift, that we were idiots, blah blah. My mum turned to me and said that stress isn’t good for her either (she was getting really worked up by this abuse). The man overheard her and said “Yeah, stress doesn’t do me good, either!”. As if the absolute buffoon was the one who should be stressed.

On and on they went, the entire time we were in the lift (which felt like an eternity). They just wouldn’t stop. I just wanted them pack it in; it was upsetting me, it was upsetting my mum. I said “shut up,” exasperated, as we were about to get out the lift. They didn’t respond to that.

Ahh, just writing that all out again has me shaking and feeling upset. I just can’t understand how and why people like that exist. Just nastiness and aggression for no reason at all.

Feel free to share any similar stories! I know MNetters have a few.

@butteryellow People get angry and judge any small mistake or misjudgment you make. In situations where I can, I’ll gesture to the next person to go before me (I.e. getting on a bus, going past with a trolley). There have been times where I’ve not, because it would’ve just created more faff and awkwardness (i.e. being at the front of the queue to get into a lift, and just getting on first to keep the door open for someone with a pushchair. Rather than gesturing them to go first). Other times, you may simply be in your own little world and not notice someone trying to get past/having a stressful day. Only to overhear someone direct a snarky comment at you for it, leaving you to burn up with embarrassment...

I remember once, as a young woman helping a man get across the road in his manual wheelchair, as he was struggling to turn the wheels as kerb side lower than centre of road, and he Bollocked me..😂 ..so never helped out in a same situ since..
You live and learn..!..such a shame these people don't see the act of kindness ...

Those type of people usually live quite miserable, chaotic lives where the default setting is to be angry and assume the worse. It must be a shitty way to live and really you should pity them.

Not sure about that Faerie. I think they're often quite delighted with themselves and think they own the world and are more than happy to inflict their nastiness to prove it. Of course, I suppose inside they might feel a bit shitty sometimes. But they sure like to share their shit, and indeed probably enjoy it.

Was serviced by two girls in our local Boots today (Did two separate transactions) One of the girls was so lovely, so very nice. She was welcoming and smiling. And the other one was just dismissive and ignorant. As I have finished paying her at the till, I still wished her a nice day. She just simply blanked me. So I came home and made a call to their customer services and gave them my feedback The lady on the phone was very apologetic, took all the details of both of the girls, so hopefully they both will be rewarded accordingly

I also was walking to my car one night after work, and an elderly...I thought he was then as I was in my twenties..he was probably bout 60...so by today's standards Not elderly, 😁, (I am 65)..and he fell back off a wall he was sat on...so I rushed to prop him back up ..and he bollocked me...😁....so it would need to be someone on fire for me to pour water on them these days...Tho....I would always help a child...even if they told me to pss o*.😂..Probably still help anyone and take the abuse if I did wrong!!??😂

Ds14 started walking on his first birthday. So he was about 16 months, we were out shopping, had come up an escalator but you had to go down stairs as the lift wasn’t working. Ds was holding the rail as I held is other hand, and as we were going down, this women come flying up the steps, pushed straight into ds’s arm, knocking it off the rail, shouted ‘I’m 70 I need this’, ds done that thing where he swing back and then swung forward, as I was holding his other hand. This man coming up the stairs dived forward and put his hands in front of ds to stop him falling and about 6 people all stopped to see if he was ok, and by the time I’d registered what had happened and turned around, super gran was at the top of the stairs.

If she had said she needed the rail, I would have stopped ds, and let her past. I still get annoyed over 12 years later about that witch.

Some people are just rude. On a trip to London years back I had DDs 1 and 2 then aged 10 and 6 months. The disabled and baby change loo at the station was through the same door accessed via intercom. I had taken the kids into the baby change to the right and DD1 used the loo in there. Whilst I was sorting DD2 back into the pushchair DD1 held the door for an older lady coming in, who obviously assumed DD1 had been in the disabled loo instead as she gave her a right mouthful “you’re not an old lady, you shouldn’t be in here, you should go downstairs”. I said we were using the baby change room and she just huffed and said she didn’t believe us!

Don’t worry I was once in a town centre shopping and I waved at a little baby that waved at me and the mum actually said “it’s my fucking child who do you think you are?” I was literally like this I glanced literally glanced at her partner and she went “you fucking want him too?” I walked off and he went “I wouldn’t fucking touch her” both smoking pushing pram. I have never ever been as lost for words in my life, I actually felt really threatened. I left and seriously thought that poor child, shocks me how some people have kids!

tmh88 In that instance, you say “I don’t fancy catching syphilis, but thanks for the offer” and walk off 😂

Unfortunately some people are dicks. And I wish there was some sort of electrical torture for those who are arseholes on a regular basis to be slightly electrocuted every time they do a dick move.
Today I'd pulled out of my drive and started moving forwards when an Audi from nowhere screeched on its breaks, started beeping its horn and then tried to drive around me when there was no room. I had both my kids in the back. The bellend who was driving lent out of his window and hurled a shit load of abuse at me calling me every name under the sun. I was stunned and told him to just drive on.
10 years ago I would've given him a piece of my mind but my kids (4&5) don't see confrontation very much at all and I wasn't going to start mouthing off at a stranger in front of them.
He eventually fucked off but I was really shaken for a few hours after.
He had his (I assume) girlfriend in the passenger seat who didn't even look up. I genuinely worry for her wellbeing because if he reacts that way to a stranger not doing anything wrong then god forbid what he's like when he's pissed off with her. I just regret not getting his license plate number and reporting him but I just wanted to get us out of the situation as quickly as possible.

It's at times like this that you wish you had the power of the 'force' and could choke people...
No fingerprints, no blame, 100% satisfaction

DH and I were in supermarket by freezer. Woman with boy aged about 10 and baby in trolley. DH clicked his tongue at the baby as you might do when they are cute. The mother then started screaming and shouting at a woman next to us saying who did she think she was tutting at her son for not being at school and what has it got to do with her. The woman said she was just getting some peas and hadn’t tutted. DH said it was him doing this - repeated tongue click - to baby. Mother ignored DH and was effing and screaming at this poor lady who pretty much ran away. Felt sorry for the kids. Absolute lunacy

So many shocking stories. Just so sad that people have such foul dispositions.

@Bmh54

Did you ask the man if he would like a hand? Or did you just grab his wheelchair and start pushing? If you just grabbed his chair without asking then I’m on his side. I was in a wheelchair for a very short period of time but people grabbing it to help was the worst feeling. Your chair is an extension of you and people shouldn’t touch you and push you around without your consent.

It's awful when you encounter what I call selfish degenerates. Wouldn't matter what you said as an explanation, they would be right. Just remember the majority of folks ar not like them.

What do you mean come in to your house and take your food ,?

@Evilmorty I can never come up with a comeback on the spot it’s one of them where you get one hours later but on a serious note she was that crazy, I think she wouldn’t of thought twice about running me down with the pram if I’d of said something back to be honest haha.

I think I'm a reasonably level headed and kind person, but this sort of conduct would make me want to reach out and hit them.

So totally understand why some people get whacked.

I was driving out of a car park and had just reached a zebra crossing when a man literally sprinted to the edge of it after I'd got there. Unless I did an emergency stop and squealed to a halt in the middle causing the car behind to crash into me there was nothing I could do except carry on. He ran out and thumped the back of my car with his fist and shouted at me waving his arms until I lost sight of him.

And I had children in the car

We were on a, motorway once and a car pulled into our lane without looking and would have killed us if DP hadn't leapt on the horn. I screamed, it was terrifying.

Once the driver pulled back I saw it was a teenager talking on her phone. I shouted get off your effing phone, and she yelled abuse back, complete with hand gestures.

So yeah, nearly wipe out a family but go ahead and abuse them for not really liking it.

Insane.

My tall 10yo DD is autistic and finds escalators terrifying. She's now able to go up most times but can't manage coming down and so we have to use a lift. We get tuts and glares for that. Once the lift was broken and there were no stairs. DD was dithering and panicking at the top of the escalator and clearly struggling. An old man pushed her out of the way and shouted "Get out of the way! You're not a baby!" I shouted back.

I agree - why are some people like this? It’s getting more noticeable

Try living next door to one. Because his trees are blocking my gas flue the safety officer says I have to turn the gas boiler off because he cannot be forced to cut his trees down. Worse also is that I did a google search and discovered that the owner of a tree is not responsible for the damage tree does to neighbour's property.