Verbally abused by teenager, would you say something in this situation or not?

[Hannahxc1]

I've just picked up a few bits for tea from Sainsbury's and as I'm walking through the doors to leave the shop I hear "come on you fat cow hurry up for fuck sake"

I look back it's a teenage girl (16-17) in a group of three and it was me she was talking to.

I wasn't dordling, I was moving perfectly quickly. I didn't have a trolly or pram holding me up. There was no congestion of people waiting to pass. She just wanted to be confrontational and was clearly looking for attention from her friends.

I was caught off guard and didn't know how to respond so I just rolled my eyes and walked off, but I'm still annoyed 15 minutes later and think I should have said something to the little witch.

Would you have?

Not worth. Walking away was the right thing

*worth it

What a little toad.

The best thing is to just ignore her as she clearly isn't worth your time.

Or if you do fancy a chuckle, you could say something like:

"Oh I'm sorry, I'll try and be thinner. Maybe you could try and be more intelligent."

Or

"Being a bit overweight runs in my family. Looks like sleeping with cousins runs in yours"

Eye roll appropriate.
Didn't the shop have any wilting bunches of flowers that you could have stopped to look at very slowly, before exiting? - or maybe done a second circuit of the shop just to check you'd not missed anything?

@CuriousaboutSamphire that’s really good advice

Get the film 'fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop cafe'. Fast forward to the parking lot scene. It will make you feel much, much better.

You did exactly the right thing. Anything else acknowledges their rudeness. Life is too short for that.

I echo what a PP said ... I feel sorry for people like this, because to say something like that to someone you must be incredibly insecure about yourself.

@CuriousaboutSamphire I saw someone do that on the tube. A man was getting all het up and abusive, who knows about what, and the man it was directed at just shook his head and laughed. Irate man shouted more abuse, the other man smiled and nodded.
I think he impressed everyone on the carriage while irate man looked a total fool.

"Do you kiss your mummy with that potty mouth?"

Helps to always have a Harvey Smith available ready to roll out I find

I wouldn't say anything, I had a situation years ago where some teenage girls on a bus were making similar comments, various mean things and sprinkling it with a bit of racism saying I wasn't from here
I turned around and started to say something and got promptly punched in the face. I walk away very fast from any situations like this now, saying nothing and not acknowledging.

I think what you did was right in the situation. You showed her that she wasnt even worth your time of day and that you thought she was a silly little girl. If you had reacted more, she would have got what she wanted. You came out of that with the upper hand.

And dont worry about it. Shes a kid and probably got issues of her own to need to act like that.

If she was with teenage boys then 'She must be better in the sack than she looks' would have been an excellent response, as you very very slowly exited the shop.

I think the eye roll was the best way to deal with the situation.

The best retort I've ever heard when someone been throwing fat around as insult was "I can always loose weight. You'll always be fuck ugly."

I'd have probably Instinctively said something like, "Well, aren't you delightful!" Then stopped and probably said, "Off you fucking go." And pointed through the door.

This is very outing but here goes. I was once verbally abused by teenage girls who called me fat and ugly while we were queueing for a theme park ride. I said nothing to them but after the ride I went to their mum and told her that her daughters had been ridiculing my nephew who was with me (he has cerebral palsy) and she was INCENSED. She apologised profusely, gave the girls a dressing down and said they were going home then and there.

I didn't feel bad.

"Do you eat with that foul mouth of yours"? is a good one .

Oooh that would have been a perfect excuse to use one of the gnomes from Fable 3 insults!! "Sorry, I didn't notice you there. Whats it like being so insignificant?"

Or alternatively "Oh those are nice shoes. Aren't your grans feet cold without them?"

Don't worry yourself over it, she's a little toad showing off or her mates and will probably be embarrassed by what a little shit she was in a few years time.

^^ This!

you have friends (on here to!) she has a coven

Shes lucky she didnt get a slap!

OP this is horrible. I'm sorry you've had to endure this

I know that I would have called her a little ugly cunt or something... but honestly, you did exactly the right thing. Retaliating only makes them do it more because it makes them see they can provoke a reaction. What a little cow.

I would have said something as I wouldn’t have been able to help myself! But I know it’s difficult when you get caught off guard. She will continue to do it if no one calls her out on it.

I'd do the very same then I'd rage afterwards thinking on what I could have said. You done the right thing.
Cheeky wee wench showing off in front of her pals she will say it to the wrong person and get knocked out.