Why would I know??

[Dirtyblondewideroots]

Popped into the Sainsburys Local to get a cake, mask on, jeans on, weekend hair. Clearly not a member of staff. 20 something bloke has taken about 10 steps in front of the door, turns to me and says 'where are the eggs?'. Reader, my response of 'how would I know?' Wasn't witty but it was heartfelt. Why couldn't he use his eyes? Argh. I may be being unreasonable but I am not an information service Should I have been more polite and given an extended version 'I don't know as i haven't been in here for about 8 months but thete are handy signs above your head?'

I really envy you if that has given you the most annoyance lately. I don’t see the need to be rude when a ‘Oh, I’m not sure, I hope you can track them down,’ would have done just fine.

Yep I would have answered the same! I work at a train station, for a retailer, not any train or bus or tram operator though, and people constantly ask which bus number they need to get, where the bus stop is, which tram platform they need where taxi and hotels are.....im not a bloody public information service!

Just because somebody doesn't surround every utterance with candy floss doesn't make them rude.

The other day a young man asked me where the bread was in a store

@MatildaTheCat I don't think I've been envied before so I'll take that as a positive Yy to the feel of it being lazy by him.

My DH was always asking me stuff he could find out by looking on his phone - I started saying 'am I bloody Alexa?' every time he asked and it soon stopped!

Op - YANBU!

I was trying on in the shoe shop when a bloke asked me where the men’s shoes were 🤷‍♀️ When I told H he said that the bloke probably thought that I worked there, maybe egg man thought the same about you. I do spend a good deal of time surrounded by many shoes when trying on though, & I was dressed all in black like the shop assistants.

Those poor women who ARE called Alexa that get that though

Why be rude? I've often been asked similar questions in shops .If I know, I tell them.If I don'tknow, I just say "sorry, I don't know".

My ratty fleece was notjing like the Sainsbury's uniform.maybe he'll actually have a go at finding stuff himself next time. he'll probably just get a female to go instead

My DH gets this a lot in shops as he wears short sleeved shirts for work. Tesco shoppers in particular seem to think he's a staff member. He just used to take people to the requested item if he knew where it was.

I wonder if the op is annoyed because she thinks the man knows she doesn't work there but thinks she will know because she's a woman?

Genuinely interested with you think it was rude am so bored and putting off a shot load of chores. I didn't know, he hasn't made any attempt to find it himself and it was obvious I didnot work there. Wish I'd waited for his answer as to why he thought I would know. suspect it would be because I have bosooms

@Dirtyblondewideroots

Those poor women who ARE called Alexa that get that though

Our school receptionist 😂

Seems overanalysing. No idea if a man would have been asked if they had been the first person the man had seen.

I really need to know what weekend hair is.

He may have assumed that asking a fellow shopper, who was possibly familiar with the store, was a good strategy. Which it is. I know where the eggs are in my local supermarkets, cuz I buy them there. It wasn't an odd queation and didn't require a member of staff to answer it.

I really can’t see the issue here, he just asked you for some help. It doesn’t mean he thought you were staff, you were quite rude in response. “I’m not sure, sorry “ is a perfectly normal response.

I honestly can’t get my head round how snippy and fucked off people get if someone dares to ask them for a tiny bit of help.

Just an ‘I don’t work here’ would have sufficed 🤨. Also, there’s nothing more cringey than writing ‘reader, I...’

If he didn't say please then your reply was perfect!

If he'd said 'don't suppose you know where the eggs are do you, please?'

I'd have replied in a similar fashion.

Weekend hair = not straightened/primped, just up in a bun. Sadly, nothing exciting!

I’m 100% with you op. I’ve wasted too much of my life catering to men’s feeling. I sure the little darling will have recovered and found the eggs, and hey maybe next time he’ll engage his brain before opening his mouth.

@LadyCatStark

Just an ‘I don’t work here’ would have sufficed 🤨. Also, there’s nothing more cringey than writing ‘reader, I...’

I know. It’s as cringe as it gets. You’re not some famous author op.

Seriously though. Do you normally react badly if a random dares to ask you for a tiny bit of help?

@Regularsizedrudy

I’m 100% with you op. I’ve wasted too much of my life catering to men’s feeling. I sure the little darling will have recovered and found the eggs, and hey maybe next time he’ll engage his brain before opening his mouth.

Eh? What’s it go to do with him being male? Would it have been different if a woman asked where the eggs were.