Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

See all MNHQ comments on this thread

To have laughed at her Slimming World advice?

831 replies

Pikaso · 18/01/2022 13:04

Woman at work has been doing Slimming World. She’s obsessed with it and goes on about it constantly armed with her books and Muller Lights at every meal.
I told her last week I was going to give it a go. I didn’t buy Muller Lights but instead bought some asda own yogurts which had almost identical calorie, fat and sugar content. Sat down to eat lunch yesterday and she came in and said “I thought you were doing slimming world?”. I said “I am” so she said “how many syns in those yogurts?” So I said “none, they’re the same as muller lights”. She replied “no, you’re meant to eat Muller lights!” And looked really concerned and worried!! I did owl noises in her face and told her the calories, sugar and fat etc were exactly the same so why would it matter??! She actually left the room muttering about how it won’t work if you don’t do it properly.

I did slimming world a few years back and stopped because of the cult like behaviour of the members and leaders. I thought I’d give it another go but she has totally put me off again! Nothing has changed!!
She’s been off with me ever since. WIBU to have laughed at her muller light concerns?? Common sense tells you it’s the calories etc that matter, not the bloody name on the pot!!

OP posts:
Thread gallery
15
SailingNotSurfing · 18/01/2022 14:08

Mullerlight yoghurt stopped being 'free' ages ago, same with Mugshots - I think SW realised that some of their more intellectually challenged members were eating them by the dozen and wailing about their weight gain.

It's a bit like an MLM now though, where people are recruited to run their own SW group, despite not being at their target weight. I went to a meeting with a friend, for moral support, and the leader was a larger lady, not a brilliant role model.

OP, you sound really annoying though. Let your colleague believe what she wants to believe.

FriNightBlues · 18/01/2022 14:09

Competitive yoghurt-ing and it’s only Tuesday? I predict we’ll be at fridge clearances tomorrow, placards on Thursday and HR involvement by Friday.

ClawedButler · 18/01/2022 14:09

The best thing about microwaving an owl is that you can maintain eye contact the whole time.

1forAll74 · 18/01/2022 14:10

I like to think that some people can make owl sounds,that would make me laugh if I heard them. David Attenborough would be able to tell you what kind of owl your version was from.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 18/01/2022 14:10

This is why I love working at home.

LaChanticleer · 18/01/2022 14:10

"Owl noises"???

She's an idiot, but you sound like you were quite rude.

Candyfloss99 · 18/01/2022 14:11

You both sound unhinged.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 18/01/2022 14:11

I don't miss all the crack pot interactions in a huge open plan office.

Twillow · 18/01/2022 14:11

Just came on to Confused about owl noises but I see 10 pages of posters have already done so...

Seeingadistance · 18/01/2022 14:12

@JolkienRolkienRolkienTolkien

What sort of owl noises did you make? A gentle 'twit-twoo' or a full on screech?
Grin
KatherineJaneway · 18/01/2022 14:12

Was David Bellamy crouching behind a strategically placed sofa commenting on your owl noises?

BobBobbity · 18/01/2022 14:12

@ClawedButler

The best thing about microwaving an owl is that you can maintain eye contact the whole time.
Grin
the80sweregreat · 18/01/2022 14:12

Doesn't Slimming world receive money to promote certain products? Which is obviously what is going on here.
She has been brain washed by the advertising sadly

Hoppinggreen · 18/01/2022 14:13

@Pikaso

I didn’t screech at her, it was just a coo coo type thing
Those are pigeon noises Get your story straight
Seeingadistance · 18/01/2022 14:14

@Pikaso

I didn’t screech at her, it was just a coo coo type thing
That’s pigeon noises.
Morgan12 · 18/01/2022 14:14

😂😂😂😂😂 wtf.

Anyways, I agree with you. SW sausages have more calories and fat than the sausage I eat. SW sausages are syn free, or maybe 1 syn? And the sausage I eat are 3.5 syns each. Makes zero sense. The SW ones are double the calories.

HelloFrostyMorning · 18/01/2022 14:14

IDGAF if this thread is fake, or an attempt to get into classics, it's still funny, because of the responses.....

BelleNoir · 18/01/2022 14:15

@StoatMilk

Can you turn your head all the way around OP?
Grin
Figgygal · 18/01/2022 14:15

Owl noises what?

EinsteinaGogo · 18/01/2022 14:16

OP

Honestly - you make 'gentle owl noises' in peoples faces to stop them talking?

You honestly need to have a think about your own emotional intelligence. That is really, really strange.

MeSanniesareBrannies · 18/01/2022 14:16

@Pikaso

“ Every time you post it sounds even more weird.

Do you do this a lot?

How do people generally react?”

———-
People normally just stop talking

There are actual tears in my eyes! 😆😆😆
Owlnoises · 18/01/2022 14:16

🦉

Somethingsnappy · 18/01/2022 14:17

I've read all your replies, but I'm still not satisfied as to why you cooed/hooted/tooted at her to get her to stop talking..

Is that a thing? Were you just trying to stun/confuse her into silence?

Please do explain properly. I'm way more invested in this than I should be...

CooCooOwl · 18/01/2022 14:17

@Pikaso

I wasn’t saying cuckoo. It was literally a gentle “coooo coooo … “ just to break her train of thought
Perhaps she's avoiding you now because she thinks you're insane. If I was talking to someone and they started gently going "coooooooo cooooooooo" I would be scared too. You wasn't slowly turning your head 270 degrees while cooing were you?
SpeedRunParent · 18/01/2022 14:18

YABU for your utterly bizarre method of communication. Thanks for the laugh though.

Swipe left for the next trending thread