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To have laughed at her Slimming World advice?

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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!!

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Mollysocks · 20/01/2022 13:23

@Pikaso

What uni was it *@Mollysocks* ?
Begins with B (so you’ll know but others won’t necessarily)
Saysama · 20/01/2022 13:24

@Somethingsnappy I’m perfectly calm, dear. And I still think making animal noises at colleagues (not her husband) because she is ‘desperate to speak’, intending to continue doing so and stating she doesn’t care what anyone thinks/feels because she’s ‘doing her’ is pretty unpleasant.

Pikaso · 20/01/2022 13:25

[quote Saysama]@Somethingsnappy I’m perfectly calm, dear. And I still think making animal noises at colleagues (not her husband) because she is ‘desperate to speak’, intending to continue doing so and stating she doesn’t care what anyone thinks/feels because she’s ‘doing her’ is pretty unpleasant.[/quote]
Just a good job we’re not mates then isn’t it! 😁

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IWantMoreStationery · 20/01/2022 13:26

Everyone is getting a bit too upset for the SW woman. She was talking nonsense. Yes, the owl noise was not normal but other people might have said a lot worse.

Were there other people there? If so what did they say after you replied as an owl at her?

Saysama · 20/01/2022 13:26

@Pikaso I would never be your mate, so yes.

Pikaso · 20/01/2022 13:27

@ItsCoachBombay well I think it’s odd to carry on talking without letting the other person speak

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Pikaso · 20/01/2022 13:28

[quote Saysama]@Pikaso I would never be your mate, so yes.[/quote]
Likewise!

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Pikaso · 20/01/2022 13:29

@IWantMoreStationery

Everyone is getting a bit too upset for the SW woman. She was talking nonsense. Yes, the owl noise was not normal but other people might have said a lot worse.

Were there other people there? If so what did they say after you replied as an owl at her?

There was one other colleague there, she didn’t intervene as she doesn’t like diet talk
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Elchupacabra · 20/01/2022 13:41

@SomeOwlsCoo

Owls say coo
But what does the fox say?
Pikaso · 20/01/2022 13:46

Fox’s screech and sound a bit like cats fighting

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Somethingsnappy · 20/01/2022 13:50

[quote Pikaso]@Somethingsnappy

Definitely a howl. When I was a kid I’d do cat noises when people were continuously talking as it stressed me out[/quote]
A howl would work.... Definitely gets the point across.

Elchupacabra · 20/01/2022 13:50

@Pikaso

Fox’s screech and sound a bit like cats fighting
It was a bit of a jokey post referring to the song 'The Fox' by Ylvis Grin
DrManhattan · 20/01/2022 13:52

For the first time I want the daily fail to steal this thread.

DrManhattan · 20/01/2022 13:55

@IWantMoreStationery
The other colleague didn't reply because they also do not speak fluent owl.

IWantMoreStationery · 20/01/2022 14:04

[quote DrManhattan]@IWantMoreStationery
The other colleague didn't reply because they also do not speak fluent owl.[/quote]
Of course, I'm an idiot.

I'm just trying to imagine what I would say if this happened between the two colleagues I share an office with. I would probably laugh whilst saying ''WTF are you two on today?''.

TheMarzipanDildo · 20/01/2022 14:04

I think this is all quite sweet!

I would be your mate OP, and you’re right about Muller yogurt of course.

SheldonesqueTheBstard · 20/01/2022 14:04

Stretching

To have laughed at her Slimming World advice?
Somethingsnappy · 20/01/2022 14:20

[quote Saysama]@Pikaso I would never be your mate, so yes.[/quote]
Tut tut. T'you.

cherryonthecakes · 20/01/2022 14:20

Are you neurotypical OP?

cherryonthecakes · 20/01/2022 14:21

Or do you work at 10 Downing Street so have had a few drinks with your lunch?

ItsCoachBombay · 20/01/2022 14:40

[quote Pikaso]@ItsCoachBombay well I think it’s odd to carry on talking without letting the other person speak[/quote]
Yes but in those situations you just let them finish their ramble, and then say "ok, but ....and say your bit" you don't cut across someone.

She clearly wanted to say what she wanted to say, and you wanted to say what you wanted to say. But there are natural pauses and ends to sentences/rambles.

It's how conversations heated or not go.

ChargingBuck · 20/01/2022 14:46

[quote Saysama]**@Pikaso You didn’t answer the question, though. In your normal life, is this something that people do? Have you ever seen anyone, anywhere hoot in another person’s face? If so, where? If not, why did you think it was acceptable behaviour? I’m not seeing how that can be attributed to either autism or adhd.[/quote]
Oh give it a rest @Saysama

Neither @Pikaso or any other PP on this daft thread owe you a justification of their individual sense of humour.

Saysama · 20/01/2022 14:51

@ChargingBuck And I don’t owe it to you to share your opinion of ‘daft humour’.

I also question the logic of tagging someone who hasn’t posted in well over an hour to tell them to ‘give it a rest’. I left and you tagged me so that I would come back and…what, exactly?

ChargingBuck · 20/01/2022 14:53

Now that's more like it, @Somethingsnappy!

Calm down! I'd say it takes more than making animal noises at someone to make them unpleasant. Why, just this morning, I 'moooo-ed' at my husband to demonstrate my frustration with covid isolation....

Makes perfect sense to me Grin

ChargingBuck · 20/01/2022 15:00

[quote Saysama]@ChargingBuck And I don’t owe it to you to share your opinion of ‘daft humour’.

I also question the logic of tagging someone who hasn’t posted in well over an hour to tell them to ‘give it a rest’. I left and you tagged me so that I would come back and…what, exactly?[/quote]
Didn't ask you to share it @Saysama.

I also question the logic of someone on this thread expecting logic, or for PP to keep spreadsheets of timelines against an undefined schedule of when it might be acceptable to @ someone.

It's perfectly clear why I tagged you. It was so you would give it rest, bossyboots!
And you tagged me back. Why?

If you don't want to exchange posts with PP, it's not very logical to @ them, is it? Grin Grin Grin
So stoppit now or I am going to have to post a wolf howl.