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To be fed up about the woman in local shop being so rude to me?

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LimeDietCokeIsLife · 16/05/2022 12:56

There is a branch of a convenience store very near my house. Literally 30 seconds' walk away. I regularly go there because its so near.

One woman in there has, for whatever reason, taken a dislike to me and is very nice and lovely to others whilst I'm in there and then rude to me. I have absolutely no idea why she does not like me, nor do I care that she doesn't like me. However, I do not want to be treated rudely when I'm in there.

She never acknowledges me or says thank you to me, or ever even the cost, just holds the card machine out to me and rolls her eyes. If she is at a till and I arrive at the front of the queue she will just sometimes walk off. Sometimes there will be a second till open but other times there will not be and I'll have to either wait for her to come back and serve me (rudely!) or find someone else in the shop and tell them there's no one at a till! I have been in a few times and there have been three of them at the tills and one has served me, and nasty woman has then started whispering to the other staff member. Sometimes she hides her face behind something and I've heard the other staff member whisper 'What?' so she's obviously whispering shit to them. She is really lovely and chatty to other customers, so it's clearly me!

I did once phone the head office of said chain of convenience stores and they said it wouldn't happen again and would be dealt with. But clearly that did not work!

I could go elsewhere but I don't see why I should have to. The other staff in there are very polite and nice. And I'm always polite.

AIBU to be fed up of this?

OP posts:
Whitehorsegirl · 29/05/2022 09:33

Call her out. Next time you go in be assertive.

If she ignores you/doesn't look at you, you slam your items on the counter/till in front of her. If he walks away as you approach, you loudly call her back and demand that she gets on with it. If you see her whispering at you, you glare and clearly say ''Is there a problem?' then you ask to speak to the store manager and you make a complaint.

Whatever her problem with you is, it does not matter and there is no need for you to try to find out or to be extra nice to her. She is here to do a job and that includes being polite to customers, that's what you need to focus on.

Pussycat22 · 01/11/2023 19:30

I'd fill a basket with lots of items from all over the shop, lots of small items, take it to her counter and then say I didn't want them. Walk away without another word.Passive aggressive I know and petty, but she'd have to put them all back, give her something to be arsey about!!!!

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