AIBU to think this lady was nuts? Share your WTF interactions with strangers here

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In the park with 4 year old DD today and she became fascinated with a ladybird which she found near the path. We were standing by the side of the path as DD let the ladybird crawl over her arms and hands. A lady went past with a little kid of a similar age and was looking over, so I said 'we've got a ladybird!' (Not sure why really but I felt the need to explain.) Upon which this woman sort of sniggered and went 'ah..,Chlamydia!' And then just...went on her way.

Having googled, I see that apparently ladybirds carry all sorts of STIs, which they transmit to other ladybirds and not humans. So I guess that's what she meant. But at the time I was like 'What the actual fuck?' 😂 Who even says that to a stranger?!

Does anyone have any similar stories of batshit interactions with strangers to share?

Such weird responses on here to the story about pissing in the street. @HeySummerWhereAreYou found it rude, you may not have. So what? She didn't start a hate campaign against him over it! Why do people have to nitpick so much on MN?

I was in India once at an airport, and group of Indian people started talking to me/sharing their snacks with me. They asked how old I was and when I told them 26, they had a quick discussion in their own language before informing me that they thought I was older because I was [universal gesture for fat]. So that was nice.

I was sat in a coffee area in a shopping centre thoroughfare breastfeeding my new baby, a woman saw me and came over with her teenage son. They chatted asked how old the baby was etc I was slightly uncomfortable but my choice to feed publicly I just didn't fancy an involved conversation with strangers while doing it, especially a late teens boy. They stood for ages and she eventually said, are you going to show us the baby's face to which I had to politely say sorry but she was latched on and I didn't want to stop her yet. I found it so awkward and odd but I guess people love babies

My friend once told me she had seen a lady wearing a veil (not covering her whole face, just hair) talking to her son in a bus in Cardiff. Some man yelled at her ‘speak English or go home why don’t you’. She looked at him and said ‘oh, aren’t I allowed to speak Welsh? I thought Cardiff was the capital of Wales.

So funny 🤣🤣🤣

I used to own a gift shop years ago. I just opened up, the shop was quiet and a tall man with a long, heavy black coat walked in and started browsing. I didn't like the manic energy coming off him and he was clearly not really interested in the things in my shop. I could tell he had an agenda. He did! He abruptly marched up to me, produced a dog-eared bookmark with a prayer printed on it and told me earnestly that I should consider Christianity!
Massive presumption on his part! I could have already been a Christian, or jew, or devil-worshipper! None of his business, really

Similar happened to me but the silly cow was running over shouting “He can’t eat chicken bones it could choke him” I was like “erm your dog ran over here on to out picnic mat (not welcomed at all just appeared as it wasn’t on a lead) and started putting its beak in to everything” luckily we were finished!

Either have lessons in better recall training or keep it in its lead. If something happens to your dog, that’s on you. I’m not wrestling a strange dog and pulling stuff out if it’s mouth that it shouldn’t be eating in the first place. How dare you blame us.

I had my baby and my toddler in tow who were both shrieking (toddler was scared of dogs) as this random dog devouring our left overs happy as Larry, with the owner having the audacity to tell us what her pampered pooch can and can’t eat!!

It was off Kings Road and I still get the rage when I think of her entitled attitude - as if it was our bludy fault - silly bitch 😂

Thank you @ludocris As I said, I'm not responding any more to these (few) posters. They are looking for a reaction, and they're getting no more from me.

The OP asked for examples of weird shit people say, and I gave my example. I have no idea why my post was singled out - and why what happened was minimised and mocked. Very odd!

And I am so sorry about your experience at the airport in India. How rude of them.

I also once caught a man surreptitiously pretending to be a horse in an alleyway behind some shops which made my day at the time but looking back I think it may have been mental health related.

I was around 14 or 15 and was on a bus. A woman, who was sitting at the back, got up to make her way to the front of the bus, dragging a teddy dog behind her on a leash. As she was waiting for the bus to pull in at the next stop, she turned around, looked directly at me and said “Woof, woof”.

Looking back, it was most likely mental health related, but at the time I was like, what the fuck was that!?!

We were in a beach bar in Broadstairs recently. Had just finished lunch. A lady came over, pointed to our picnic blanket which was folded up on the table and said" I need to borrow that to cover my table as it's too sunny" ???

We politely said "No sorry, we are just leaving and need it for the beach"'and she stormed off shouting very sarcastically " thank you SO MUCH for your help" Totally bonkers!

Happened to mum, not me. She was a registered childminder in the 80s and had 4/5 children with her - double buggy, some walking, various ages. She was minding her own business walking along the pavement with her group of well behaved children. A passing motorist wound down his window as he passed her and angrily shouted at her, "It's women like you who are bringing this country to it's knees"!!

Mum and dad were also stopped by a man in a car when they were in their forties, walking along a quiet residential street minding their own business. The man said if they would take a couple of suitcases of clothes abroad for him then they could have a free holiday!!They declined! Again, this was the early 80s, I think. Possibly earlier.

Can I pet that dawwwwwwg?

One of my neighbours is a total piss head. He's harmless enough but he's got this thing of addressing random questions to whoever happens to be in his vicinity. Eg I've seen him quiz a bus driver about the opening hours of a chippy on the other side of town. First time I came across him was when I was walking through the park and he came up to me and said "was Wyomi Ryder in Mamma Mia?" I told him I didn't know and he said "no, nobody does, I've asked three people now".

I don't think she (Winona) was, as it goes.

This has absolutely cracked me up for some reason - lying in bed sniggering..

When I was a teenager I was waiting for a friend in town and an old bloke came up to me and started making small talk. He gave me weird vibes but it started off normal, chat about what I studied at college. I told him I was studying Shakespeare and he said that in Shakespeare's day when they hung people it gave them an erection.
It weirded me out and I moved away as soon as I could, but it wasn't until a few years later that I replayed the conversation in my head and realised he was probably getting off on it, and that walking round with my college ID on was probably not a good idea.

I'm also visibly disabled and I've had my fair share of "what's wrong with you?" type questions but I'm rather bored of them now. The first time someone looked at my walking stick and asked me what was wrong with my legs, I looked him dead in the eye and said "nothing" and kept walking. I'm not always that brave.

Personally, I’m not looking for a reaction, just giving an opinion which is allowed on this forum. Just responding to someone thinking it was rude and personal and giving an opposing opinion to that as well, not having a go at you, or “minimising” anything. It’s not personal or looking for any reaction, but seems to have offended you as much as the person who made the comment in the first place.

Once I was at a spa and noticible fairly pregnant (7 months, all bump). The pool area had way too few loungers/chairs than number of guests and many had peoples towels to reserve them, despite no one actually sitting on them. There was one chair on its own with a discarded dirty newspaper on it. I moved this and sat down. My friend I was with went into the pool. About 45 minutes later a woman approached me looking for her newspaper. I handed it to her from her table next to me. She then scoffed about me being “incredibly rude” to have taken her seat. Her husband then approached me to have a go at me for sitting in what was apparnently “their chair”.

they genuinely felt it reasonable that a pregnant woman should stand rather than occupy a chair which neither of them had been near for at least the last 45 minutes. It was the most bizarre interaction.

I thought it was funny too 😂

Oh another one

I was once stood in a coffee shop queue with my very blonde, fair skinned daughter. A woman was staring at us and making us feel uncomfortable. She then asked me if there was something wrong with my daughter. Does she have cancer? As she’s very pale…. We sat on the opposite side of the coffee shop to her

@Bbq1

Happened to mum, not me. She was a registered childminder in the 80s and had 4/5 children with her - double buggy, some walking, various ages. She was minding her own business walking along the pavement with her group of well behaved children. A passing motorist wound down his window as he passed her and angrily shouted at her, "It's women like you who are bringing this country to it's knees"!!

That's awful! Some people! How fucking DARE he?

OMG that's actually horrific!

When i was about 14, I was told by a man that I had a pretty face, it was just such a shame I was so fat as it spoilt it.

I was 164cm tall and 55kgs at the time, so hardly massive, but it really affected me, and for years after, I was bullied by my peers about being fat. Some had witnessed what had happened and saw how much it upset me, and I guess decided to use it against me to be mean.

You don’t but many do. Never hear of golden showers?

@CherryBlo · Today 00:21

When I was a teenager I was waiting for a friend in town and an old bloke came up to me and started making small talk. He gave me weird vibes but it started off normal, chat about what I studied at college. I told him I was studying Shakespeare and he said that in Shakespeare's day when they hung people it gave them an erection.

It weirded me out and I moved away as soon as I could, but it wasn't until a few years later that I replayed the conversation in my head and realised he was probably getting off on it, and that walking round with my college ID on was probably not a good idea.

That's actually pretty grim, What a dirty bastard. 😖 Some dirty pervy men about aren't there?

I was putting some petrol in my car and a man walked over to me and started chatting.
"Do you have kids?" He asked. "Er yes" I responded.
"Are you married?" "Umm yeah"
"I like you. You did it properly" "errrr"
"Not like the Lurpaks". "Huh? lurpaks?"
"Yeah. The ones that spread themselves for anyone"
I was so disgusted and shocked by this last sentence but Luckily, I'd filled my car by now and walked off to pay thinking wtf.

On the way home from hospital after ds1 was born and we needed to stop for some bits at Tesco. I'd been stuck in hospital for 2 weeks straight (most of that before the birth) so said to dh we'd all go in. Put ds1 in the pram, off we go.

We were standing at the checkout and a man mid 50's ish kept looking at me. He stared down at (clearly newborn) ds1, then at me, then very obviously at my stomach (which was not flat, I'd just given birth) and at ds1 again. Then huffed and eye rolled so pointedly that dh asked if we could help him with something.

He then looked at me again, gestured to ds1 and then pointed at my still rounded stomach, tutted and said 'and already another on the way...shameful!'

I was conpletely dumbstruck but dh said 'what the hell are you on about...this is our baby, he's THREE DAYS old'.

Guy then says 'that's even worse then!' and walks off 🤔🤔😂

Mediterranean woman approached our family in a cafe, in a uber posh town near where we live. Me, husband and two young daughters were sat at a table. The woman just wanted to know whether the children had different fathers. They do look different but the eldest is most like her my husband. She informed us that English women have a reputation for having babies with different dads, as if it were a well known fact about us.