A man told me how I should have reverse parked. I told him to floss and use a stain resistant toothpaste.

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I had to use DH truck today - which I rarely drive. I then has a tricky reverse park in a busy town. A man watched the whole thing with his arms cross, chuckling and came over and offered a lot of critique and unsolicited advice.
WIBU to offer him critique and unsolicited advice in return?

Yeah yeah, I know I was rude but fuck me, he was a twat of the highest order.

I may have used the phrase "Is it FREE ADVICE DAY? GREAT?"

Gettingbysomehow · Today 20:44

Haha I got told off once by a pensioner for wearing a camouflage print biker jacket on my motorbike. He said why am I so stupid wearing camo so nobody can see me.The jacket had reflective patches all over it, my lights were full on and I wasn't riding through a fecking forest.

To be fair, anything you wear on a motorbike becomes The Cloak of Invisibility.

Gets my goat. My company has a reverse park policy. Consequently I'm actually quite good at it as a result and can park our long car in the tightest of spaces. Parking at the hospital the once I had the window down and swung out ready to reverse. Chap walking past in his trackies, Nike's and a manky cap "oi love want us to park it for you?". I ignored the pillock and got the car in first time. He waited until I got out of the car before clapping me saying "you sure you ain't a bloke cuz women can't park innit" I dead eyeballed him and replied "definitely all woman, I'll let my vagina know that you approve of my parking, thanks" and walked off. He just stood there cogs whirring trying to make sense of it.

Utter legend @user47 he was asking for it.

bet he’s been wondering about what you meant about flossing alllll day 🤣🤣🤣

I’d just reverse parked in a very tight space and paused to admire it when a passing man offered to get my car out for me as someone had boxed me in. He didn’t believe me when I said I’d just parked it, until another man, on some scaffolding shouted down that he’d watched me do it! Random man 1 did not praise me he just walked away shaking his head

I had a man "helping" me out of a parking space the other day. I called cheerily out of the window something to the effect of "Thanks, but I've got a reversing camera" and did a smart turn and whizzed off. I do wonder why these people assume you need help without asking.

Myself and some mum friends camp every year. A couple of men arrived one night, and made snide comments about women camping.
When packing up the next day, they were asking when the men folk were arriving to pack up everything. Didn't believe us when we said we were doing it. They went for an hour long dog walk and were amazed when they came back that almost everything was packed. Apparently they'd never seen women do that before...

I had a new nextdoor neighbour who stood and watched me reverse park behind his car into a very small space. He was all ready to give his advice and wave his arms about as necessary, but I did it as I always do in one swift move. He congratulated me as I got out of the car! 😂 The joys of living on a terrace.

Good for you, I wouldn't encourage others to do this though in case you get stabbed. Xx

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Confused, did you actually say those things to him about his teeth? If so, I think you were unreasonable. There's no excuse to ever shame someone for how they look. If all you said was 'oh is it free advice day' then fair enough. But that's not what your title says. It makes me mad to think a man was laughing at your efforts and felt the need to 'school' you. But it makes me sadder to think he was responded to by ridiculing his looks :-(

i go to my local tip. and nearly every time a man also dropping off rubbish different one every time gives me a wave from where i am at front of que waiting for next space to dump my stuff, they tell me there is a space its usually very small then i get blocked in waiting for people near me to finish their dumping of rubbish.last time i shouted i will wait for a bigger space they shouted of of course women cant get in small spaces, i replied i usually get blocked in and have to wait so i will wait for a bigger space to start with thank you

YOU ARE MY HERO! Just glad he didn't deck you tbh. 😂

Ugh men who think they have to ‘help’ me reverse park. I always roll down the window and say “it’s ok mate, I’ve been driving over 30 years I can park a car.” They always get huffy but fuck ‘em. Patronising berks.

I respectfully disagree, we should fireback with both barrels it's the only language these protohominids understand.

That's really horrible

In a similar situation, I now say what I heard my daughter say once:

Didn't ask

It said everything and there was no comeback ☺

The point is that women don’t generally ‘help’ random strangers park though

There was one in Currys who felt duty-bound to help my husband choose a new steam iron. 😂

No it wasn't witty, it was downright rude.

Men are dangerous

Before speaking consider

The consequences

A lot of older men want to be helpful and are a bit tone deaf. I’m always pleasant and appreciative even if it’s naff advice. Many people are feeling a bit disconnected and lonely at the moment, so I like spreading good vibes.

This.

This is one old man that thinks you're badass. I wish I was as quick-minded. I'd spend the rest of the day imagining something witty I could have said.

😆😆 that was a great response you gave them

Me too, and he absolutely deserved it.

I bet he went straight home and checked his teeth out.

@ChampagneLassie I love that you had paused to admire your parking! I do that sometimes too.