To NOT want people to inform me I’ve dropped something?

[chocolategift]

I know - they’re being helpful.

But … today in the supermarket; toddler DD being whingey and difficult at the checkout. I dropped my phone out of my pocket as I was struggling with child, groceries and everything else. It’s right in front of me. But three people immediately shout over to me YOU’VE DROPPED YOUR PHONE. Meaning I felt obliged to pick it up immediately when actually I could have done with just leaving it for thirty seconds

I know I’ll get roasted for not being duly appreciative to my fellow citizens and I appreciate they mean to be helpful but seriously … I couldn’t have missed that I dropped it!

Gosh there's some bloody mean responses on this thread.

Sure, OP, as you said they doubtless meant meant well but a moment more to clock that you had your hands full and just pick it up out of harms way and wait without hassling you till you could take it, or maybe put it in your trolley would have been little effort and more genuinely helpful.

YABU, but- so am I. I feel the same. And if toddler has thrown something under the table at the cafe and I've picked it up a million bloody times and I get to the point where it can just darn well stay on the floor for a bit and a lovely person will come and pick it up and say 'oh she's dropped her..' prolonging the fun game

i know the feeling @chocolategift

Are you always such a bloody drama queen? I honestly thought this thread had to be a wind-up, but I get the horrible feeling you’re serious.

People are NOT watching your every move. They don’t know you know you’ve dropped your phone; maybe it’s not “blindingly obvious” to them because it isn’t that important to anyone other than you. They could have saved you hundreds of pounds and loads of hassle, but are you grateful?? No - THEY should have known you had already seen it and saved you from the trauma of picking it up a few seconds earlier than planned. Un-bloody-believable.

I ran after someone once who’d dropped his wallet in the gutter. He’d obviously decided I was shouting because I wanted to hassle him or sell him something; he was so bloody dismissive. He at least had the decency to look sheepish when he realised I’d actually saved him a load of time and hassle - but by that point I was wishing I’d just kicked the bloody thing down a drain.

I was walking behind someone in a tube station who dropped his cash card and didn’t notice, kept walking. I picked it up and said “Excuse me! You’ve dropped your card” . He had headphones on and didn’t hear, kept walking. I trotted along to keep up and said “Excuse me!”. Nothing. I put out my hand to tap him on the shoulder and he literally span round with his fists up. Git. Didn’t stop him taking the card back when he realised what I was trying to tell him.

It's on you that you felt obliged to immediately pick it up. You could have just said thank you and still picked it up 30 seconds later

Lol I thought this was going to be about when you secretly dropped a pill or some acid when out with your friends 😂

You need a bigger issue

But dealing with a young child is an even bigger priority.
I remember in a supermarket once I had a baby in the trolley and a hand bag in it too. I took one step away and people were quick to remind me not to leave my handbag but really it was the baby I had no intention of leaving.

Really, you think other people don’t have demands on their time then 🙄

Get a grip OP and stop being so ungrateful FFS! Moaning about people who are telling you you dropped your phone. I've had enough of Mumsnet for today because of you! 🙄

A toddler "being whingey and difficult at the checkout" is hardly an emergency situation that would necessitate risking damage to the phone, unless there was something else the OP didn't mention.

And you should've been grateful for people reminding you not to turn your back on your handbag in the trolley, while distracted by your child. It's a common way women are robbed. It happened to me once, many years ago and now I always keep an eye on my bag, no matter what else is happening around me.

Um was this supposed to be a light hearted thread Op? Some people seem to have got irrationally annoyed by it 😆

I can only to say that I'm exactly^^ the same so we can be grumpy arse's together...outwardly I smile and say thanks... inwardly "just give me a minute!!"

I also have a habit of putting items in the roof of my car whilst I get sorted.

Cue several helpful citizens asking me if I know I have potatoes on my roof... I did, but thanks for pointing it out!!

Get a grip of yourself. I can't believe you posted this .
Some thoughts are inside your head thoughts ...

Your head must be full of useless stuff if you think this is noteworthy.

I love seeing someone litter. I pick it up, hand it to them whilst telling them they dropped something 🤣

I dropped a card in ours and a man picked it up like lightening

Yes YABU
Like most people have said, say thanks, Just acknowledge that you’re aware.
I know In that moment you felt under immense pressure…. But heaven’s alive, don’t start wishing the last few remaining kind and decent folk to become arseholes…. Or we are all in the shit !!

If nobody had told you and had seen and you'd walked away you'd probably be on here calling the unreasonable for not telling you. They're just trying to help. Be thankful

“I dropped my phone today whilst dealing with my cranky toddler, and at least three people must have seen it, but no-one told me!”

Completely unreasonable! One day you might drop something really valuable and not realise, then you’ll probably be on here moaning that someone must have seen you drop it and not said anything!

My husband was like this after he had surgery, they took out and then replaced a rib on his left side. When the nerves knitted he was in agony and loads of helpful people thought he was having a heart attack, wanted to help and/or call an ambulance. He'd swear at them that he was fine and to p*off. I knew they were trying to help but he just wanted to be left to sit and wait for the pain to go.

He'd swear at them that he was fine and to poff. *

Are you sure he went far enough? Perhaps he should have kicked them in the cock/minge to really make his point.

All you have to say is that you know you've dropped it and you'll get it in a minute.