Was the girls at salon talking about me or am I overthinking

[Tina5]

Hi everyone Went today to get my hair cut at my usual salon, walked in to see 2 girls on Reception desk and my usual stylist standing to the side where the waiting area was. Anyway I said hello happy new year and the girls at reception looked at each other and after looking at my stylist she looked at the girls who were still looking at me and said to me hello come through. AIBU to think this was rude of them as it seemed like they was talking about me or am I overthinking the whole thing

Were they perhaps quite young and socially awkward? My usual salon takes a lot of apprentices and some aren’t even 18. They can be quite awkward and difficult to talk to at times. I think you’re reading too much into it and imagining scenarios.

Are you not usually very confident person if your first thought is someone was talking about you just before you walked in?

Well even if they had been i wouldn't have cared! X

It seems like you’re being a bit paranoid op.
(WERE the girls)

They weren’t very friendly or welcoming. I wouldn’t go there again, poor customer service.

Manners and kindness matter more.

Don't be a dick.

Everyone else can understand the OP perfectly, so it clearly only matters to you.

It’s not “unkind” to let people know about grammatical mistakes. It is important. You will be judged on it and may not know it’s incorrect. It’s actually helpful.

It depends on the intention, setting and delivery, none of the above were the right time or place and certainly not the right delivery.

My guess is they've had some earlier conversation about how many clients will say happy new year as they arrive and were just acknowledging that as humorous.
Completely something and nothing and absolutely nowt to do with you personally.

Thank you, I certainly didn't comment to be unkind or a "dick" as someone so eloquently called me! I was trying to be helpful as you have said.

If it matters so much that you can't help being rude to people, then the internet is not the place for you.

You are no-one's teacher or proof-reader here.

I've reported your post as MNHQ have promised to clamp down on this sort of thing again, and start banning like they used to.

You have no right to make people feel as though they can't access Mumsnet with their problems, in case they get 'pulled up' by people like you.

And I've no doubt the OP and many like her are 'judged' everywhere, so they don't need that shit when they come to Mumsnet with a problem.

If they've managed to go their whole adult life without getting a handle on their SPAG, some random on MN isn't going to make any difference.

They'll just end up driving them and others away.

This is why MNHQ starting banning for it.

Oh right ok so you report me to MNHQ for correcting someone's spelling, which I did to be helpful, by the way, not to be "rude". But it's ok for you to call me a "dick"? Righto. Failing to see how in your opinion "the internet is not the place for you", as in me, when you see it ok to call me a dick and make a big issue out of someone who was genuinely trying to be helpful. I haven't been rude to anyone on this thread, you are interpreting my comments in the way that suits your own interpretations, which certainly are way off my intentions.

If I said “hello, happy new year” to the receptionists at my hair salon and they completely ignored me I wouldn’t be going there again.

That’s extremely rude in any scenario. Find another salon where they have manners.

Yes I was rude to you because you thought you'd humiliate the OP.

Do you think just because you're a teacher and a proof-reader, you're suddenly going to be 'the one' who changes the OP when all past teachers couldn't?

There are countless women out there who come to MN because they have real problems, and your sort of humiliating behaviour can put them off posting for help.

Maybe they had just been saying, “If I have to say happy new year to one more person I will scream.”

Dont get me wrong, wishing someone a happy new year is a nice thing to do but I imagine if your job involves greeting people then you might get sick of it after 3rd ofJan.

So long as they weren’t rude to you during your appointment, it doesn’t matter what they were talking about

Do you know them? What would they have been saying about you? And would it matter if they were talking about you?

I wasn't trying to humiliate anyone @DameOfThrones , for goodness sake, get a grip and stop derailing the thread entirely.

Surely that would be ‘spelling and grammar matter’ (not ‘matters’). It’s a plural subject.

I clicked on this thread title solely to see how many posts it would be before the grammar enforcers descended.

It is incredibly rude to correct another adult's grammar or spelling unless you genuinely cannot understand what they are trying to say. This is Mumsnet. It's a virtual chat in a coffee shop. It. Does. Not. Matter.

I think the first line should read ‘my delivery was not to your approval’. ‘my delivery’ is singular.

Yes of course, you're correct on both of your comments to me. I'm very tired and didn't proof-read my own comments! Silly me 😆

‘the way the OP was speaking was clear that she isn’t aware’

also doesn’t sound grammatically correct. There’s a switch in tenses, for starters.