Was i being unreasonable or were ALL the supermarket customers unreasonable?

[ThePhantomPlopper]

I'm Ill, cough, cold, temp, sore throat, aches and pains. I have a cold.

Had to go to the supermarket, didn't want to but I had to. Coughing all the way around (hand over my mouth) and getting glares. I look like the living dead today, no make up and wild hair.

Anyway I get to the checkout and my phone rings, it was DH and because there was a long queue, I answered. He noticed I sounded unwell and I said I was off to the Doctors and jokingly said "reckon it's swine flu haha" That was mistake number 1. The people behind me started tutting and saying I was disgraceful! I was but carried on speaking to DH, when I hung up the couple started again, I told them I was joking and that I just had a cold, the lady behind then piped up with "how do you know it's just a cold, have you been tested? And if you are joking it's not funny, my 14yo nephew had a grommit operation as a child, things like this aren't funny for people like him" Mistake number 2, I snorted at this, I thought she was joking, apparently not.

So all hell breaks loose, 1st couple start demanding that the checkout man washes his hands after serving me and 2nd lady is loudly telling everyone that I'm a rude, inconsiderate woman spreading swine flu to all. I'm and getting angry so I shouted "will you freaks just shut up" and stormed out. (I know THAT was unreasonable but I'm ill).

Has the world gone mad? I can't believe it happened, the whole thing was so ridiculous.

YABU. I'd have given you a wide berth, not because of swine flu particularly, but just because you looked ill and infectious by the sounds of it.

A wide berth is acceptable, abuse, not so much!

Hi again Plopper hun. Just checking you are feeling ok and you have made arrangements to get a test. this is serious hun. I say again. This is serious.

YANBU. They were being very rude.

world has gone mad. blame the daily mail, i do

I got very stroppy with the Sainsbury's staff member who kept blowing her nose very loudly and for long blows. She looked a bit and surprised but the noise was awful and I really felt she should have left the shop floor.

TPP - yanbu though.

My checkout girl blew her nose loudly into a grey hankie which she stuffed up her sleeve, before handling all my shopping.

ROLF @ Phantomplopper

'will all you freaks shut up'

classic

I went to Boughton on the Water recently. Group of people wearing face masks and looking concerned (well their eyes did). I casually asked them if they were going to the bird place/touristy attraction thingy while there and they said yes. Warned them that they could have avian flu there and they practically ran back to their cars whilst screaming.

World's indeed a little mad these days.

FBG - I agree. Urgh.

Lisa - I'm not getting a test, I have a cold that's all. Thanks for your concern though .

LOL Castiel. Some people are mad.

Alrite Phantom i was just concerned is all. no need to be so rude and sarky, some ppl
(i.e YOU) are such crustations of the planet.

Did you just call me a crustation?

I'm still chuckling...

Lisa - Where was I rude? Do tell.

Lisa, I haven't read any rudeness in Ploppers postings. She just said she had a cold.

The world is going definitley going stark raving bonkers. Just don't get me started on general paranoia and hygiene fetishes.

Oh FFS! Next time can you make sure it's bubonic plague before you go there! Then they'd have something to wory about

phantomplopper, its not your week is it? first you get abused and run out of a supermarket and then you get called a crustation! A crustation! (mentally putting that word aside for next time I have an arguement with DH)

YANBU the world has indeed gone mad.

On the anti-bac note I was having my 12 week scan last week and as I was walking out of the the maternity hosp clutching and not taking my eyes off my little grainy photo, a loud computerised voice shouted at me "ARE YOUR HANDS CLEAN?" Now normally, yes I would anti-bac them on the way in and out but was kind of sidetracked. But seriously what a way to send women into early labour...

"You said you sat next to an American who sneezed."

LMAO - omg all americans/foreigners in the country must be infected......................

LOL.

I seem to be attracting the loons today, I don't think I've ever been called crustation before.

My hayfever been really bad recently, i was in my local town centre the other day and sneezed a few times into my tissue and put it in my pocket.

A woman tapped me on my arm and said do you know your supposed to put your tissue straight in a bin and then wash your hands?

I explained its hayfever and if i did what she said everytime i sneezed id need so many boxes of tissues!

She then told me not to be so silly!!!

A mum at our school has requested that all the kids use anti bac gel throughout the day.

And yet our hospital has just removed it all as the local alcoholics were drinking it.

Kittycats - I get this too, and have to explain VVVV gently that yes it's a good idea to bin the tissue if it is full of bacteria or viruses from your sneeze but a hayfever sneeze is just an allergic reaction to the histamine from the pollen.

IE you are not going to catch anything.

Crustation. I think that's an attempt at 'crabby'.