to think this bloke was an arse.

[HalfMumHalfBiscuit]

Finally I've got a chance to go on AIBU.

Yesterday DD and I were in Holland and Barrett buying tea and DD was generating a bit of a crowd being 8 weeks old and all.

I mentioned to one of the nice ladies cooing that DD had just had her first jabs this morning when some dreadlocked man leered over and said 'Don't let her have any immunisations whatever you do. Its all a conspiracy (man)'

I did this and left the shop.

1. who is going to benefit from the conspiracy? and
2. what business is it of his to go around preaching to mums anyway. and
3. I wish I had said 'Oh shut up. You arse!'

hully

I have to pick up DS2. I will find you guys later. Dh just will not go out and get drunk and let me have some MN time....Damn you season of good will

We HAVE a thread.

Oh yes, we did nick the other one as well, was so long ago had quite forgot...

Sorry OP too

Yikes ! Rumbled !

I think we've successfully sailed the thread away from the dark waters though.

Serves you right for shopping into that emporium of overpriced poncery!

I like a nice cashew, meself.

I'm not going to even get into the vaccinations controversy but surely if he

(a) did indeed have dreadlocks and
(b) did leer over and butt in

then the OP is not necessarily being 'judgy'. People with dreadlocks are allowed to leer over and butt in in shops (even if they risk an AIBU thread being written about them). Sure, it's usually little old ladies who do it but, hey, this is a free world and it's Christmas time and there are plenty of folk out there in those shops..

How precious and sensitive do you have to be to give a damn what some loon says to you in a shop???

And then to go home and start a Mumsnet thread abut it???

Was it your first ever trip into the big wide world?

FFS, get over it.

thanks for that jamie et al.

I think it's more the automatic assumption that a chappy with dreadlocks leers, rather than 'looks in an interested manner' or even just 'peers.'

Did he smell of herbs at all?

Maybe he is an arse. But you're a bigger one to have given it a moment's thought. Couldn't you just have smiled patronisingly and got on with your life like anyone else would have done?

Yoghurt-coated raisins. Mmmmmm

Mrs Mattie - was going to say the same thing

I hate Holland and Barrett! Jo to Julian Graves instead - there are no hippies or nutters in there!

Do dreadlocks smell ?

I HATE anything yoghurt-covered, except a gorgeous pouting young man. Choccy raisins, though. MmmmHmmmm.

I don't like healthfood shops. In our local one you get "looks" if you have forgotten to bring a bag with you (which I rarely do as I am a Good Person)

I had dreadlocks for a while in my teenage years and they did start to smell a bit damp during the winter months as they were so difficult to dry.

Hmmm, 'chaps with dreadlocks leering ???as possible racist remark'???? well maybe but surely not necessarily, I mean, I would associate 'leering' just as much with 'reaction of white beer bellied bloke to attractive female after a few too many pints makes him think he has pulling power of Brad Pitt'....

(NB don't regard myself as the attractive female. not even after several festive glasses of white wine....)

We have a rather splendid one where everything is so expensive one dare hardly take ones onions to the till.

I think I know the one

Thankyou MarioandLuigi - i did wonder

I was thinking more of an incensey or herbally smell about his person. Although my dog has dreadlocks and she reeks.

Dogs DO reek, though, don't they ? One reason I don't think I'd want one. Or are there any breeds that don't ?

The woman in my health food shop started talking to another customer about how the reason my 8 week ds was spotty was that he has a dairy allergy. Does that even make sense given he's 100% breastfed? I wish wish wish I'd said to her sternly 'He can understand you, you know - he was reincarnated and hasn't forgotten his previous life yet.'

We could offer a service: Safe Thread Steering ltd.

Mine doesn't reek in the summer, it is just the wet hair problemo. And the crap and dead fish she likes to roll in.