So, I was at Publix the other morning after doing my walk at the park. I needed to pick up just a few things and noticed that they had their yogurt on sale so I figured I would get a few of them for the children. They really like them for breakfast in the morning and they are great when we have to run out first thing in the day.
So........I was placing a variety of flavors into my cart when a older woman (probably in her 70's) pulls her cart up along side of me. I continue to place items in my cart when she says................
Old Woman: You know I buy the plain yogurt cause the kind you are getting with the fruit is just going to make you fatter.
Me: Well..........yes I know I'm a Fat Ass but I'm perfectly fine with being a Fat Ass. Thank you very much!
Old Woman: Well! I was trying to be helpful!
Me: actually I didn't say anything out loud at this point. HOWEVER........I did have a whole slew of not very nice things that were being screamed in my head..........
THINGS SCREAMING IN MY HEAD: Nobody asked for your opinion or your "Helpfulness"! Why don't you just go and break a hip! Do you not realize I just walked a 15 minute mile! TWICE! Do you really think that I am "Getting Fatter" because of the yogurt I am buying that I don't ever get to eat any of because my children are savages and ALWAYS like the ones that I like and then AND THEN they proceed to eat ONLY the ones that I like so why WHY would I get fatter if I have no FAT FREE LOW CAL YOGURT to eat anyway! Is all of this walking and healthy eating in vain! Am I going to turn out like you..... walking around my local grocery store handing out these "HELPFUL" tidbits to unsuspecting shoppers when I am old and can't eat anything BUT yogurt through a straw because my dentures are ill fitting and AND........
Alright........so there were quite a few cuss words ( I think I actually made up a few new ones) that were actually in that whole monologue......but since I'm not sure if there are little eyes in the room, well........you get the point. I am not sure what my point was with posting this as every-time I think about it it just gets my blood boiling. WAIT! Doesn't boiling stuff make part of it evaporate which in theory would make something become less than what it was.....which would mean I might have burned a WHOLE 2 calories depending on how long I let my blood boil? Yes? No? Not so much? UGH.
Someone help me down from this soap box before I crush it with my yogurty fat self. It's kind of high up here. I wouldn't want to break a hip.
8 comments:
Oh well, I can't make you stop, I'm right there with you.
I am a big girl. Some time ago I was waiting for an elevator in my office building and an older gentleman, totally unknown to me, asked me if I was exercising in any way, that it would help me loose weight. I promptly responded that yes, that's true. Given my weight, I could really use some exersise, same as you mister, I figure at such and advanced age your joints sure could use some gym time. With my bestest smile ever, of course.
Geesh, some people...
Unbelievable! I have a fat story to share as well. My ex husband and I were visiting his sister, her husband and their demonspawn several years ago. The youngest of the bastards came up to me, put her hands on my knees and exclaimed "You're FAT!" What does her mother do? She laughs, letting the little bitch know that it's okay to do that. What does my ex do? Nothing, nada, zilch. Could be one of the many reasons why he's my ex :-D
Andrea,
I think some people's filters are broken. You are much more gracious than I am. I would have been much nastier with my responce, lol.
It's amazing some of the things that people feel compelled to share.....like they are handing out the cure for cancer or something. The world is full of idiots, I swear! Crazies! They are all Crazies! ;o)
Linda,
LOL! I have known some demonspawn in my day. As for the ex thing.......well good riddance.
I don't get parents that let their children say things like that without any reprimanding, or explanation that it isn't polite.I know that children will blurt out things just because that is what children do but for her other to do/say nothing and for your ex to do nothing is horrible.
Very little surprises me anymore....ugh.
LOL! I hear you. And my kids eat my yogurt too. And now my husband. So I have no low fat snack and have to resort to chocolate. Hm...
BUT that kind of help is NOTHING compaired the "helpful advice" old ladies doll out while you're hugely 9 mo pregnant and your 2.5 year old SON is being a little boy and trying to run around the bank.
I can see all of this happening. Only to you. XOXOXOX
What a nasty old hag! Someone should teach her some manners. Ugh!!
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