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Things that annoy us......Don't be shy....it's a FIRST DAY OF SPRING - FLING
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 518129" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Step, it wouldn't be quite the same if you said it to me. It depends on who is saying it and how they're saying it! With some people it doesn't bother me at all but this was coming from a 16 year old in a fakey sickningly sweet condescending tone. I didn't say anything until it happened for the fifth time! She was so clueless, apparently she couldn't tell from my gritted teeth, hands clinching into fists and the evil eye I was giving her that I didn't appreciate it. The fourth time she did it I started to say something, then just shook my head and walked away but I was fuming! The fifth time I let her have it! I was civil but told her through clenched teeth that it came off very condescending and disrespectful for someone her age (16) to be calling a total stranger my age (66) "sweetie", and that if she didn't call her teachers that, she darn well better not call me that either! But again, it wasn't even so much <em>what</em> she said as the <em>way</em> she said it, with that fake smile plastered on her face and that patronizing tone. Maybe it's just me but that's one of my buttons that is very easily pushed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 518129, member: 1883"] Step, it wouldn't be quite the same if you said it to me. It depends on who is saying it and how they're saying it! With some people it doesn't bother me at all but this was coming from a 16 year old in a fakey sickningly sweet condescending tone. I didn't say anything until it happened for the fifth time! She was so clueless, apparently she couldn't tell from my gritted teeth, hands clinching into fists and the evil eye I was giving her that I didn't appreciate it. The fourth time she did it I started to say something, then just shook my head and walked away but I was fuming! The fifth time I let her have it! I was civil but told her through clenched teeth that it came off very condescending and disrespectful for someone her age (16) to be calling a total stranger my age (66) "sweetie", and that if she didn't call her teachers that, she darn well better not call me that either! But again, it wasn't even so much [I]what[/I] she said as the [I]way[/I] she said it, with that fake smile plastered on her face and that patronizing tone. Maybe it's just me but that's one of my buttons that is very easily pushed! [/QUOTE]
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