The dumbest things people have said to you/about you

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  • kelben
    kelben Member Posts: 269
    edited January 2011

    I would like to add to the stupid Moms notes.   My mom didn't come and stay with me when my daughter was born or when she (my daughter) had to go into the hospital.  She doesn't know my daughter or her 3 boys and she wonders why my daughter never calls her.  She didn't come down when I had to have back surgery and be laid up for weeks.  She misses me now that dad is gone, and everytime we talk on the phone she asks when am I going up to see her....She would be truely shocked if I mentioned any of this to her.  She is a Princess and everything is always about her... she asked what she had done to deserve all this bad luck in the family lately.     3Jays, pull up the bus!!

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited January 2011

    Hadley, best of luck with the tattooing! If it's tough watching the needles then close your eyes. I know, sounds obvious, but when we're tense we don't always do what's obvious.

    One of the strongest women I know is my daughter, and she's 4'11". She's the only one of my kids (I have 6) who is shorter than me. BTW, her dh is 6"1" - talk about cute couples! At their wedding the photographer had her stand on a phone book for some of the portraits.

    I don't know for sure if her feet touch the floor in most chairs since she rarely stops long enough to sit down.

    Leah

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  • beccad
    beccad Member Posts: 326
    edited January 2011

    On the subject of legs...... my mom would say that all legs are the same length,  they go from your butt to your feet.

     Sorry, just a little leg humor.

    Becky 

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  • flyingdutchess
    flyingdutchess Member Posts: 142
    edited January 2011

    Leah, I love your sense of humor.  Maybe we should start giving the idiots lobotomies before we throw them under the bus.  Give them a 2 for 1!

    Kat

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited January 2011

    I think it was Abe Lincoln that said his legs were just long enough to touch the floor.

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  • Bukki
    Bukki Member Posts: 114
    edited January 2011

    @ Hadley...best of luck with the tattoos......close your eyes and picture the dancing kitties or something to take your mind off of the needles.

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited January 2011

    Happy birthday Leah! Hugs for you Hadley, and think calming thoughts and it will be over like that!

    I have a birthday the end of this month. It will be my 59th. Then next year it will be the first anniversary of my 59th, and so on. Why not?

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited January 2011

    Oh, Barbara, I didn't think of that! I like the sound - the first anniversary of my 59th birthday.

    I think I'll tell my father that he had the 26th anniversary of his 59th birthday.......

     Flying Dutchess, how can we give lobotomies to those people? No material there to work with.

    Leah

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  • hopefulhealing
    hopefulhealing Member Posts: 722
    edited January 2011

    Hadley good luck today with the tatooes! 

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  • o2bhealthy
    o2bhealthy Member Posts: 2,101
    edited January 2011

    Barbara - Happy Anniversary!!!! I will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of my 30th Birthday in February, I guess I started counting anniversaries a little early :)

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited January 2011

    Thanks Michelle, though it isn't until a few more weeks. Happy BDay in advance to you, too.

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited January 2011
    ok  this is an "elf" warrior..short but tuff..they're a hobby of mine, and fairies are little, but beautiful..so there!!
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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited January 2011
    this is for all those to be added. throw the cruddy mom stuff, also....3jays
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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited January 2011
    he came to tell you 60's not too old!!
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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited January 2011
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    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited January 2011
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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited January 2011
    sorry  bout cats. was trying to get a copy of an awesome party bus i found..sorry 3jys
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2011

    This wasn't said to me... it was done to me.

    Today I got a senior citizens discount at the market. I am 46 years old and I dyed my hair. I didn't notice it until I got out to my car. I came home steamed. Where is that bus? 

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  • beccad
    beccad Member Posts: 326
    edited January 2011

    Ok.  Where is the BUS? I just had the Chief Nursing Officer at the hospital where I work, who by the way knows my DX.  Compliment me on the weight loss.  A 25 lb wt loss over 12 weeks is not pretty on me.  I just said thank you, and then commented as she walked away, that the CHEMO weight loss plan is no the preferred way to lose weight.  That was along with commenting on how cute my scrub caps were.  I am not an OR nurse and scrub caps are not part of my normal uniform!

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited January 2011

    Hope the bus comes along soon, she certainly belongs under it.

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  • flyingdutchess
    flyingdutchess Member Posts: 142
    edited January 2011
    The first time I was offered a senior discount I was in my early 40's.  The gal at the fast food place asked me if I wanted a senior drink.  She said it was free for those over 65.  I spend the whole meal at the table crying and asking my husband if I looked over 65.  I have never gone back to Boston Market since.  Now that I am 68 I love senior discounts.  I think sometimes salespeople are teenagers and anyone over 30 looks older than Methusala (spelling?) to them!

    Kat
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2011

    I love discounts, but sometimes I am a bit touchy. After the chemo experience I feel old. Do I look it too? I don't know which is worse... getting a senior citizens discount or being called sir when I was bald.

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited January 2011

    Busses in Israel give a senior discount to women at age 60, men at age 63 (still can't figure that one out). So it will be interesting to see what happens next week when I ask to buy a senior ticket.

    All I can say is, any bus driver who does NOT ask me for ID is under the bus, not driving the bus.

    Leah

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  • o2bhealthy
    o2bhealthy Member Posts: 2,101
    edited January 2011
    gettng called 'sir'... Yell
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  • Sec3Girls
    Sec3Girls Member Posts: 18
    edited January 2011

    I just found this discussion board but I love it.  I have had a lot of stupid things said to me but here is a good one.  I had reconstructive surgery 11/9 and started radiation 12/2 (backwards to most people).  I had been warned that the results are not always optimal after radiation.   I had my last Follow-up with PS prior to Rads.  His assistant asked, "When do you start radiation" I said "Tomorrow" , he replied " Well, enjoy your new breasts for the next 24 hours"

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited January 2011

    Talking about senior discounts...several months ago (or maybe a year ago), I went into Ross on a Tuesday.....the cashier asked if I was a member of the Tuesday Club...I asked what is that?..she said that Tuesday is Senior Day...10% off for 55+.....I said No....then the following Tuesday I was in Ross and they just gave me the senior discount,...then went to another store and they also rung me up with the senior discount (also 55+)...I came home and told my husband that I must look older than dirt!!!!  I'm 54, so not that far off from 55...its just 4 months away!!...but to be given the senior discount without being asked..come on, do I look that old?  I love saving money, so I figure if they give me the discount without asking, I don't say...no sorry I don't qualify yet...but if they ask, I'll tell them honestly....

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited January 2011

    Sec...You need to tell your PS what his assistant said to you...that is soooo inappropriate!

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  • flyingdutchess
    flyingdutchess Member Posts: 142
    edited January 2011

    Years ago my husband and I were in line for tickets to the planetarium.  There was a very elderly couple in line in front of us.  He got out of line to go to the restroom and was not back by the time she got up to the ticket booth.  She asked for 2 senior citizen tickets.  The ticket seller said "how do I know that the person with you is a senior?".  She replied in a very heavy Yiddish accent "So do I look like I have a high school boyfriend?".  She got the senior discount tickets and my husband and I were so doubled over with laughter we barely could talk to purchase our tickets.

     Kat

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  • lassie11
    lassie11 Member Posts: 1,500
    edited January 2011

    I figure since most of the cashiers are about 17, they have no idea what a person looks like when they are 50 or 55 or whatever the senior marker is. Once when I was at a shop with my daughter and her then baby (he's not a baby now that he is 6 and 3 quarters), she noticed when we got home that I got a senior's discount of 10%  on our purchases. No one even mentioned it.  I'll take the discount for any reason!

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited January 2011

    That's a very delicate question for a young customer service person to ask an elder customer....you can't really blame them. How could they ask politely?

    I have that problem when I have mixed age couples in front of me. I don't want to call the young ladies partner her "Dad" or "husband" or "boyfriend". It's tough. If I'm getting along well with them, I'll say "Are you guys a unit?" If it's the other way around and the lady is much older, I can't assume she's "Mom". I may say "And who have you brought with you to help you make up your mind?"

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