Monday, February 02, 2009

are you socially inept?

Born in a barn?

Lacking in the social graces?

Possibly completely devoid of class?

Why else would you tap a woman's stomach and ask, "Have you gained weight?" And subsequently, after being stared down with a look of death tempered by disbelief, would you continue on with, "Is everything O.K.?"

What planet is such a person from? Apart from the social taboo of discussing a woman's weight, what about the invasion of personal space? Why should your victim feel obligated to start explaining PMS bloat or just having a "fat day" to the likes of someone like you?

My paternal grandmother used to say whatever came off the "top of her head," but I can't recall her being rude or making such a faux-pas. She was cute, even funny. This was neither.

6 comments:

Kelly O said...

WTF? Some people just suck, I suppose.

xoxoxo said...

and the 'are you OK' was to imply a health problem, not a realization of the stupid statement. S add inappropriate, nosy, just a million degrees of WRONG.

atthebench said...

wait, this really happened???? don't tell me- at work?

n. said...

are you friggin kidding me? seriously, this was at work?

xoxoxo said...

seriously. really. unbelievable, but true. How some people give themselves permission to talk at all is an amazement to me.

jane said...

Just unbelievable!

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