OT - I need a good comeback line

[tytbody]

You don't need a comeback line.

you move on. That would be wasted energy and you both look like fools.

[LindaL]

Originally Posted by Gams

I was just at the casino and there was a man playing a machine with no one next to him but there was a purse on the chair. I asked him if someone was playing that machine and he said, “How dumb can you be? You see the purse sitting there. Do you think she’d just leave it there?” I said, “She might if you are supposed to be watching it for her.” He said, “I can’t believe you’re that f****** stupid.” I didn’t even know what to say. My feelings were hurt and I felt like crying. I wish I had a good comeback line that wouldn’t have brought me down to his level but would have let him know what an ass he was being. Any suggestions for the next time?

Many years ago I was standing in the cashier line at Michael’s with my, at that time, very young children. There were two lines and I moved forward to start checking out when one of the cashiers beckoned me over. There was another woman standing near me and she started telling me off, but not until the cashier was already ringing me up. I started apologizing to her and she began mimicking me in a very cruel way. It was scary and disturbing and even the cashier was shaken. I cried when I got to the car and kept running the situation over in my head to try to make sense of it. The only logical thing I could come up with is that someone was very cruel and instensisitve to this woman at some point in her life for her to speak to me the way she did when I was clearly upset. I was still totally freaked out but felt bad for her too. The man who spoke that way to you may have been called stupid, etc., growing up or maybe just feels insecure about his intelligence so he puts others down to build himself up. Totally inexcusable, but I try really hard to believe that most people aren’t just born being mean. Sorry it happened to you.

[Pat58]

Originally Posted by Joni O

“Oh sorry. I thought it might be your purse, but I see now that it’s not quite your style.”

love it Joni

[anjabear]

Originally Posted by gigi

I wouldn't waste my time or thoughts on someone like this. His words and reactions say so much about him and it has nothing to do with you. Shake it off. I can understand how disturbing that must have been to experience but this surely will not be your norm. Find a way to let it go. This guy has a serious problem.

This. Wow.

[hypnomoon]

“Oh sorry. I thought it might be your purse, but I see now that it’s not quite your style.”

Haa haa! And add, 'you're more of a BAG guy!'

Bag of crap! He didn't care what you thought. I hope you've come to feel the same way about him. It would have taken ALL of my strength not to have a very rude comeback at him.

[DCW]

No comeback line comes to mind.

I often think when encountering horrid people.....Wow, I feel for your family.

[cpcathy]

Hmm, no one has thought of the obvious?

"The jerk store called, they're running out of YOU!"

LOL, anyway, it always amazes me how rude people can be, without reason. If you don't have anything nice to say.....you know the rest.

[Judy W.]

Is THIS the man you wanted to be when you grew up?

j/k.... Just ignore him. Don't let him occupy any more of your thoughts! Just smile and go back to your regularly scheduled life. (Bless his heart....)

[videofit]

Sounds like he was losing money that night and was in a foul mood

[suzannaerin]

Gams, you sound like a wonderful, generous person. That degree of unexpected and undeserved hostility can be jarring but he’s the one with the problem, not you. He acted like he might be mentally unbalanced. Forget about him, he’s a rude gorgon.