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Apr. 4th, 2023 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darchildreSometimes people say things to me and I just want to look at them and ask, "What is the response you wanted out of this situation?"
I'm at the library desk and I am dealing with the tail end of a cold - this is mostly manifesting as a slight sniffle. A frequent patron is using the self-check and can clearly hear me sniffle a little.
Her: Oh, don't cry, Sara.
Me: I'm sorry?
Her: ::smiling; clearly thinking this is funny:: I said, 'don't cry, Sara."
Me: ...I have a cold.
Like, I feel very strongly that you shouldn't comment on people's bodies or bodily functions that they can't help unless those things somehow affect you anyway but even beyond that, what possible response could a person be seeking in this interaction? What good is teasing me for having a sniffle going to do you, especially by also pretending to tease me for crying? Why on earth would you think this is a good or funny or okay thing to say, especially to a customer service person you barely have a relationship with?*
I mean, the answer is that it is always funny and acceptable to mildly berate customer service people for being humans with foibles and bodily functions instead of perfect mechanical automata. Gods forbid I should visibly yawn at the desk, either.
*The above is a rhetorical device - please do not give me advice on how to respond to people who don't know how to behave in public. They are rude and I am complaining about it.
I'm at the library desk and I am dealing with the tail end of a cold - this is mostly manifesting as a slight sniffle. A frequent patron is using the self-check and can clearly hear me sniffle a little.
Her: Oh, don't cry, Sara.
Me: I'm sorry?
Her: ::smiling; clearly thinking this is funny:: I said, 'don't cry, Sara."
Me: ...I have a cold.
Like, I feel very strongly that you shouldn't comment on people's bodies or bodily functions that they can't help unless those things somehow affect you anyway but even beyond that, what possible response could a person be seeking in this interaction? What good is teasing me for having a sniffle going to do you, especially by also pretending to tease me for crying? Why on earth would you think this is a good or funny or okay thing to say, especially to a customer service person you barely have a relationship with?*
I mean, the answer is that it is always funny and acceptable to mildly berate customer service people for being humans with foibles and bodily functions instead of perfect mechanical automata. Gods forbid I should visibly yawn at the desk, either.
*The above is a rhetorical device - please do not give me advice on how to respond to people who don't know how to behave in public. They are rude and I am complaining about it.
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Date: 2023-04-05 01:48 am (UTC)Anyway, I'm sorry you had to put up with an asshole. <3
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Date: 2023-04-05 08:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-06 02:21 pm (UTC)