It's not often that I don't know what to say to someone (sometimes it might be sarcastic, but I usually have a response).
UNTIL NOW.
There is a lady at my work and I have no words to describe her except that she reminds me of a not very nice relative I have and a not very nice coworker Bart has. All three seem to be from the Eastern Bloc. (Not being prejudice here--just descriptive.)
Is it just me or is she WAY out of line?
Example 1: One day I was microwaving my food in the lunchroom (my food had about a minute and a half to go) and she walked into the room, looked at the microwave, took my food out (while I was standing there), and put her food in the microwave and told me it would only be a little bit and that I could wait.
Example 2: Again I was in the lunchroom heating up my food and she was at a table talking to a coworker. She said to me, "You look cold."
me: No, I'm not cold.
her: Yes, you're cold.
me: nope
she gets up from her seat, comes over to me, and puts her hands around my upper arm then says, "Yep, you're cold"
me: "nope" and I exit with my food
Example 3: Last week we were having a celebration for another woman's college graduation and I walk into the room and she says, "oh I didn't know we were allowing minors in here." I ignored her.
This one that happened today though, it TAKES THE CAKE. (mmmm cake)
She walks by my office and says "hi minor." [smirking]
me: silence
her: how old are you?
me: silence
her: you are very young.
me: silence
her: when i was young I wanted to be older. Do you want to be older?
me: no
her: do you want to be younger?
me: no
her: how is life for you?
me: excuse me?
her: do you have brothers?
me: no
her: oh, that's right, you are an only child
me: silence
her: how is that?
me: silence
her: you probably never had to share anything.
me: silence
her: you probably got everything. (long explanation about how she had to share with her sister)
me: silence
her: how is life?
me: [pause] fine
she leaves.
WHAT THE CRAP???????? Could someone please explain this to me before I slap her?
Playing in the Sun (June 2015)
9 years ago
Just slap her. It will make you feel better.
Sounds like another case of no social skills. She was probably homeschooled :) Feel bad for her. It almost seems like she is "trying" to be friendly by joking around, giving you a nickname or pet name or trying to have a conversation, but she cannot interpret basic body language, etc. I'll give you a couple of my gray hairs or a "fine line" or two from around my eyes if it'll help out! We wouldn't want you to miss out on any opportunities to turn down alcohol.
This is an easy one. She's stupid. You have found one of the truly clueless people. Congratulations. I can think of a bunch of comebacks for you, but you probably don't want to repent that much. Sorry for you.
I agree with Liz and Richelle. Some people are too clueless to be let loose in public. We have a secretary at school who is a few fries short of a Happy Meal. She is really nice but is driving us all crazy. We have learned to enter the office area through the back door and hope she doesn't see us come in. Otherwise she traps us until some other poor soul unwittingly comes in. One day she came into my classroom to ask where the pencils were kept in the supply room. She had looked but couldn't find any. The only response I could come up with was "The drawer marked 'Pencils.'" Shouldn't a secretary be able to figure that out independently?