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Katel said:
You are stunning - in the “a la movie star” sense - it’s the bone structure.
Love your outfit very much and relieved to hear that it dried fine ( was this the one that got doused?)
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Thank you. Different outfit. I think the style of the skirt is called broomstick crinkle or something like that. It must have had some kind of chemical that repelled the wine. Its fine wrinkle pattern is a little worse for the wear though. I love the color of that skirt. It is the perfect shade of taupe, so glad it survived.
 
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papertiger said:
I'm very interested in these stories where strangers have poured, thrown or chucked hideous liquids at us. If a waiter accidentally spills or splutters anything over you they should compensate you for cleaning or the garment. If they want to keep your custom they would do well to throw in dinner too (not literally of course).

At a well known sushi chain, an over-eager waitress 'cleared-up' by tipping sauce all over a friend's NEW items that should have been safe as they were in a bag. I don't think my friend got so much as an apology. I wasn't with her at the time but since incidents seem to happen there with increasing regularity I don't go in that branch anymore.

I can laugh at my dramas now. The first was at a gig in London and an idiot (complete stranger) behind me thought it was hilarious to just deliberately tip his entire pint of beer over my head - splosh. You can imagine the sensation, coming from 'nowhere' it was shocking. Luckily I knew the staff and they gave me a clean towel from behind the bar. He didn't apologise but his girlfriend did, hit him and dragged him out the club (prob before the bouncers got to him).

Another time I was dining at vegan Indian restaurant with a friend. I hadn't seen another woman for a few years who also happened to be dining (alone) there that evening. The woman got up and came over and I said hello and made the usual introductions as she stood over us but she wasn't interested. Apparently I hadn't called her after something had happened in her life (that I never knew about) and I was never to be forgiven. She picked up the glass in front of me and whoosh straight in my face as she swept out (without paying!). My friend gasped in horror and the staff were so appalled they offered us our meals for free, we declined as it wasn't their fault. It was full-on soap opera stuff but given what she could have thrown at me I got away quite clean LOL.
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W.H.A.T???
 
#9,709
cafecreme15 said:
I don't know why I am continually amazed at people who have no shame, sense of decency, or are so dense that it defies all laws of physics.
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I think a person has the gene or they don't. After spending my entire life in the medical field, I started when I was 16, I could never stand by and not do or say something. You are spot on that they have no sense of decency and you wonder if they next thing for them is some amoral act! I know saying that is going a bit far, but really! Special snowflakes all.:shocked::tdown:
 
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cafecreme15 said:
Luckily it was white wine so nothing was visibly stained, but the man rudely did not offer to pay for dry cleaning! I said as much to my friends once I had cleaned myself up. Instead, he turned around, seeing me dripping wet, and goes did I do that? Like yes, yes you did. ‍♀️
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Wow, that is rude! Hopefully your dry cleaner can take care of it.

I've seen people carrying their dripping coffee cups in the packed bus or streetcar, during rush hour, usually hovering obliviously over someone else's handbag.

I’m more likely to spill all over myself if I try to juggle a cup, my handbag, a coat and manage to stay upright when the streetcar driver decides to test his brakes.

I will say that when I broke my ankle and was hobbling around on crutches for ten weeks, many strangers were very helpful and kind when it came to opening doors etc.

Of course soon after the cast came off, I was still a bit wobbly and trying to catch a streetcar. The driver joked that he likes to make people run to catch him, and I gently told him that in this case, he would have left me on the street, as I’d just had my cast off and couldn’t run to save my life.
 
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momasaurus said:
Patience is a life-long skill acquisition goal for me.
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Same here! And I dare say it's not going so well because today I just about lost it on the phone to a customer service rep of Instacart after a whole debacle involving a rotisserie chicken and some brussel sprouts... (in my defense, this is quite literally the fifth order in a row they screwed up).
 
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One of my BFs used to work in customer service for Verizon Wireless, and I would apologize to him, because their phone tree - that they forced you to walk through for five minutes on every call - was so infuriating that I would be just a terrible person to whatever actual person I eventually spoke to. And they were all very nice and competent and I would apologize to them, but it would take me a few minutes to climb down off the ceiling.

To tie in another topic, I took him to yoga once and he said it was the hardest work he'd ever done - including Marines boot camp. He's now a certified yoga instructor. :)
 
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Genie27 said:
I've seen people carrying their dripping coffee cups in the packed bus or streetcar, during rush hour, usually hovering obliviously over someone else's handbag.
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The trick that always gets me is when baristas line up the hole in the coffee cup lid with the seam in the cup, and five minutes into drinking my coffee I discover the fountain pointing at my chest. I've known a lot of baristas and interrogated them about "why do you do this to your poor customers" and none of them knew it was a problem. Sigh.
 
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BBC, I do Iyengar yoga and love it. I don’t think I could stand the hot room in hot yoga, but know friends who absolutely love it. What’s so good about yoga is that it can be done even when you might be having physical issues. Iyengar yoga uses props which can help with stiffness or lack of mobility. After having to give up running for medical reasons, I discovered yoga and haven’t gone back. I was even able to do it with modifications when I had a broken wrist. No matter which kind of yoga you do, it’s the best thing for flexibility.
 
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FizzyWater said:
One of my BFs used to work in customer service for Verizon Wireless, and I would apologize to him, because their phone tree - that they forced you to walk through for five minutes on every call - was so infuriating that I would be just a terrible person to whatever actual person I eventually spoke to. And they were all very nice and competent and I would apologize to them, but it would take me a few minutes to climb down off the ceiling.

To tie in another topic, I took him to yoga once and he said it was the hardest work he'd ever done - including Marines boot camp. He's now a certified yoga instructor. :smile:
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Great story!! Like you, I often begin customer service calls in high dudgeon and end up apologizing, LOL. Unless they are just reading from a script.
 
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papertiger said:
I'm very interested in these stories where strangers have poured, thrown or chucked hideous liquids at us. If a waiter accidentally spills or splutters anything over you they should compensate you for cleaning or the garment. If they want to keep your custom they would do well to throw in dinner too (not literally of course).

At a well known sushi chain, an over-eager waitress 'cleared-up' by tipping sauce all over a friend's NEW items that should have been safe as they were in a bag. I don't think my friend got so much as an apology. I wasn't with her at the time but since incidents seem to happen there with increasing regularity I don't go in that branch anymore.

I can laugh at my dramas now. The first was at a gig in London and an idiot (complete stranger) behind me thought it was hilarious to just deliberately tip his entire pint of beer over my head - splosh. You can imagine the sensation, coming from 'nowhere' it was shocking. Luckily I knew the staff and they gave me a clean towel from behind the bar. He didn't apologise but his girlfriend did, hit him and dragged him out the club (prob before the bouncers got to him).

Another time I was dining at vegan Indian restaurant with a friend. I hadn't seen another woman for a few years who also happened to be dining (alone) there that evening. The woman got up and came over and I said hello and made the usual introductions as she stood over us but she wasn't interested. Apparently I hadn't called her after something had happened in her life (that I never knew about) and I was never to be forgiven. She picked up the glass in front of me and whoosh straight in my face as she swept out (without paying!). My friend gasped in horror and the staff were so appalled they offered us our meals for free, we declined as it wasn't their fault. It was full-on soap opera stuff but given what she could have thrown at me I got away quite clean LOL.
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These are horrifying events.
 
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