Were you ever insulted my a complete stranger?

Question

i was at work and someone walked up to me and said you are too white you need to tan. i wanted to punch him in the face

Answer 1

lol u shouldve punched him ,thats what i do all the time haha

Answer 2

I remember two incidents.  Once, a semi-truck in front of me performed an unsafe lane change, moving from the No. 3 lane to the No. 1 lane suddenly.  So, I slowed down.  A car that was behind me sped up, swerved around me, and the driver shouted an insult at me, complete with a racial slur.  I confronted him in a nearby parking lot (not smart, but I was angry) and told him, among other things, that if he wanted to use a racial slur, at least get the ethnic group right.  He didn't know how to react to that and left in a huff.

The second incident was much closer to yours.  I was walking on a college campus one day, minding my own business.  A total stranger was walking in my direction.  As he got within earshot, he looked me straight in the eyes and told me I was too fat.  Then, he just continued on his way.

Answer 3

Sarcasm works well in these situations, but is not a good idea while at work.

Let your manager know a customer insulted you and let them handle it.

You can't help that some people are just idiots - why waste any time thinking about someone like that? Not worth it!

Answer 4

LOL Sorry, but you wanted to punch the face of a total nobody for saying something you didn't like?

Lighten up.  It's not like you care what he thinks, and you're probably never going to see this person again.

Answer 5

well take it like a joke , common your stronger than that a silly little saying that your white and need to tan is like a toddler saying that your fruits are to juicy and that you need to buy blander ones , ( sorry i know the examples stupid ) but same goes for his insult just some insane idiot that finds a joy in saying idiotic usefull jokes , but i know the first reaction can be tempting but you'll laugh at it in a few days ! good luck !

Answer 6

aww, maybe they were trying to be helpful, and to answer the question no i have never been insulted by a stranger.

Answer 7

Yes.  Someone said something similar to me.  I was down South on the coast of Georgia in a small island village.  A man walked up to me while I was standing on the sidewalk talking to a friend and told me I needed to tan.  I have red hair and am very fair skinned and do not tan.  Yep, I felt like punching him but I didn't.  That's called being mannerly and being civilized.  Sometimes people are just jerks.

Answer 8

It seems to always happen at work.  I worked at a hotel and the wireless internet was down and an old lady came up to the desk with her laptop and wanted me to fix it.  I told her that the server wasn't working and there was nothing I could do about it.  Then she asked what was wrong with it and how it could be fixed and I told her that I didn't really know that much about it (that was when the wireless was still pretty new) and she told me (in a very nasty tone) "You need to get some knowledge about you, there's NO reason why you shouldn't know".  I took that as an insult.