Author Topic: Insult or compliment? (Read 4450 times)

Tapeworm · « **on:** May 30, 2015, 10:22:56 AM »

I'm in a store and asked a woman for help. She has to find someone else who knows the answer, and is going to go call him. Then she says, "You just stand there and look pretty." And then she went to go do the thing.

Was she coming on to me? Was she calling me a nancy? What the hell just happened?

Automation · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:26:07 AM »

I think she was trying to tell you that you're hideous, and that you need more muscle mass.

dr.chimps · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:27:49 AM »

I assume you had your best off-to-see-Grandma dress on?

El Diablo Blanco · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:29:29 AM »

Nah, I went to a store the other day. The lady cashier was all like " Hi Handsome, blah blah, have a good day gorgeous" Then as I was walking away I can hear her address the customer behind me in line with "How's your day beautiful...."

It's just the way some people talk.

Wiggs · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:33:16 AM »

You all are Garbage Pail Kids.

2Thick · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:38:22 AM »

Was she bangable? If so, it appears that you may have missed an opportunity.

SF1900 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:38:40 AM »

Quote from: El Diablo Blanco on May 30, 2015, 10:29:29 AM

Nah, I went to a store the other day. The lady cashier was all like " Hi Handsome, blah blah, have a good day gorgeous" Then as I was walking away I can hear her address the customer behind me in line with "How's your day beautiful...."

It's just the way some people talk.

x2. Agreed.

Sorry, Tapeworm, you're nothing special.

bigmc · « **Reply #7 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:38:49 AM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:22:56 AM

I'm in a store and asked a woman for help. She has to find someone else who knows the answer, and is going to go call him. Then she says, "You just stand there and look pretty." And then she went to go do the thing.

Was she coming on to me? Was she calling me a nancy? What the hell just happened?

its basically saying you are a waste of space il deal with it

you should have told her to go fuck herself and left

biff · « **Reply #8 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:41:21 AM »

backhanded way of telling someone they are stupid

_aj_ · « **Reply #9 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:41:49 AM »

She was saying that your calves look like shit in those Bermuda shorts.

Tapeworm · « **Reply #10 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:43:26 AM »

For those who want to play challenge mode: When she comes back with the guy she proceeds to hang around...

but the guy she brings back is a straight out of a gay pride march.

This is why I don't go into the gardening section of the hardware store.

che · « **Reply #11 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:49:29 AM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:22:56 AM

I'm in a store and asked a woman for help. She has to find someone else who knows the answer, and is going to go call him. Then she says, "You just stand there and look pretty." And then she went to go do the thing.

Was she coming on to me? Was she calling me a nancy? What the hell just happened?

Insult

Translation : stay there and do nothing you dumb fuck , I'll do it for you .

One of my coworker told the same thing to a new apprentice , the chick sued the company for sexual harassment .

biff · « **Reply #12 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:50:27 AM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:43:26 AM

For those who want to play challenge mode: When she comes back with the guy she proceeds to hang around...

but the guy she brings back is a straight out of a gay pride march.

This is why I don't go into the gardening section of the hardware store.

maybe was she trying to hook you up

Tapeworm · « **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:55:42 AM »

Quote from: _aj_ on May 30, 2015, 10:41:49 AM

She was saying that your calves look like shit in those Bermuda shorts.

I have obstinate soleae.

mr.turbo · « **Reply #14 on:** May 30, 2015, 10:59:44 AM »

consider yourself nancified

Kwon_2 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2015, 11:55:26 AM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:22:56 AM

Then she says, "You just stand there and look pretty." And then she went to go do the thing.

Was she coming on to me? Was she calling me a nancy? What the hell just happened?

Only one question regarding that kind of comment / her reaction

What the hell were you wearing?

_bruce_ · « **Reply #16 on:** May 30, 2015, 01:22:04 PM »

She wanted you deep inside her

basement.

Azzaro · « **Reply #17 on:** May 30, 2015, 02:23:58 PM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:22:56 AM

I'm in a store and asked a woman for help. She has to find someone else who knows the answer, and is going to go call him. Then she says, "You just stand there and look pretty." And then she went to go do the thing.

Was she coming on to me? Was she calling me a nancy? What the hell just happened?

It's just an expression...no hidden meaning, unfortunately for you.
In italy everyone used to call me "bello", in the uk "love"...didnt mean that they found you pretty, just the way they talk

The Ugly · « **Reply #18 on:** May 30, 2015, 03:41:45 PM »

If you are, in fact, a handsome fella, she very well could've been complimenting you. For clarification, you could always get an ugly male friend to repeat the scenario, and see if she says the same.

basil · « **Reply #19 on:** May 30, 2015, 04:00:59 PM »

Men are handsome, women are pretty. Therefore, you're a woman.

HTexan · « **Reply #20 on:** May 30, 2015, 05:04:12 PM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:22:56 AM

I'm in a store and asked a woman for help. She has to find someone else who knows the answer, and is going to go call him. Then she says, "You just stand there and look pretty." And then she went to go do the thing.

Was she coming on to me? Was she calling me a nancy? What the hell just happened?

So was calling you a bitch.

Rudee · « **Reply #21 on:** May 30, 2015, 08:19:57 PM »

Not an insult or a compliment. She's simply telling you in a nice way to wait while she gets you help. Don't read anything into it.

Tapeworm · « **Reply #22 on:** May 30, 2015, 08:41:18 PM »

Quote from: Kwon_2 on May 30, 2015, 11:55:26 AM

Only one question regarding that kind of comment / her reaction

What the hell were you wearing?

There seems to be some confusion about the manliness of my attire. I was wearing work clothes. Jeans & a sweater and they weren't clean, incorporating greases, plasters, paints, oils, and general grime. Not in excess, just a sensible heterosexual smattering. Granted, the charcoal jumper is on the tighter side but I won't be held responsible for the vicissitudes of my dryer.

I look like someone you'd ask for help if your car won't start or if you needed a foreman for a wagon train to settle an untamed wilderness in the distant West. I doubt half you gay boys could even change a damn tire. Second day without a shave too, so I was dead center of the stubble zone at the time. I was positively pulsing with blue collar virility. It's perfectly understandable that she wasn't accustomed to such an oversupply of masculine panache and lost her little head for a moment.

Primemuscle · « **Reply #23 on:** May 30, 2015, 08:43:54 PM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:22:56 AM

I'm in a store and asked a woman for help. She has to find someone else who knows the answer, and is going to go call him. Then she says, "You just stand there and look pretty." And then she went to go do the thing.

Was she coming on to me? Was she calling me a nancy? What the hell just happened?

It would appear that she is being kind of rude to you.

Primemuscle · « **Reply #24 on:** May 30, 2015, 08:48:24 PM »

Quote from: Tapeworm on May 30, 2015, 10:43:26 AM

For those who want to play challenge mode: When she comes back with the guy she proceeds to hang around...

but the guy she brings back is a straight out of a gay pride march.

This is why I don't go into the gardening section of the hardware store.

-Kind of funny, in some sick way.

So am I to take it that when you are looking for gardening tools, you substitute a chain saw? Then you go back home and turn your landscape into a wasteland.