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Rude Questions

Anonymous032819 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:22:33 GMT

The other day, one of my co-workers asked me how much my dad left me in life insurance money.

RUDE!!!

I told him that I didn't want to say, which was true.

It's nobody's business how much was left to me.

Has anyone ever asked you a rude question?

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qbetzforreal — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:25:25 GMT

Yes, many people out there with no filters.

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GCR18 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:26:17 GMT

I would say I'm still here working and walk away. No need to give a real answer. I can't think of any rude questions I've been asked.

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QueenDanceALot — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:30:58 GMT

Sure they have.

"Why don't you have any children" is one.

I just glare.

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I am still oxox — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:32:55 GMT

Wow some people have no fliters

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chrystaltree — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:38:54 GMT

Yes, people ask all sorts of personal information. On the other some people volunteer too much of their own personal information.

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KingstonsMom — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:39:24 GMT

@Anonymous032819

Yes, very rude.

If someone asked me a question like that, they'd be met with a blank face and a ....

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Cakers3 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:39:44 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
The other day, one of my co-workers asked me how much my dad left me in life insurance money.

RUDE!!!

I told him that I didn't want to say, which was true.

It's nobody's business how much was left to me.

Has anyone ever asked you a rude question?

@Anonymous032819 Ignorant person.

You answered as you saw fit but me? I wouldn't even acknowledged that there was insurance, even though you didn't want to say the $.

Next time simply smile and not answer.

The last time somebody asked a really personal question I just smiled.

The person asked again. Same response. Asked again-and said "I've asked you 3 times" and I said "And 3 times I didn't answer you".

I learned that somewhere long ago from another person.

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drizzellla — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:40:21 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
The other day, one of my co-workers asked me how much my dad left me in life insurance money.

RUDE!!!

I told him that I didn't want to say, which was true.

It's nobody's business how much was left to me.

Has anyone ever asked you a rude question?

That is interesting. Maybe we have the same friend. A person I went to high school with, and I had not seen in at least 30 years, asked my how much money I inherited when my parents died.

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esmerelda — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:41:42 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
The other day, one of my co-workers asked me how much my dad left me in life insurance money.

RUDE!!!

I told him that I didn't want to say, which was true.

It's nobody's business how much was left to me.

Has anyone ever asked you a rude question?
@Anonymous032819 Ignorant person.

You answered as you saw fit but me? I wouldn't even acknowledged that there was insurance, even though you didn't want to say the $.

Next time simply smile and not answer.

The last time somebody asked a really personal question I just smiled.
The person asked again. Same response. Asked again-and said "I've asked you 3 times" and I said "And 3 times I didn't answer you".

I learned that somewhere long ago from another person.

@Anonymous032819 Or say "Excuse me" and walk away.

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Laura14 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:44:09 GMT

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Sure they have.

"Why don't you have any children" is one.

I just glare.

@QueenDanceALot The correct answer to that is heaven forbid I had raised one just like you. Watching them think about how serious or joking you're being is entertainment unlike any other in a pinch.

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bikerbabe — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:44:20 GMT

When are you and your husband going to have kids?
Or
Why don’t you and your husband have kids?

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suzyQ3 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:46:50 GMT

Yes, I met up with an old friend for lunch recently. As we were leaving the restaurant, she turned to me and out of the blue asked me whether I was ever diagnosed with anorexia ( I am very thin).

I was taken aback that anyone would blurt out something like that. I told her that that was a very weird question and that, even if I had been, totatally inappropriate. She immediately back-tracked and said that I looked good.

But It brought back memories of her from the past -- very passive-aggressive.

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okaywitheasypay — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:50:18 GMT

Yes. I ask them "why do you ask?" I usually get a mumbling answer and most realize they have over stepped.

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threecees — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:53:08 GMT

But wait regarding having kids................

When you have one and don't have another right away, you hear,

Are you only having one child or so and so is an only child, like the

world will come to an end because your kid doesn't have a brother or

sister.

I had my kids several years apart so my first was well out of diapers

and in kindergarten and then I had more time to devote to my second

child.

Some people should worry about themselves and their lives, the oh

so perfect ones that they live.

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QueenDanceALot — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:56:33 GMT

@Laura14 wrote:
@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Sure they have.

"Why don't you have any children" is one.

I just glare.
@QueenDanceALot The correct answer to that is heaven forbid I had raised one just like you. Watching them think about how serious or joking you're being is entertainment unlike any other in a pinch.

@Laura14

Thanks, but I think my "look" is the "correct" answer.

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Gorgf — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:57:36 GMT

I recalled a rude comment not question per say in the workplace. I had a Head on car accident and broke both bones in my right arm and wrist and after the casts were removed I was left with a nasty scar, I still have. I was 30 years old and lucky that is all that was broken.

My Supervisor, a man old enough to be my Father said ,"That's a terrible scar for a woman to have." Needless to say he was part of a Sexual Harassment law suit eight years later dealing with sexism and descrimination.

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 23:00:52 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
Yes, people ask all sorts of personal information. On the other some people volunteer too much of their own personal information.

I wonder if this happens out of loneliness or lack of desired atttention.

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nana59 — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 23:02:12 GMT

like i've said many times before......you can't fix stupid.....

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DiAnne — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 23:02:42 GMT

I usually come up with a flip answer. Years ago people at work and dates would ask "why did you get a divorce?" which I thought was none of their business so I answered "Because he was cheerful in the morning." which wasn't a lie but took them back a little.