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The Strange, Angry Woman at the Store Today

jeanlake — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:10:27 GMT

Husband and I were at Rally House today buying Royals' baseball shirts for our grandsons. I grabbed a tee to try on and was waiting for a salesperson to unlock a dressing room door. As he opened the door, an aggressive woman stepped in front of us and walked into the dressing room. The sales guy said to the pushy woman -- I'll open another door for you, this lady was first. She said.... no you won't. I've been all over the store looking for a salesperson to open the door. If I don't go in here, I'm going to kill someone. She slammed the door. The sales guy apologized. I said, it's not your fault. I've worked retail before and I understand people bring their problems into the store. He said he was going to share her comments with his manager. When I exited my dressing room, this lady was screaming at her husband because he brought her the wrong size. This may be an over reaction, but I felt I was in the presence of evil. She could have been pretty, but every inch of her face looked so mean.

Have you witnessed this kind of behavior in public lately?

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croemer — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:14:37 GMT

Yes...she is a bully.

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betteb — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:17:51 GMT

She's one of the mean girls from high school...all grown up.

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ROMARY — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:20:20 GMT

She needs anger management classes. Hope she doesn't drive............

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kittymomNC — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:21:34 GMT

Sounds like a poster child for the definition of ""bully""!

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NoelSeven — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:31:53 GMT

IMO this isn't about being a bully. To publicly threaten to kill someone is out of control and dangerous.

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gazelle77 — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:33:26 GMT

Lucky she did not come in with a gun....very scary all the fruit cakes out there not on medication......

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VioletEyes — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:34:16 GMT

She was out of control probably having a bad day. I have seen people like that in stores and I always let them ahead of me. Who wants to get into some kind of confrontation with someone unstable? Not me, that's for sure.

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Moonlady — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:35:22 GMT

I can't imagine carrying on like that in public. She sounds like a battleax. I feel sorry for her husband. Regarding the dressing room, I also can't imagine the staff not allowing the customer who had to summon him to use the room first. And if I had been in line and knew she left to get someone, I'd have let her go first.

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Puzzle Piece — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:37:23 GMT

Mental Illness.

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AnikaBrodie — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:41:26 GMT

Bullies come in all shapes and sizes. Some are pretty, others are not and some are somewhere in between. I would have let her go first too. It isn't worth a potential confrontation where you could have been injured.

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goodstuff — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:54:45 GMT

Give her the dressing room and step out of range. You don't know if this person is just a mean-tempered bully, on drugs, or seriously mentally unbalanced. I'd suspect the latter. Not worth risking a dangerous confrontation.

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ivey — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:01:01 GMT

Give her a wide berth. She sounds mean or crazy.

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pattypeep — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:04:10 GMT

Yikes ! I've only witnessed that type of behavior on ""What Would You Do""? It was really nice of you to let the clerk know that you understand and that it was not his fault. I'm sure he was embarrassed. The other customer is not a person I would want to live next door to.

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kdgn — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:10:04 GMT

It would have served her right to have stepped out of the dressing room to be met by a couple of policemen.

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skuggles — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:10:25 GMT

When I read the title, I thought , "Oh no, was it me?" Then I remembered I hadn't been to the store today. Whew. I read the story, and I think we are seeing more and more of that behavior now. I think the lid has been blown off because of a cancerous sense of entitlement growing in our country, at least. Not sure about the rest of the world.

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sidsmom — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:15:59 GMT

""...kill someone""? I was in banking for 30 yrs....those words are an IMMEDIATE 911. And it shouldn't matter if it's a bank or your retail shop. Let the police deal w/ it.

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Free2be — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:16:21 GMT

If her husband witnessed or heard her rude behavior, it would have been sweet if he'd left the store. Of course he would eventually feel her wrath but no one should tolerate being yelled at in public.

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------ — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:18:58 GMT

On 8/30/2014 sidsmom said:
""...kill someone""? I was in banking for 30 yrs....those words are an IMMEDIATE 911. And it shouldn't matter if it's a bank or your retail shop. Let the police deal w/ it.

That was my first thought.

She was enraged and ranting. I would have considered her dangerous.

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september — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:21:08 GMT

I hear about incidents like this (from reading this board) but I've never witnessed any.

I would put a lot of space between me and someone like this and if I saw her getting aggressive toward someone else, I'd call 911.