Who did you last speak rudely to?

It was called for. It hurt me and I lost a friend.

A telemarketer. I try not to be too rude to them but I don’t really want to tell them how I’m doing today. That doesn’t bother me.

@janbb They can be annoying! I realize they are just doing their job, but….

The poor woman from Dish. But I caught myself and apologized. Of course she has no control over the matters that have me foaming at the mouth, and she is compelled to sit there soaking up the vitriol from pissed of folks like myself probably at minimum wage, while the people profiting from the deliberate built in obfuscation never have to face the resulting rage and anger!

My ex dentist office. Come on, I have called six times to request my records be sent to my new dentist. But I caught myself, too. If they were not sent by tomorrow, I will have to go by there and pick them up which I should have done at least by the 3rd or 4th call.

The girl at Sears Commercial Sales who was not being helpful at all. I finally asked for a supervisor and she continued to tell me why she couldn’t help me. I interupted her and said “I understand you can’t help me, that’s why I want to speak to a supervisor. ”
I wasn’t as nice as I could have been and my frustration was showing.
I’m generally a pretty easy going person but I have a really low tolerance for incompetence.

The window person at a fast-food drive in. The intercom was garbled and crappy and they overcharged me. I didn’t really say anything rude, just sighed heavily in an annoyed and passive-aggressive manner.

A Fluther member. That was many moons ago.

My hubby

Haha..In real life? Forever, I am not an overtly rude type but can employ sharp humor to get my point across.
Probably as guy I dated about 6 years ago that said he wasn’t good at making plans. WTF!

I told him ” You are 47 years old, have kids, a major management job but you aren’t good at making plans?” Next. lol
I then told him that you can’t say you want to date somebody if you can’t make plans, that that was like saying you wanted to lose weight but eat donuts for dinner every night. He laughed, I ditched him. haha

My ex boss. A few days ago. I told her to go get fucked. My son, also a couple days ago. Same words. Called for, I dont feel bad about the boss but I felt bad about saying it to my son.

I became impatient with a nurse who was delaying my release from the hospital. I had been there a week, and was anxious to get home. I was wrong.

Define “rude”

My sister, last week. She has a new boyfriend with whom she spends all of her free time (naturally). She & kids drive to the town where I live to see him & his son, yet I haven’t met him, nor have I seen her or my nieces & nephews for several weeks. I’ve recently experienced a difficult and messy break up, as well as a scary hospital visit, so I’m a bit more “sensitive” than usual. I made a sharp comment to her about me not being good enough to introduce to her new boyfriend and I must be a terrible person if she is too embarrassed to do so. It was rude and hurtful and I immediately felt like a cow.
But, was too cowardly to apologize. Shameful.

@jaceymint Haha..yikes, guilt tripping victimhood and stubborn pride, yep, better work on those issues. lol

@jaceymint I guess you were right, let her think about it a bit.

A 14ish year old kid in my checkout line. Did not say one word in response to my bright “Hi!” or throughout the transaction, nor “Thanks” at the end. I said “You’re welcome” in a slightly sarcastic tone as he walked off. Kid is old enough to know better. I felt slightly bad afterwards because I realized the kid may be autistic or something, but I don’t think that’s too likely – got more of a sullen teenage vibe.

@wildpotato: I find that it’s not uncommon for cashiers (in certain areas) to not greet thank or say goodbye. It’s definitely not OK but it’s not rare. It pisses me off, too. I’ll thank them when they give me my change, and then I’ll be annoyed at myself, thinking they should be thanking me, not the other way around.

@Coloma You are totally right. I’m working on them….sometimes. No, really, I’m working on them constantly. Occasionally, things slip out before I try stop them.