Random Fandom / Serious WTFs

[themostepotente]

I should have some recs in the next couple of days (very possibly tomorrow), and then I am going deep undercover to finish a short Draco ficlet and my hd_holidays's fic as it still needs much work.

[Random Fandom]

A very pleasant start to a grey Tuesday morning. I was nominated for a MoME Award for my Kirk/McCoy fic By Way of the Heart and the Stars.

I was feeling a little fandom bluesy writing-wise, so this was an unexpected pick-me-up. Yay!

[Serious WTFs]

A big truck was blocking my way the other day, and when I finally got around past it, I couldn't help but notice the logo on the side of the truck.

HEELS ON WHEELS

Apparently, they deliver shoes. So, the basic message I'm getting is that a.) women are shoewhores b.) women are lazy shoewhores. WTF!

And then, and then...

I went to Wal Mart to exchange some AAA batteries for AA, and the returns clerk looked at me and said, "Don't you have any toys you could use these for?"

AND THEN SHE FUCKING WINKED AT ME! ARGH!

OMG, I could be mistaken, but I really do not need people implying my toys *cough* need battery maintenance. Rarely am I rendered gobsmacked, but that did it. OMG, SERIOUS WTFery!

Have a WTF story to share? Love to hear 'em!

--P

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[triestine.livejournal.com]

A few years ago I went to a Benetton store to find some trousers; the closest vendor took one look at me and informed me curtly that they have nothing in my size. (Which is UK 14.) I never shopped at Benetton again.

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[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is rudeness beyond measure.

At the time, I didn't know any better, mainly because I was 15 and impressionable, but I used to love Benetton. In retrospect, though, they were outrageously overpriced for the mid-80s.

Forgive my ignorance. Is a size 14 UK comparable to a size 14 US?

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[triestine.livejournal.com]

I like their stuff for the quality and longevity (everything I ever got from Benetton I still wear) but the rudeness was off scale even for southern Europe where it's normal for people to judge one another by weight and style.

I don't know US sizes so I'm trusting a converter that says UK 14 is US 12; not tiny by a long shot but still, most 'high street' shops regularly stock to UK 16 or even 18. Bah! I wish I had weirdly skeezy WTFs to report instead of plain bad ones. :D

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[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

God, that kinda crap really makes me angry. Sure, a size 12 isn't tiny, but it's certainly not fucking big, either. Was the salesperson male or female? Men tend to know shit about weight concepts.

[juniperus.livejournal.com]

WHAT. THE. FUCK?!?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Seriously, right?

That icon is classic, btw ♥

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

lol i wouldn't say no to heels on wheels paying me a visit :P AN ENTIRE TRUCK FULL OF SHOES AT MY DOORSTEP? HELLZ YEA *\0/*

re: walmart lady - WTF? weeeeeeeeeeeeird. also, hi awkward.

my most recent wtf?!?!?! story took place last night. my pal tweeted to me about going to a reading by a fandom BNF, to which i snarkily replied that i like to pretend her published fiction doesn't exist even though i still love her fics.

not 2 minutes later, i receive a tweet from the BNF in question about my remark. i felt like an ass, but also indignant for having made felt like an ass :P awwkkkkward.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

lol i wouldn't say no to heels on wheels paying me a visit :P AN ENTIRE TRUCK FULL OF SHOES AT MY DOORSTEP? HELLZ YEA *\0/*

*snickerdiez* They probably have a website, m'dear. *G*

Duuude, how did your remark even get back to them?!?!

[aldehyde.livejournal.com]

i have no idea! maybe she has a filter set up for the name of her book?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I hope nobody got all high school on you and snitched. That's bullshit.

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I don't think anyone has ever taken the opportunity to flirt with me inappropriately over batteries. What have you got that I ain't got?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

A PS3 remote that sadly does not work? LOL

[cordeliadelayne]

Wow. WTF indeed.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I know, right?

Man, everyone has a WTF icon but me :P

[mordyn4]

LOL, I had to check your profile to see where you live because that would never ever happen here and I think maybe I'd like to live somewhere where it would.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

ROFL!

Where are you from, dear?

[mordyn4]

Central PA. *snore*

To be fair, in my old age (har har) I appreciate the quiet and calmness of the area. Although the drivers here are surprisingly aggressive.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Wal-Mart employees don't make suggestive remarks in PA? Oh, come on! LOL Trust me when I say you really didn't want the come-on from Wal-Mart chick.

And the drivers in Detroit are really aggressive. There is no love for motorcycle riders either.

[tray-la-la.livejournal.com]

great to see you back around, hon! :D *squishes*

I went to Wal Mart to exchange some AAA batteries for AA, and the returns clerk looked at me and said, "Don't you have any toys you could use these for?

call me crazy, but i believe that was a come on. ;)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

*glomps* Hullo, beautiful ♥

Busy. Busy. Busy. I should be writing, too. *makes a sad face*

Oh, I think it was a come-on, and I kinda wish it hadn't been. Sadly, she was kinda skeezy :P

[tray-la-la.livejournal.com]

lol, i see now! i thought the wtf-ery was just over the implication that you & your battery operated devices were in need of, uh, servicing. *g*

Sadly, she was kinda skeezy

oh, pity. where are the hot women making suggestive comments about sex toys when you need them? :P

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

oh, pity. where are the hot women making suggestive comments about sex toys when you need them? :P

Apparently, not at Wal Mart :P

And eeeee you passed that bar exam, that fucking rocks, lovely! ♥

[tray-la-la.livejournal.com]

nope, not me! that's my darling lavillanueva!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Waitaminute! Don't you study law, too? Harvard? I'm too young to be losing my mind! Gah! There are too many gorgeous and intelligent ladies on my flist, I lose track sometimes!

[tray-la-la.livejournal.com]

hee, you're not, don't worry! i went there for undergrad, and i do study law now, but i've got another couple of years before the bar!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I never get WTF salespeople! Rather, I'm sure the salespeople tell each other stories about their WTF customer (me) who was making jokes that made no sense to them.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure I get those, too. In fact, I'd rather have catty salespeople talking shit behind my back than skeezy Wal Mart chicks hitting on me. Blech!

And what's this you are watching OHSHC? JOY!!!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I just watched episodes 2-6 today! I did watch them in Japanese after all, but I love this series so much I'm going to go back and watch them in English too, because all the fourth-wall breaking is hysterical. The twins in particular are killing me dead.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Oh, did you see the 'twins fight' episode? By far one of my faves. I love the dude that runs the Black Magic Club and his kitty curse doll!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I got total "Undertaker" (Kuroshitsuji) vibes off him, I loved him! I hope we see him again. And I decided I wanted to get a pet or stuffed animal and name it after the cursed doll--oh, hell, I've forgotten its name already! Well, I'm going to watch it again, won't be a problem. ^_^ (Is it a kitty? I thought it was an owl!)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

It's definitely a kitty, and his little name is Belzenef! Nekozawa is the dude's name.

I still haven't seen Kuroshitsuji. I hate watching things online. I wish they'd put that on DVD already!

[dirty-darella.livejournal.com]

That was pretty inappropriate of that lady. O_o

I once had a girl say I had nice breasts then ask if I liked to touch them. That was a pretty WTF moment for me.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of a story my high school French teacher told us. Apparently, it's like acceptable for European men to touch womens' breasts if they fancy a squeeze. Happened to one of her students on a class trip to France. Personally, I would have walloped the dude upside the head with a baguette :P

What did you say to this chick?

[dirty-darella.livejournal.com]

LOL! European men are such perves.

I don't actually remember what I said to her. I think I just sort of laughed nervously and stood there like an idiot. XD

[jax25.livejournal.com]

About the Walmart returns clerk, she probably just thought you were cute and was flirting. :P I know when I used to approve returns at the store I worked for, I would never have had the nuts to ask someone if they had any toys they needed the batteries for! LoL!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I think flirting with customers on the job is a bit tacky, though. That, and she was so not my type.

I've had patients flirt with me, and it always turns me off. Especially the men old enough to be my father. Just euw.

[jax25.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i agree that's pretty tacky. I've had a few people hit on me while I was working. One was a chick that was just skanky...the other was a rich Arab guy that I'm pretty sure had his wife right next to him. Different cultures and all but yeesh!