talk to the hand! / myLot

Singapore

December 5, 2008 9:25am CST

i was lost last night and had approached a local to ask for directions. i had just started talking when suddenly he gave me a "talk to the hand" gesture. I was very hurt and felt really sad. i don't look intimidating in person and this is the first time that someone has done this to me. how would you react if someone did this to you?

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Natara

@Natara (169)

• Canada

5 Dec 08

WOW! That is REALLY rude! Was it a teenage boy? Because, I'm not trying to use stereotypes but it's usually teenage boys that are complete losers like that.. If you were like, bothering him or something that would be understandable but all you wanted was directions.. That's unfair for them to do that to you. If someone did that to me, I'd probably get angry and say that all I wanted was directions, nothing else. I'd feel hurt but angry that someone would do that.

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katemeow

@katemeow (847)

• Singapore

5 Dec 08

haha! um, i think he is about 30 years old. he didn't look too young or too old to me. maybe he was just in a hurry or something. oh well. some people are really strange.

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Rocketj1

@rocketj1 (6955)

• United States

5 Dec 08

That was just rude!! I'm wondering though if he was just too confused to understand what you were saying and realized that he was just not going to figure it out. I would never do that to you, by the way!

Rocketj1

@rocketj1 (6955)

• United States

5 Dec 08

Sorry, I see that I have it backwards and that you were asking for directions from him. He was even ruder than I thought! And I STILL would not do that to you, my friend!

katemeow

@katemeow (847)

• Singapore

5 Dec 08

I actually cried a bit right after. I was so lost at that time and he was the first person that i saw! but thankfully i was able to figure out the way home after a few more minutes of going around the block. haha!

HADDOWZ

@HADDOWZ (1469)

•

29 May 10

I think I would have given him / her the two fingered hand gesture back. But then I just dont have the patience for ignorant people, at all. Good manners costs nothing in this world.