Re: Kathi..people's comments

[Guest guest]

That is too funny! So tell me about the Fat Flush. I have been wondering about

that diet. LOL!

Sunshine

Kathi..people's comments

Hey Kathi,

If this makes you feel better...Last week we were in Sears looking at the

weights. A friend of my mom's who works there walked by and stopped to talk to

us (I have a 2 & 4 year old) She asked me if I was expecting!!! YIKES YIKES! And

I thought I was all cute looking that day LOL.

Stefanie

[Guest guest]

OH, the horror! Unsuspecting guys make the " are you expecting? " blunder all the

time but you would think other women would be tactful enough not to ask.

I wanted to tell Kathi my rude clerk story too. I read everything that pertains

to diet and nutrition. Doesn't matter how out there it is. I want to know about

it so I can have an informed opinion. I was at Border's Books picking up an

armload of stuff including Muscle & Fitness Hers, A Week In The Zone, that Fat

Flush thing by Ann Louise Gittleman, and The Peanut Butter Diet from the folks

at Prevention Magazine.

The ape of a sales clerk at the front of the store was loud and slooooooow. Just

watching her from the line (for like 15 minutes!) was about to give me an

aneurysm. Then I get up to the counter, she paws all through my stuff and STOPS

what she's doing to read the back of the peanut butter book. Nevermind that

there's a dozen irate people in line behind me. Then, in a BOOMING dumb voice

loud enough for the entire store to hear... " BOY I DON'T THINK PEANUT BUTTER IS

A VERY GOOD DIET FOOD. I HOPE THAT WORKS FOR YOU. "

....in the span of like half a second, here's what goes through my head:

do I educate her about healthy fats?

do I point out that I'm a personal trainer not an idiot?

do I ask if it LOOKS like I need to go on diet?

do I tell her there are bikini photos of me on the internet?

do I jump the counter and bite her nose off?

....after a moment of deafening silence I settled for blinking a couple of times

and putting distance between us *quickly*.

OMG, you kind of count on bookstore clerks to be polite and discrete about your

purchases. I pity anybody who was in that line with books on sexual dysfunction

or bladder control... SO YOU WET YOURSELF WHEN YOU SNEEZE??

LOL :-)

Kathi..people's comments

Hey Kathi,

If this makes you feel better...Last week we were in Sears looking at the

weights. A friend of my mom's who works there walked by and stopped to talk to

us (I have a 2 & 4 year old) She asked me if I was expecting!!! YIKES YIKES! And

I thought I was all cute looking that day LOL.

Stefanie

[Guest guest]

Never, never, never ask anyone if they're pregnant unless you can see

the baby emerging from their body. People are idiots.

Stasia

[Guest guest]

--- ..dang..that lady..freak..what is with that? look at how

good you were just walkin away and bein soooo good..you good example

you! see..I would have said something.but I am not quick witted and

think of it an hour later..soo I wanted to go back when my brain

finally kicked in!

how rude though...I mean obviously she is blind and did not notice

how incredible you look..another jealous sales woman..who thinks she

knows wheverything waaabout books! puhleeze..I wonder how many other

people got her specialness that day?

Kathi

WHELLOOOO from the world below!

In , " Skwigg " <skwigg@k...>

wrote:

> OH, the horror! Unsuspecting guys make the " are you expecting? "

blunder all the time but you would think other women would be tactful

enough not to ask.

>

> I wanted to tell Kathi my rude clerk story too. I read everything

that pertains to diet and nutrition. Doesn't matter how out there it

is. I want to know about it so I can have an informed opinion. I was

at Border's Books picking up an armload of stuff including Muscle &

Fitness Hers, A Week In The Zone, that Fat Flush thing by Ann Louise

Gittleman, and The Peanut Butter Diet from the folks at Prevention

Magazine.

>

> The ape of a sales clerk at the front of the store was loud and

slooooooow. Just watching her from the line (for like 15 minutes!)

was about to give me an aneurysm. Then I get up to the counter, she

paws all through my stuff and STOPS what she's doing to read the back

of the peanut butter book. Nevermind that there's a dozen irate

people in line behind me. Then, in a BOOMING dumb voice loud enough

for the entire store to hear... " BOY I DON'T THINK PEANUT BUTTER IS A

VERY GOOD DIET FOOD. I HOPE THAT WORKS FOR YOU. "

>

> ...in the span of like half a second, here's what goes through my

head:

>

> do I educate her about healthy fats?

> do I point out that I'm a personal trainer not an idiot?

> do I ask if it LOOKS like I need to go on diet?

> do I tell her there are bikini photos of me on the internet?

> do I jump the counter and bite her nose off?

>

> ...after a moment of deafening silence I settled for blinking a

couple of times and putting distance between us *quickly*.

>

> OMG, you kind of count on bookstore clerks to be polite and

discrete about your purchases. I pity anybody who was in that line

with books on sexual dysfunction or bladder control... SO YOU WET

YOURSELF WHEN YOU SNEEZE??

>

> LOL :-)

>

>

>

> Kathi..people's comments

>

>

> Hey Kathi,

> If this makes you feel better...Last week we were in Sears

looking at the weights. A friend of my mom's who works there walked

by and stopped to talk to us (I have a 2 & 4 year old) She asked me

if I was expecting!!! YIKES YIKES! And I thought I was all cute

looking that day LOL.

>

> Stefanie

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I was at a seminar one time, years ago, thin as a rail, skinny skinny

thin (no muscle). I had on leggings with a long flowing t-shirt. Well

with these breast implants, thje shirt POOFED on top and flowed out

over the tummy. It really did make me look prego on top. I swear I

must have been 100 lbs at most...not a healthy stage for me. Anyway,

the instructor of the seminar asked me when I was due. The look on

his face when I told him I wasn't pregnant was priceless. Yes,

people are idiots!

Colleen

>

> Never, never, never ask anyone if they're pregnant unless you can

see

> the baby emerging from their body. People are idiots.

>

> Stasia

[Guest guest]

While we're on the subject, After I got married in November, I

gained some wait...especially on my lower belly. add this to my

arched back and Viola! I looked pregnant! Well, my husband was on

call one night and got called in to the pharmacy. I decided I would

go with him. As I sat in this chair in a place that can not be seen

by customers, the secretary of the elementary school where I sub.

drove up to the window. She then said, " Congratulations! I hear

you and your wife are expecting! When is the baby due? " He looked

puzzled and said, " It's not, not that I know of. "

Well I took an unofficial challenge soon after that. I still have

lower belly blues....but it's getting better....and no one has

congratulated us again . -Tiffiny

> >

> > Never, never, never ask anyone if they're pregnant unless you

can

> see

> > the baby emerging from their body. People are idiots.

> >

> > Stasia

[Guest guest]

Grrrr... Stefanie, that is a BIG pet peeve of mine! Unless a woman is obviously

pregnant why would anyone ask if she was expecting?! About a month after I had

my daughter my dh and I were at a basketball game (my mom was watching the baby)

and a woman came up to us and very loudly asked " when are you going to have that

baby anyway? " I was so mortified and then she was mortified when I told her the

baby was one month old already. I hadn't lost all of my post-preggo weight by

then and was wearing loose clothing, but still I didn't think I looked that

big?! What did you say to the lady at Sears?

Vicky

Kathi..people's comments

Hey Kathi,

If this makes you feel better...Last week we were in Sears looking at the

weights. A friend of my mom's who works there walked by and stopped to talk to

us (I have a 2 & 4 year old) She asked me if I was expecting!!! YIKES YIKES! And

I thought I was all cute looking that day LOL.

Stefanie

[Guest guest]

I told her the baby was one month old already. I hadn't lost all of my

post-preggo weight by then and was wearing loose clothing, but still I didn't

think I looked that big?! What did you say to the lady at Sears?

Vicky>>>>>

I just said laughingly " oh no... two are about all I can handle right now "

Stefanie