Last night, I got asked several irritating questions. I'd like to bitch about it.
You must like tattoos. Do you have more that I can't see?
Yes.
Where? Everywhere?
....
Will you show me them?
No.
Why not?
I'm not interested in taking my clothes of for you.
(Edit to add: Yes, I did/do always get asked "do they hurt?" Depending on my mood, I might say, "Not anymore!" Ha. Ha. Ha. Or, "Yes, and anyone who says otherwise is full of shit." Blahblah, of course, some places don't hurt much, blahblah, who cares)
Someone else, later, in reference to tattoos: So, why do you have them?
Why not?
I don't want to be RUDE, I just want to know why you would that to yourself.
....(How is this question NOT RUDE?)
Some of my earliest memories involve watching my mom get tattooed, and my parents' friends with tattoos on their heads and green mohawks and dozens of piercings in 1990 (it is my understanding that this was far more...strange... at that time). Both my parents have tattoos. Hell, my dad's grandfather was covered in tattoos and worked for the circus (that's all I know about him, really).
I never considered NOT getting tattooed.
Have you thought about what you will look like when you're 80?
Yes. I'm going to be 80. Tattoos are not going to make one fuck of a difference.
(Side note: IMO there is no reason that your clothes can't fit you properly, or that you must look frumpy, just because you are not young. You can be practical and low-maintenance at any age and still look beautiful. I know many women in their 50s, 60s, and even 70s, that are still fit, stylish, and vivacious, thankyouverymuch.)
On an unrelated note, some other dink:
Why are you single?!
Even if you mean this as a compliment (how could you, pretty, witty, lovely girl, not have someone in your life?!), it is a really bothersome thing to say.
I do not define myself by my relationships with others.
I would much rather be without a partner, than with someone just for the sake of being with someone.
When someone says this, it seems like they're in shock that no one is interested in you (and not to sound arrogant, but this has never in my life been the case, so that's ridiculous) and that you've been forced into your situation. No, my friends, I chose to end a long-term relationship, and then chose to not continue seeing the person I was seeing afterward. I have not been unwillingly thrown into the world of singledom, and I am certainly not in need of any pity.
Did someone die? Why are you wearing all black?
Why are you wearing khaki and heather gray?
When someone is being a little snarky to me because I'm not francophone (I do speak French though, duh)... They assume if they yell something at me while I'm working and I don't respond, it must be that I don't UNDERSTAND. It couldn't possibly be that I'm busy, and I don't take well to people being rude.
H!! Donne moi une bire! H! Fille! As-tu compris?! (Hey!!! Give me a beer! Hey! Girl! DID YOU UNDERSTAND?!)
Ouais. Je t'ignore... (Yea. I'm ignoring you.)
Sorry, I need to rant sometimes. I hope you get a little laugh out of this. I do, sort of.
Now, you go! What annoying things to do people ask you? What are your brilliant come-backs? I never have any.
(PS... I work in a bar. All the tattoo questions were asked by the same group of jerks)
You must like tattoos. Do you have more that I can't see?
Yes.
Where? Everywhere?
....
Will you show me them?
No.
Why not?
I'm not interested in taking my clothes of for you.
(Edit to add: Yes, I did/do always get asked "do they hurt?" Depending on my mood, I might say, "Not anymore!" Ha. Ha. Ha. Or, "Yes, and anyone who says otherwise is full of shit." Blahblah, of course, some places don't hurt much, blahblah, who cares)
Someone else, later, in reference to tattoos: So, why do you have them?
Why not?
I don't want to be RUDE, I just want to know why you would that to yourself.
....(How is this question NOT RUDE?)
Some of my earliest memories involve watching my mom get tattooed, and my parents' friends with tattoos on their heads and green mohawks and dozens of piercings in 1990 (it is my understanding that this was far more...strange... at that time). Both my parents have tattoos. Hell, my dad's grandfather was covered in tattoos and worked for the circus (that's all I know about him, really).
I never considered NOT getting tattooed.
Have you thought about what you will look like when you're 80?
Yes. I'm going to be 80. Tattoos are not going to make one fuck of a difference.
(Side note: IMO there is no reason that your clothes can't fit you properly, or that you must look frumpy, just because you are not young. You can be practical and low-maintenance at any age and still look beautiful. I know many women in their 50s, 60s, and even 70s, that are still fit, stylish, and vivacious, thankyouverymuch.)
On an unrelated note, some other dink:
Why are you single?!
Even if you mean this as a compliment (how could you, pretty, witty, lovely girl, not have someone in your life?!), it is a really bothersome thing to say.
I do not define myself by my relationships with others.
I would much rather be without a partner, than with someone just for the sake of being with someone.
When someone says this, it seems like they're in shock that no one is interested in you (and not to sound arrogant, but this has never in my life been the case, so that's ridiculous) and that you've been forced into your situation. No, my friends, I chose to end a long-term relationship, and then chose to not continue seeing the person I was seeing afterward. I have not been unwillingly thrown into the world of singledom, and I am certainly not in need of any pity.
Did someone die? Why are you wearing all black?
Why are you wearing khaki and heather gray?
When someone is being a little snarky to me because I'm not francophone (I do speak French though, duh)... They assume if they yell something at me while I'm working and I don't respond, it must be that I don't UNDERSTAND. It couldn't possibly be that I'm busy, and I don't take well to people being rude.
H!! Donne moi une bire! H! Fille! As-tu compris?! (Hey!!! Give me a beer! Hey! Girl! DID YOU UNDERSTAND?!)
Ouais. Je t'ignore... (Yea. I'm ignoring you.)
Sorry, I need to rant sometimes. I hope you get a little laugh out of this. I do, sort of.
Now, you go! What annoying things to do people ask you? What are your brilliant come-backs? I never have any.
(PS... I work in a bar. All the tattoo questions were asked by the same group of jerks)
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When I was going through college, I was a lit. major, and the question i dreaded was "What do you want to do when you get out of school?" I dreaded it not because of the question itself but how it was asked--mostly implying that a Literature degree was sort of worthless...which I guess it kind of is.