So the other day,,, rudeness at upmost right blatantly to my face!

Wow!! I was at Virginia Mason in Seattle. I was waiting at my Pre anthestia appointment lobby room. It happens to have a walk way to the sky bridge that runs through that waiting room. So there is me, a skinny man, and the receptionist desk. I was sitting there using my iPad. This woman I hear is getting really loud and I look up. I realize she is yelling our direction. Soon she is yelling louder. Coming a bit closer. I realize she is saying stuff about being over 300 lbs and disgusted and so forth. I analyze quickly... The skinny man is probably not who she is yelling at. The receptionist had went back to the nurse area. So that left me. I thought she is coming closer. So I said very loudly.... Are you trying to ask the receptionist something? She says no... I am talking to you. I said... Have a nice day... And you should have seen me a year or so ago when I weighed 358 lbs more than I do now. So go have a nice day some where else. I started to get up and she started walking fast down the hall. What ever... I was ready to walk back to the nurses hallway! Dang.

That was not a comfortable moment, but I know that she is ignorant and obviously has issues herself. So sad that people work so hard to stoop so low!!

I would have never guessed to have that happen to me that day....dang!


Hugs Always,
Sherrie

 Obviously some mental issues there - I had something similar happen with one of the homeless people who hang out at the library near my work.  I wasn't as polite as you!

I'm sorry you had to run into a person like that. Sounds like she is unhappy with herself and has some issues that she doesn't know how to handle other than acting out towards other people.
And you were way nicer to her than I would have ever been! LOL 

~tami

First I would have said "UNDER 300 pounds now IDIOT." But omg I would have been devastated. I'm so terrified of children because I've had a few call me out for being fat and now I think every single one is going to do it. I'm so sorry. That woman is the devil. I probably would have hit her.

You stood up to her.  She didn't expect that. She just thought you would sit there embarassed.  Good for you.

She obviously has problems. I've never experienced anything that blatant. I've been told that I look intimidating. 


I firmly believe in speaking up.  Here are some suggestions for those who (unlike you) can't think of what to say.

- I am losing weight. What are you doing about your personality? 
- Next year, I'll be even smaller, and you will be even *****ier. 

That is so messed up! The worst for me was in a store once an an obviously senile elderly woman told me that God still loves me, even though I am fat! My kids were so ticked--I told them that some people can't help being stupid.

Oh I get that too! Or men that tell you that your are "still" a pretty girl lol I hate that!

 Wow - mental illness at it's finest. I hope she's able to get some help sometime! 

People can just be so rude and dehumanizing - good for you for being polite in response to all of that nonsense!!  You are a much better person than I am !

I am so sorry that happened to you. For me no matter how many times you hear or see the ignorance it still bothered me.

You handled yourself with grace & class.


Christine

Geez, Sherrie, I'm so sorry this happened to you!  It's unfathomable to me that someone could be so cruel and hateful to another human being.  To my way of thinking, all of us were raised better than that, and would never stoop to such behavior.  I hope you guys won't  pass this off as 'mental illness'; it's simple ignorance and rudeness, plain and simple.  Being mentally ill myself (bipolar), I've got to say I try to be empathetic other people who're different than I am, and hopefully that's true of most other people who are mentally ill. 

I'm bringing this up because I'm really passionate about the need to erase the stigma of mental illness; it's just as pervasive as discrimination and stigma towards people who're obese, or who have any other obvious physical challenge.

Sherrie, for whatever it's worth (and I know it doesn't make this woman's comments more palatable), I think you're gorgeous now, as you were before your 300+ loss, and as you will be at goal.  Not only do you have physical beauty, but that rare quality of inner beauty. 

Beth