Zip it, grandma

How would you have responded to this? Standing in checkout queue in Tescos' in Edinburgh minding my own beeswax. Young mother in front struggling with shopping trolley and precocious child. Child wanted sweets. Mother calmly and continuously refused. This went on for several minutes. Back and forth, back and forth. Suddenly the child at the top of her voice yelled out "If you dont buy me sweets, I'll tell grandma I saw you with daddy's "mmmph" in your mouth last night". I put my basket down and walked out shell-shocked. I don't know what happened after that.

Oh! I am so glad there are more than just me! I contribute to any conversation I overhear. I do it in shops, on the bus, all over the place. I always have something relevant to say too! DH cringes and walks away as if he doesn't know me.

Surely the fun of being older is that you can say what you want - I love to let people have my opinion and I'm sure they appreciate it! Especially as I am always right and know everything. If not they are WRONG!
....except in front of the children - too risky!

KatyK

Me too gilly. It's very difficult for me to keep quiet, what with me knowing everything about everything and always being right

I love it when "know it all's" get it VERY wrong KatyK But I think its best just to smile knowingly and let them go on believing they are right.

Absolutely oldgreymare its impossible to override the urge. In our local M&S, ladies sit outside the gents changing rooms and seem to feel free to comment on the various men as they sheepishly model what they're trying on! Its great fun.
I did once get my nose snipped off in Thorntons when I joined in the chatty banter and was asked in freezing tones by a posh chap "Have we been introduced?". Miserable so and so. Och!

I'm the same! Last week in our local pub, the pub 'know it all' was spouting off as usual to his mates. He seems to know everything there is to know, especially about TV and film. he was saying 'you know, him who said 'frankly my dear I don't give a damn. You know, Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca'. How I stopped myself I'll never know

Guilty M'lud/lady!
I can't resist 'offering an opinion' especially when someone about my age is 'trying on' and parades about in front of a distinterested husband.

J52. Gross shop assistant. I am a busy internet shopper. Cuts out the middle man.

The thing about old-age is that you have something to say about everything, and want to say it irrespective of anyone wanting to listen to it! My spirit creature would be a rabbit!

Why do shop assistants have private conversations in front of customers?
Way back, when I did had a Saturday and holiday job in a jewellers, we were not allowed to speak to each other if a customer was in the shop.

The best conversation I overheard was at the till in Debenhams at Christmas.
The person serving me was explaining to her colleague why she'd been off the previous day. With vomiting!

If it had not been Christmas and busy, I'd have put stuff down and left! X

jo1book I understand where you are coming from. I do exactly the same and I do join in on other people's conversations.

I did it at Dunhelm the other day when trying to find some curtain material and two assistants were talking about walking in on one of their sons when he was watching porn. Still, if they didn't want a customer to join in, then they shouldn't be talking such private stuff on the shop floor!

Np! I'm always getting things wrong. My iPad has a mind if its own and ....see I mistyped 'of' .... akways ....alwats ....always doing that.

those were genuine typos then the iPad factors in predictable text and Bibs your aunt! Gets me into a lot of trouble, especially late at night

Thank you Anya

lower case 'g' Lapwing that'll do the job

You think it's safer to post on here

Get a life instead jo

Definitely the duct tape - stick to posting on here as it is much safer. [Grin]