Have you had an experience in public with an obnoxious, embarrassing person that was with you?

Question

Years ago when my Grandmothers alzheimers first was apparent she would throw a fit in the grocery store if they wouldn't give her the discount she thought she deserved and she would shove her basket across the front of the store and curse the cashier out.
Also an ex took me to dinner on Christmas eve while quite drunk. We were spending $100 on a meal we could not afford. In fact the children were home waiting on an almost non existent Santa visit. I ordered ice tea as I hoped to be the desinated driver. After his 5th drink or so the waiter brought slipped me a long island iced tea. I'm certain it was out of pity. The ex was getting louder, ruder and more obnoxious.
I was at a buffet with a large party. After one lady had eaten at least 3 plates she called a server over and raised cain loudly about something she found on her plate and refused to pay for her meal.

Answer 1

I have had people try that with me, but I believe in equal opurtinity embarrassment.
My daughters boy friend, loved to embarrass people in public, so when we went shopping together, and He started one of his tricks, I simply took his arm called him sweetie, let my wrist go limp, and started wiggling my hips, and let everyone think that we were lovers.
it embarrassed him so bad that he was a perfect gentleman ever after.
I don't get embarrassed, I go with the flow and enjoy my self.

Answer 2

Yes, I've been in that situation. I went to lunch with a co-worker that I didn't know very well. She ordered the most expensive thing on the menu, plus an appetizer, plus a dessert. She harassed the waitress and complained about everything. She had the manager come over and complained to him. I was so embarrassed that I quickly finished my meal and left the table. I gave the waitress a huge tip out of sympathy for how she had been treated. I would have left but I had rode with my obnoxious, creepy co-worker in her car. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER did I have anything to do with that co-worker again.

P.S. I wonder if that woman you saw complaining at the buffet was the same person!!! A relative anyway? LOL

P.S.S. It makes me very sad to read about family relationships so badly ruined that children & mothers & fathers have nothing to do with each other.

Answer 3

About a year after my father passed away my mother (we get the shivers just thinking her name!) came to stay with us for a week. It was the first and last. She put the fear of everything into me as a child and she treated us both like we knew nothing of making a good marriage, despite us being married 7 years at that time., nothing about running a happy home (like how would she have known that 1), and we were idiots when it came to money! When we went out she kept on at Tc that he wasn't pushing my wheelchair properly and kept trying to take over. When we went to Tesco to do a little bit of shopping she barged past me and Tc and said to the check-out girl "I'll pay" and flashed her credit card in Tc's face! When we said we didn't want her to thankyou she got louder and louder saying Tc didn't look in any hurry to get his wallet out! In another shop she did the same thing with her credit card despite Tc having his wallet in his hand and she declared "You can put THAT away!"
We'd been without a vaccuum cleaner for a while and so as to not let her know Tc got up really early every morning and swept the carpets downstairs with the hard broom and dusted well before she got up. When we went to Argos she said loudly, "Do you think he'd let me buy him a vaccuum?" to which I replied "Please don't Mum!" She, of course, bought 1 and made a big show out of presenting it to Tc right there in the middle of the shop! We both wanted to curl up and die with embarrassment!
When she took our 2 daughters out for a stroll, they were aged 5 & 11, we stayed at home and Tc stood in the middle of the living room and shouted every swear word he knew and a few more besides because he was SO frustrated at her behaviour! We can laugh about it now but at the time she made me feel like I was 6 yrs old again and made Tc SO upset. She has always been obnoxious and will never change. She sees faults in everyone but never her own and in all my 50 years I have never known her apologise to anyone....well I suppose when you are THAT perfect you don't have to do you! She and I had a huge argument over the telephone about 8/9 years ago and she sent me a letter saying she'd kicked me out of HER family and should have done years before! (So every cloud does have a silver lining). She is the epitome of obnoxious! xx

Answer 4

I was helping a friend of mine who seemed perfectly normal in all other respects. She was moving and took some things to the resale shop for money. She was arguing about the value very loudly and became obnoxious.

I walked around and when a clerk asked if I needed help, I said "No, I'm just trying to pretend I'm not with - her -." He and I laughed.

Answer 5

I have a friend with brain damage who will act oddly in public sometimes, but its not her fault so I don't mind. I just try to ignore it or stop her when she starts singing, stealing, or talking about random stuff to other people.

My mom likes to get into arguments with people she doesn't know-cashiers in stores, people at the bank, etc. I've hated having to deal with that many times throughout my life. LOL!

Best wishes!

Answer 6

Once upon a time in the long, long ago...I went out with this good looking
guy. I was dressed to the 9s. He looked pretty good also.
We danced, we drank, we had fun
UNTIL this hot babe came and sat at
the table next to us.
Of course,"Mr. Wonderful" thought he
was just right for her.
I sat and looked at him and got
madder and madder, His hand was
laying on the table while he was making time with Miss lovely, so I just
ground my hot cigarette into the top
of his hand and said, "Good night dear." He was screaming in pain.
I caught a cab and went home.

Answer 7

I had to bring my son to an ENT specialist. The waiting room was filled with many people and he suddenly wanted to go home. He kept kicking and screaming he wanted to leave. An older lady kept sighing loud and snapping her eyes at me. He probably saw her and wanted to get the hell out of there. I know I did. One receptionist leaned over the desk and said, "Be quiet please, we can't hear back here." and she slammed the glass window shut.

All that trouble for nothing, his hearing is fine.

Answer 8

My ex and I were at a stage production and he kept talking to me - very loudly. I tried to get him to be quiet without being rude to him or making him angry, but he kept on. The man in front of us turned around and asked him to be quiet, and my ex became extremely loud and angry, and the two guys threatened each other, and I thought they were going to get in a fist fight. The play we were watching was "Jesus Christ, Superstar". That's the only part of it that makes me laugh!

Answer 9

My Brother-In-Law, he is the most obnoxious loud mouth on the planet.
We just spent three days in the same house with him and his new girlfriend, the whole family was so relieved when they left.
My Mother-In-Law took them to Mexico and he smarted off to the border patrol, so they stripped and searched her car. I knew better than to go into Mexico with him, I like my freedom to much.

Answer 10

I went to an Eric Clapton concert with my at the time boyfriend, I will call him "Mr. BM". The girl in front of us stood up and started dancing in her seat. We were way in the back up high and couldn't see very well as it was, but she totally blocked out view. Mr. BM asked her to please sit down. She defiantely said, "No!" So, Mr. BM pushed her. After she got up off the floor, she pushed him and cussed him out. But he pushed back. She took off to get a security guard. He told his side of the story and she was requested to leave! I was so embarrassed to be with that big ol' Mr. BM, that I wanted to leave with her. But I didn't because George Harrison was going to come on and sing with Eric Clapton. OK, I was a concert ho that night!