Childfree Mother's Day wank [it had to come sooner or later]

customers_suck is at it again!

yamino_tora proudly reports her smacking down of an "elderly gentleman" who DARED to wish her a "happy Mother's Day."

I looked right at him, tears welling up in my eyes. "Well, I would have been, if I hadn't miscarried."

Total bullshit, but the look on his face was priceless. 

Yeah, one more elderly gentlemen who runs around and patronizes childfree people  by wishing them a nice day down! Way to go.

Or not? customers_suck goes asplody, two pages of comments and going steady.


We have people who have no clue what she's on about.

Er, I don't see anything sucky about wishing someone a happy holiday.

We have the voice of reason.

But my take on the whole thing is, when someone wishes you a Happy Mother's Day, or Merry Christmas, or Happy Easter, or whatever, they're trying to be nice. Yes, in some cases there are probably reasons why mentions of Mother's Day are hurtful (mother is deceased or estranged, etc), but the customer had no way of knowing that.

We have, surprise, the childfree people. With extra oppresshun.

Sure, his intent was probably to be nice. But how does he know if your mother is okay, or that just because you're a woman of child bearing age that you will automatically have a kid.

There's alot of CF hate going around lately....

*sheds a tear and digs out the world's smallest violin*

Ahem.

We have the cultural differences.

I thought the miscarriage comment was priceless myself :)

Obviously I come from a different culture from most of the other commenters, because I can't see a problem with being offended by someone wishing you Happy mothers day when you're not a mother. It's inappropriate. It's not a generic holiday like Independence day that (I assume?) applies to everyone in the US - it's something that children should wish to their mothers, possibly that fathers should wish to the mother of their offspring, maybe grandkids to grandmothers, but otherwise? Simply irrelevant!


We have hilarity.

Basic (polite) human interaction 101:
Person #1: Nice weather we're having today?
Person #2: Don't be such a douchebag. Obviously, you're too stupid to see that I have my own, personal, little black raincloud of misery above my head. I'm glad it's nice where you are, dick but it sucks here so STFU
Person #2: Yes, very!

Person #1: Happy Mother's/Father's/Sister's/Brother's Day!
Person #2: Well, I would have been, if I hadn't miscarried/ Well, It would have been had my child not screamed "I HATE YOU!!" and then ran away and got eaten by a band of rabid wolves/ It might be if my sibling didn't eat babies for lunch every day. I mean seriously, you're so ignorant to assume that I might want to have a nice day too!
Person #2: Thanks, you too!

Person #1: Good morning
Person #2: There's nothing good about it. I woke up this morning and stubbed my toe on the wall of my shitty apartment, then I killed fifty cockroaches, got fired from my job, found my lover fucking my new puppy and then shat myself right before you spoke to me. HOW DARE YOU!
Person #2: Good morning

Person #1: Happy Valentine's Day
Person #2: Well, it would have been had the love of my life not broken up with me then jumped out a window onto a freeway and died a horrible, bloody death just ten seconds ago, asshole.
Person #2: Thanks, you too!


 Everything a wanker dreams of in one post. I wish you a good night. Oh shit, some of you aren't in my culture, err timezone. SO SORRY!11!

EDIT: Bahleeted, oh noez. I had a window still open so you can find the (large) screenshot of page 2 here.