RUDE PEOPLE AND RUDE QUESTIONS
Hi I want to start of saying that im not embaresed of my diabetes but when im wearing short sleeves and my pod is showing it seems like EVERYONE ask what is on my arm! i am a server and i will walk up to the table to introduce myself and people cut me off and say HEY WHATS THAT! I have been yelled at by across a street and then chased down by a man asking what was on my arm...i have manyyyyy rude stories but it makes me absolutely FURIOUS!!!!!! Im not ashamed or anything but when comeplete strangers ask me it sets me off into a rage! Like how rude! it is absolutely NON of ur business what it is NONE! I dont know u! I was just wonderering if anyone gets as mad as me (if u havent noticed i have a temper lol) It really sucks when im working and i "have to be nice" so i cant say what is really on my mind....and even when i do get rude and say "o its nothing" to make it clear that i dont want to talk about it people REALLY dont get the hint and will start guessing. does neone eles get as mad? and what do u do about it?
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Permalink Reply by ChrisChris on
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I agree with whoever said that if you let people irritate you now, you have a long road ahead of you. It's normal that people are curious. I would see it as an opportunity to educate people with a short answer and let it go. And before I had a pump, I would ask people who had them about them. You may be helping someone without even knowing it.
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Permalink Reply by Danielle on -
I tell people it's a pacemaker...if they drop it I don't say anything else because they likely wont understand if they truly believe that it's a pacemaker..plus I'm really sarcastic about everything. Just my kinda humor. But if they look at me like I'm crazy I laugh and tell them what it really is.
I don't usually get angry but I've had moments where I just want to be "normal" and not have the stares. That's pretty normal I think. -
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