[Courses] [Spineful Living, lesson 3: 101 Satisfying Retorts For All Occassion]

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 04:04:01PM -0700, Carla Schroder wrote:
> I'm bailing out of town for the weekend and don't have time to write an 
> ordinary lesson, so how about everyone share their favorite comebacks and 
> responses for those uncomfortable, annoying, enraging, and so forth 
> occasions? Have fun and I'll see you Monday!

Okay, here's one I don't know the answer for: what do you say when a
man, a complete stranger, calls you "darling"?

This happened to me the other day.  I was getting out of a lift, and
this man started getting in, not waiting for me to get out.  He said
something like "Sorry, darling".  I just muttered "Don't call me
darling" as I left, but that didn't make me feel any better.  He wasn't
sorry at all, he was patronizing.  And I was left seething with
frustrated anger.

Kathryn Andersen
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