What is pissing you off this time?

[DanaC]

well so far I'm liking gmail. It's a much nicer interface than the btinternet one. slightly unnerved at Limey's experience, but I haven't hheard of anyone else having probs so hopefully it's a rarity!

What is pissing me off this time though?

People of the male variety who seem to think that because they are bored and I am female, my time and attention belongs to them.*

I was sat in the launderette, having put some washed clothes into the dryer and was completely engrossed in a book on my kindle. Random Bloke who had earlier sought my help on how to use a spinner, decided toengage me in conversation. His first gambit I didn't catch - because i was engrossed in my book - so he repeated it a little more loudly to get my attention - what was so important he had to drag me out of my book? A comment about how he had thought he was done with launderettes years ago. Huh, really? Well....ok then. I smiled and said, 'ah right - washing machine broke has it?' He said yes it has. I smiled again and went back to reading. 'So has your machine broke as well?' he asked - I tore my eyes away from my book again, shook my head and said 'Nope, don't have one' Then went back to reading. ..... a minute or so goes by....

'So where've you come from then?"

Fuuuuuucccckkkkk!

Each time I made a visible show of pulling my attention away from my book - kept my answers short but not unfriendly, and went straight back to reading as soon as possible. On a couple of occasions I made like I was os into my book I hadn;t even heard him - each time he just spoke louder until i did.

This went on for 20 fucking minutes. Until he was done and left the launderette.

I was on the last chapter of the fifth book in a sequence that has had me gripped for the last two weeks. The next one isn't out until September. He totally broke up the narrative flow and emotional impact of the book.


*I may be out of line here - I don;t know - is this something that happens to blokes? Because I don't know many women who wouldn't instantly recognise this scenario