13 People Who Turned Around and Disarmed Rude People

Not all people choose nice words when referring to others, breaking the rules of etiquette and behaving rudely. It’s well known that the best reaction to rudeness is to ignore cluelessness, but sometimes it’s impossible to hold back and let go of someone with a loose tongue.

we, from awesome.clubwe like people with a good sense of humor, so we’ve gathered ingenious answers from those who haven’t left their ignorance behind, responding in an astute and unexpected way.

At one of the bus stops, an elderly lady enters and leans over a pregnant woman, suggesting that she give up her seat. The woman tries to explain that she can’t because of the discomfort, but at the time she gets a good dose of rudeness. One of the passengers starts defending the woman:
“Can’t you see she’s pregnant?
‘When I was her age, I walked the steps of buses for three months and then gave birth without complications!’
A man who is listening to the conversation can’t stand it and says:
“Sorry, but you’re a lucky woman!” Normally, the pregnancy lasts nine months, but she managed to have a baby in just three.
The lady stays quiet, goes to the back of the bus and gets off at the next stop. © Briar80 / Pikabu

One morning I was walking home from work and came across a guy apparently taking his daughter to kindergarten and throwing a large garbage bag. The item took up the entire designated small waste wastebasket near the entrance to the condo. I gave him a warning, but I heard a lot of profanity in response. I was disgusted, since the garbage containers were 50 meters away, and I decided to print several advertisements describing their appearance and reporting the “beautiful” gesture. After a week, I found him carrying another garbage bag, but this time to the dumpsters and under the supervision of his wife. © Podslushano / ideer A 15-year-old boy was occupying one of several empty seats. A woman got on the bus and demanded that he give up his seat, because the others were “uncomfortable”. The boy refused, and the woman began to bother other passengers when an elderly man entered on crutches. The boy got up to offer his seat, but the woman, pushing everyone in front of her, went to the much-desired seat and sat down saying: “It is a preferred seat for the disabled”. The gentleman’s response was unforgettable: “So I’m sorry about you and your brain.” © 4eloBeK4eByPeK / Pikabu

It was just another ordinary working day at a market. The flow of customers was great, I was exhausted. Suddenly, a woman came running to the cashier with a very heavy bag of dog food (about 10 kg). She was outraged and complaining that I was slow. When she went to pay, the customer behind her said, “Yes, hurry up, please. Can’t you see the woman is in a hurry to buy her dinner and leave?” © Christine Larsson / Quora

In the hospital queue there was a woman with vitiligo. Suddenly, a lady came closer to the doctor’s room, intending to be the first to enter, watching the woman. Finally, she asked:
“What’s that on your face?
The woman’s response surprised all the patients:
“That’s what happens when someone tries to cut in line. My aunt always thought she was very smart. Once, she and my uncle were driving an old car along an empty road. The vehicle was unusual in that the steering wheel could be taken off easily. When she made one more attempt to give some tips on how to drive “correctly”, my uncle took the wheel off and gave it to her saying: “Take it here, since you know how to drive better”. © Locheed / Pikabu

One night I was taking the bus to the final stop. When there were two stops left until mine and the bus was completely empty, the driver turned around and said:
— What’s your stop?
— The Athletic Club.
‘Don’t you want to walk?’ It’s my last shift and I need to go somewhere else.
“Okay, so I’ll pay half the ticket.”
“But I’ll drop you almost there!”
“Yes, and I’ll pay almost the entire amount.
He didn’t say anything else, but I think for the moment he was thinking of profanity that might describe my boldness. © Sirmyan / Pikabu

Once, on the bus, I was sitting next to a man with a cat on his lap. I could see that the kitty was feeling sick after the visit to the vet. At one of the stops, one of those overprotective mothers came in with her already grown son and said to the man:
— Give me the seat, I have a child.
– I will not go.
– Like this? Do you see that I have a child?
– Me too. But my son, on top of everything else, is sick.

When someone asks me what I do at home in my spare time, I reply that I’m planning on taking over the world. Most understand that I want to be left alone, while others don’t understand the joke and are thinking: “Did she tell the truth or did she want to make fun of me?” © Susan Williams / Quora It was 10 am and there was a line of 4 people at the hospital, including an obstinate elderly lady, the character in my story. This doctor came by appointment. A woman approached our queue, with her appointment scheduled for 10:40, and asked who was in front of her. Suddenly, the lady yells, “My appointment is at 10:20 am! You will come in after me!” The funniest thing is that the my appointment was scheduled for 10:20 am. I asked the lady, “Shall we go in together?” Seeing that she had been discovered, she rolled her eyes and pretended not to hear me. Turns out her appointment was scheduled for 12:00. Why did she arrive at 10 am? Nobody knows. © Botoftea / Pikabu I refused to be a guarantor for my wife’s niece to get a loan to buy an apartment. After that, her entire family stopped talking to me. My wife’s sister, who used to pass by our house as if it were her own, ended up with her visits. They believe that now I feel bad! Haha ha! It was easier than I expected! © Padre868 / Pikabu My friend took out a loan and bought a seven bedroom house on the beach. Of course, even the more distant relatives started talking to her kindly and asking to stay there for a while, as they had “children who need fresh air”. At first, my friend invited her family members, but then she decided to finish off the freeloaders once and for all: “Unfortunately, I don’t have the money to hire cleaning ladies. You can spend some time at my place as long as you tidy up the rooms and do a renovation.”

I have Asperger’s syndrome and a little bit of anxiety, which often makes me stutter. Once, at the cafe, the receptionist was quietly taking my order when a man with a child in line began mumbling indignantly that his son was sick, and then began imitating my voice. That was horrible. As soon as I walked away from the counter, it was time for the receptionist’s revenge. She began asking questions that had nothing to do with his order, detailing portions and amount of sauce, speaking as slowly as possible. Finally, it took him 15 minutes to order from her. I was pleased. As for the child, she got a lot of candy as a reward. © u/tartar-buildup / Reddit

What ingenious answers to give the interlocutor a reality check have you heard or spoken?