17. Realization

I think I was in 8th grade. Held this door open for a man that was carrying a box and he said, “you’ll have to move aside. You’re not as thin as you think.”

The doorway was pretty large. This strangers comment was the first time I realized I was fat. Thanks guy.

18. Skype

My freshman year of college. My roommate was on a video Skype call with his girlfriend. I walked behind him and she saw me in the video, she instantly said “ew, gross, who’s the fat guy?” (She didn’t realize I could hear her)

I can think of many hurtful things people have said to me, but that’s always stuck with me, and lowered my self esteem. Just the idea that someone’s first impression of seeing me is that I’m “gross”

After that my roommate wore headphones whenever talking to her.

19. The Not-So-Racist Banker

I’m a banker for a major bank and was called racist two times. One was because he wanted to cash a $2000 check with NO IDs and another because he overdrew his account 3 times and I was only able to reverse 1 of it for him. (kicker: one person was Chinese…I am Chinese also).

20. SCARY WOMAN, JEEZ!

I was six years old, waiting outside the front of my school, waiting for my father. A woman (mother of one of my classmates) stalks up to me, looks me (all 45 inches of me) up and down and sneers.

Mother: My daughter tells me you’re a vegetarian.

Me (meekly): Um…yes, I am.

Mother: If you don’t eat meat in the next two years, you will die.

Walks off without another word. I am permanently scarred.

21. Acne

I used to have quite a bit of acne when I was in my teens and early 20s (I went on Acutane when I was 24). I was somewhat used to being made fun of for it, but there was one day when I was at work that I’ve never forgotten.

Earlier in my shift a little girl asked me what was wrong with my face and her mom was really sweet and just said “you’ll find out soon enough hunny, everyone does!” Which obviously made me feel better…. it was later in that same shift that this older man just looked at me while I was working and I looked up and he just said “why don’t you just wash your face?” Oh gee, is THAT’S what’s wrong?! Ugh. So upsetting.

22. LOL, classic

I hope you get a cancer and die.

League of Legends, those were the times.

23. “You miserable idiot!”

Most hurtful AND best thing a stranger has said to me all in one situation!

My girlfriend and I were walking down the street holding hands on our way to an NBA game (I’m a girl too, yes). An older couple was walking towards us and the woman grabbed her husband and pulled him away from us while she muttered, “Disgusting beans”… and her husband jerked his arm away from her and said, “At least they’re happy you miserable idiot!”