I got the “you’re welcome” today

I was in a busy shop earlier trying to get out of the way of shoppers who seem to want the item on the shelf right where I’m standing as usual so I head up to the top of the isle to try exit it and give others and myself room when a woman on my left says “you’re welcome” as I pass her. I’ll be honest I didn’t even see her as I was focusing on getting away from others as quickly as possible, she may as well have been part of a shelf for all I knew but it’s the passive aggressiveness that gets me, why resort to this tactic? Was she having a bad day? Did she not think for one second “he didn’t see me?”. I felt annoyed myself so just ignored her and carried on, next time am I meant to bow down at the feet of someone who gives me some extra room in a shopping isle?. This isn’t the first time I’ve come across this aggression aimed at me for not knowing someone had moved out the way for me, last time it was a bloke who was even angrier than the lady today. 

Parents
  • Oh I hate that! Why do people think they deserve thanks just for doing the polite thing?

    Sometimes when I've been walking with my husband we've had to move right to the edge of the pavement in single file or even step into the road, because two people coming the other way stayed walking side by side and wouldn't go single file, but I never made any comment about it!

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  • Oh I hate that! Why do people think they deserve thanks just for doing the polite thing?

    Sometimes when I've been walking with my husband we've had to move right to the edge of the pavement in single file or even step into the road, because two people coming the other way stayed walking side by side and wouldn't go single file, but I never made any comment about it!

Children
  • I don’t like the confrontation of it, I wouldn’t purposely be rude to some random in a shop. Perhaps she thought I was rude so she was rude back but two wrongs don’t make a right. It’s really difficult enough already to know exactly what people expect from you at any given point so perhaps you can’t please everyone!