What was the most rude thing a stranger has done to you?

1. At a gas station in Texas, I walked in and greeted the cashier with a “hey what’s up man” and he responds “what the fuck did you say?”. It took me a second to realize that just happened, stunned, I glanced around and realized it was only us in the store so he had to be speaking to me. So I responded “uhh I just said what’s up man?” He said “I don’t fucking know you, you’re not my friend, dont greet me like one”. I took the high road and exited the store without making a purchase. The most rude encounter I’ve experienced.
   — itchynail


2. Was exiting a Wal-Mart with my oldest nephew, busy traffic right in front of the store, so we were waiting to cross. The entire width of the store is available, there is no curb, we are literally talking about 500+ feet that you can cross at. Some asshole with a cart slams into my nephew’s side, and mutters something about “too busy to wait”. I’m a big, bearded dude, but my mom raised me to have manners, and sometimes manners means giving someone a lesson. I took a big step forward and put my boot right on his cart and kicked as hard as I could. His cart tipped over and slid right in to the busy crosswalk with traffic. I’m probably his answer to this question too.
   — Theoren1


3. A dude offered to buy me a drink at a bar. As he was handing it to me, he held it above my head and repeatedly said, "Jump for it! Come on, jump!"
   — djd004






4. I was sitting at my girlfriend's elementary school concert (she's a music teacher). The auditorium was crowded and there were not enough seats for everyone. The seat I sat in was in the last row towards the back for the auditorium and it was the seat closest to the aisle. I feel some weight on my head, so I thought it was my girlfriend since this was before the performance started. I look up, and some dude is just using my head as an arm rest. I'm not a confrontational person, so I just looked up at him and he looked back at me. He stopped doing it..but I just felt super uncomfortable for the rest of the concert..
   — AdvertentExactness


5. At a bar with my husband, chatting with strangers...one of them said to her husband, completely LOUD while pointing at us - "their marriage won't last, he is much more attractive than her." We are now divorced, so she may have been right, but that was still a shitty thing to say!
   — Twilightwas


6. "Get away from their car or ill call the cops" I was kneeling next to my car infront of a 7-eleven checking my tire pressure :( And im black, it hurt my feelings cause she was a really old lady.
   — dhickenb






7. I worked at a college athletic department ticket office and we hosted a high school tournament basketball game and the tickets were six dollars and he wanted to pay with a hundred dollar bill. I told him that he couldn’t do that but we had an atm in the student union and he started to call me names. He called me a fucking monkey, a cunt, he said he didn’t understand why they let girls work in sports because our uterus got in the way of our brains, a bitch, and basically every name in the book. He also spit on the glass window that separated us.
   — Mobyswhatnow


8. I was walking at the mall once and a guy approached me saying he was from out of town. He was looking for one of the stores there and asked me if I could give him directions. I said, "oh yeah sure, just walk down there and take a left when you see the food court." His face gets serious and upset. He says, "whoa whoa whoa whoa... Don't tell me what to do though." I'm a little thrown off, I feel like he's playing with me so I change my wording. "Okay, if you see the food court, the store will be to your..." "Hey man I said don't tell me what to do." He was dead serious and staring me down. I was walking with a friend and didn't feel like getting into a thing at the mall. I just pointed in the general direction and said it was that way. He nodded and walked off.
   — workinprogress49


9. I was on a plane next to someone who seemed to have bad plane etiquette. I was worried it was going to be miserable it was. I am in the military and he asked if I was. I said yes. He asked if I had been deployed. I said yes I actually just got back a couple of months ago. He stared at me for a moment. Then he asked "Did you almost die?" By this point I was very uncomfortable. I just said I had a few close calls. I turned away but then he kept asking me questions and more. The next one I heard that got my attention was "Where would you go if you died?" I started saying will they ship you back. But then he interrupted and said "OH, I meant would you go to heave or hell, its most likely hell." At this point I activated my military powers of sleeping anywhere instantly and passed out while he was rambling about me going to hell. It was the incredibly creepy, rude, and uncomfortable moment I have ever been in.
   — Phytomania






10. An adult told me to “go back to my country” when I was about 5 years old (I’m born in the US). The other adults just ignored it. That’s the rudest but not necessarily the most racist thing I’ve ever encountered.
    — 280394433708491


11. Rushing to work at a Blue Line train stop in Chicago, a homeless lady in a wheelchair asks me if I can push her to her friend's house, and I quickly tell her sorry I'm rushing to work I can't - she immediately screams "Ah fuck you you fucking bitch" for everyone walking from the train to hear. I get that she's got no one and is struggling and is homeless, yes. But I work hard for the life I live, and sometimes have to deal with making tough decisions. Her rude response made me feel better at the decision I made, that's for sure.
    — rinasaurus9


12. When I walk past white ladies (I'm a black guy) and they clutch their purse like I'm going to steal from them. One time a lady did that when I was walking in the mall with my mom. We passed each other and she gripped her purse. I laughed loudly and said *"Hey mom! Did you see that lady clutch her purse?"* I'm pretty sure she heard me. Maybe I was the rude one, but I don't think so.
    — jbrown3152






13. I used to be a vet tech, and would on occasion work at horse shows collecting samples for drug testing. We collected blood and urine. One day this uppity dressage (riding style) woman looks at me, while I'm collecting urine from her horse, and says to me "your mother must be so proud".
    — W8asecbeck


14. American living in small town china here: Besides, the pushing, the shoving, the spitting, the totes, I had a random guy ran at me, rub my belly, laugh and run away. I stood there with my mouth wide open.
    — ooo-ooo-oooyea