Is it normal for a complete stranger at your work to tell you to brush your..

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teeth?

Mkay, right, so 5 years ago I worked at this place, not gonna reveal where. Anyway, I worked as a cashier chick, whatever. This older man(over 75) comes up to me to make a purchase and I'll never forget what he said to me.

"You have a pretty face, but you need a smile to match it."

So I was like, huh? Anyway, he then said, "Brushing your teeth will make that smile nice and white. No one can take away a smile but yourself. I'm not a philosopher, I'm just giving you an idea."

So of course I was younger at the time and my reaction was just to blink and say "ok, well I do brush" in a VERY hushed voice. I would have said something else, but 5 years back, I wasn't that sorta person.

Anyway, is that normal? First of all, my teeth weren't yellow, yellow. They were mildly yellow because they were stained because I always brush my teeth. Sure, sometimes I skipped a few days or even a week once or twice, but I did brush and that day he said that, I had brushed!!!

Now I have bright white teeth because I got them professionally whitened(had to, to remove the stains). My teeth are super healthy so I was very insulted back then and I constantly think about what he said every time I see my teeth go slightly lower in the shade of white, I freak out and bleach/brush them like crazy!

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  • JoethePlayerz
    13 years ago

    If I was you, I would've told him ' Show me your DI.CK'!

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  • randomjelly
    13 years ago

    He did you a favor! A whole week without brushing! Christ on a cracker! You must have had velveeta teeth and breath so bad it was like someone farted on your tongue! Way to go learning that hygiene is a must!

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  • Zacharymli
    13 years ago

    Sometimes strangers say very impertinant things, it's a sign that they're unaware of the social mores that keep the rest of us from telling strangers every little thing we think of them: that colour doesn't look good on you, you need more deoderant... But most of us keep these thoughts to ourselves. Maybe to him it was like a friend telling you your tag is sticking out. Maybe he's obsessed with teeth and any imperfection seems as dire to him as letting a woman know she's tucked her dress into her panties as she's exiting the washroom. Even if your teeth were really gross that day, it wasn't appropriate for a stranger to point that out to you.

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  • paulywalnuts
    10 years ago

    hes a perve

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  • Steve92
    11 years ago

    Perhaps, your mouth smells!

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  • ShinIod
    12 years ago

    It is normal that people like you can be manipulated by other's opinion... come on! you just have to live your way and follow orders when you get paid for it... after that... why the hell would you follow others' orders? by the way... your writing is lame... take english courses!

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  • A_Man_With_A_Plan
    13 years ago

    There are random old people in my past like that as well. I just wish I could go back and find them and then slap them across the face.

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  • undefined300
    13 years ago

    an old loony man you should pay him no mind and forget about it, if your teeth are white and healthy you say then your fine, better than most.if you didnt smile, how did he even see your teeth?

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  • mtnw
    13 years ago

    you take care of your teeth now, so get over what some stranger said years ago.

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  • Comm0nSense
    13 years ago

    you prob didn't realize how stained your teeth were.. trust me I want to tell a lot of people to brush but they just don't know how bad their teeth are

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  • FusedWithMuse
    13 years ago

    He could have been just one of those very opinionated people... I would say not to let it bother you because it was 5 years ago - but I've had that same thing happen... Once only, thank goodness but it's still a blow to one's self-esteem!
    I do brush frequently also, but had had my braces removed shortly before the remark so my teeth were stained from the leftover glue. And still are in some parts =[
    What's important is that your teeth were fine back then and are even better now! No remarks should some flying your way, if they do then there's no reason for them, okay?

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    • Junk-Food-Night
      13 years ago

      I Agree, and old people tend to be like that.

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