Shut Up, Betty Bringdown

Saturday, July 5, 2008
filed under: karyn bryant

Guest blogger Karyn Bryant writes: She started complaining seconds after I pulled my cart up behind hers. She was not pleased with the service, and she apparently thought I cared.

betty_bringdown270.jpg

Aurora and I had just had a great time at her toddler gym, but our good mood was soon sullied by the Woman Who Loves To Complain In Public. I have a name for this exasperating menace: Betty Bringdown. And she needs to just shut up.


I know bad service can drive you crazy, but I've never been one to drag an innocent bystander into my personal retail hell-hole. It's just rude! And so, instead of playing with my daughter and using the time to teach her something about the grapes we were buying, I had to listen to this witch talk about "these people" who don't "speak English good" and society's demise due to the "illegal, uneducated managers" who don't care.

Betty didn't know I have a godson who is Mexican-American, nor did Betty know my work with Showtime Championship Boxing has introduced me to numerous Mexican fighters--some of the hardest working people I've ever met. My body temperature was rising, but of course I didn't tell Betty, because I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO HER! Instead, she got a couple of "uh-huhs," a few "well..what can you dos," and a smattering of "yups."

I bring this up as a public service. If you are Betty Bringdown, please keep it to yourself, or save it for your poor, long-suffering significant other. Because many of us don't feel your pain, and we don't want to.

Karyn Bryant is a television personality who's hosted shows on networks such as CNN, TNT, VH1, and MTV. She's currently a reporter for Showtime Championship Boxing and CBS' Saturday Night Fights and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Wade, and daughter, Aurora. For more from Karyn, click here.



previous: Self Tanner Challenge
next: 10 Ways NOT to Lose Your Kids

filed under: karyn bryant

2 comments so far | Post a comment now >>

 
good for you karyn, i’ve also experienced a “betty-bringdown” and i agree w/ you 100%. And it reminds me to “keep it to myself” the old adage: if you’ve got nothing nice to say…” should will come to mind.
- stinkybrat41
Posted 07/05/08 06:35 PM
 
Ha, Betty Bringdown! I think she has a cousin named Debbie Downer.
- ame i.
Posted 08/10/08 07:50 PM
(not displayed)
  remember me?      
 

Avoid clicking “Post” more than once.

experts bloggers staff newsletter
follow us on twitter follow us on twitter staff newsletter sign up
photos videos games twitter
photo gallery video gallery Momlogic games follow us on twitter
advertisement

Win a Jamaican Vacation for Two!
Enter Here
advertisement

Win a Childless Trip to Jamaica!

enter here

Join the Momlogic community!

 

momlogic community logo

 

Sign Up
Login
Enter without joining

 
      More special offers     bebe 14% off  

Nestle Toll House Recalls Cookie Dough

find out more