To the person in my apartment who keeps calling me “scuffy:” Yeah, I do scuff my feet, but I do have a name and there is a lot more to me than that. It just hurts even more that your kid thinks this is funny and thinks my name really is scuffy. Most of us teach our kids not to make fun of people with big noses or too short or whatever, but it just looks really bad when the adults are setting a bad example. —Fed Up With One-Sided Presumption
This article appears in Jul 21-27, 2016.
Hi ya Scuffy!
As is often the case with ‘to the person’ style bitches here the person you are directing this to likely does not read the bitches in the Coast, or much of anything. Let them and their spawn know that you do not appreciate their boorish school yard behaviour and either give them a name that you want them to use or just ignore them in future. Depending on the dynamics and type of people in your building that may be easier said than done but the first step is with you to try and put an end to this treatment. Since it seems the person seems too dumb to know how to behave as an adult and is passing their lack of manners to their child. Once you do that there may even be a chance to eventually get along with that person, or if not nipped in the bud it just may escalate over time and you will remain miserable in your building.
So become Mr. Stompy and really give them something to talk about.
Whatever you say……Scuffster!!
Hey Scuffy. How the Scuffmeister.
Scuff McGruff, Chicago Illinois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxEp40Myke…
The next time you hear them use the name tell them in a calm voice that you have a name. It is ____. If they cannot manage to respect you by using your name then you will have to report them to the superintendent. Or you could go a more immature route and respond with, “oh hey, Fuck Faces!”
Grips need to be gotten. And not just on your shoes.
Ha ha, ol’ Scuffy. Scuffy and his scuffin. Worse nicknames have been had, and accepted.
How about you stop scuffing your feet? You do live in an apartment, so it is possible that people get annoyed by it. Seriously, how rude! Apparently you scuff so loud that people in the apartment building have even given you a nickname, and your response is to get annoyed? It’s probably just their passive aggressive way of trying to get you to change. It could be a lot worse, so get the fuck over it!
correcting the children in front of their guardian will go a lot farther than correcting the adult.
be direct with the children, it’s how they’re spoken to everywhere (except home, I’m guessing) and they’ll respond accordingly. As for the ‘Adult’, s/he will have no choice but to back you up and learn the silent lesson for themselves…. having been berated peripherally.
good luck standing up for yourself!
Walk the stairs more and strengthen your calves. It will put a spring in your step. And them your nickname can be Springy. Much more positive than Scuffy.
Wear tap shoes and see what name they come up with. I had a friend growing up called Shitfoot. I don’t even remember his real name now.
Scuffy Duff Duff.
ScuffalingaDingDong!!