What would you have said? (to a rude grocery store clerk)

I went to a local grocery store to buy a quick lunch.  Ended up buying some fresh fruit and a Lean Cuisine.  The man at the checkout actually said this to me:  "Good choice.  Better than what you could have gotten at the other end of the store" (and he gestured toward the bakery).

I'm wondering if I'm being paranoid or was he making a remark about my weight?  (I'm 50+ lbs overweight).   Would he have said this to a thin person? (I doubt it!) 

Have you ever experienced this type of behavior from clerks about what you buy?  What would you have said in response? 

Original Post by cinzia2008:

To pgeorgian, Why are you back here 'masticating" this clerk?  I already got your point way back when I first posted this thread.  You might be a tiny bit overweight, but you have never been fat enough to have been made fun of, the way I have.  So it is normal for me to wonder when someone might be making a comment about my weight. Perhaps instead of worrying about the clerk, you could have some empathy for how I was feeling at the time.  And if you are tired of the topic, please feel free to comment on another topic elsewhere.    Thanks!  

are you saying that i'm only allowed to have empathy for you?  i'll keep that in mind. 

oh - and i'm sorry i was never fat enough to qualify for your esteem.  what's the threshold for that, exactly?

an aside: if you don't know what a word means, you should probably look it up before you quote it.  i'm not masticating the clerk.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by cinzia2008:

To pgeorgian, Why are you back here 'masticating" this clerk?  I already got your point way back when I first posted this thread.  You might be a tiny bit overweight, but you have never been fat enough to have been made fun of, the way I have.  So it is normal for me to wonder when someone might be making a comment about my weight. Perhaps instead of worrying about the clerk, you could have some empathy for how I was feeling at the time.  And if you are tired of the topic, please feel free to comment on another topic elsewhere.    Thanks!  

are you saying that i'm only allowed to have empathy for you?  i'll keep that in mind. 

oh - and i'm sorry i was never fat enough to qualify for your esteem.  what's the threshold for that, exactly?

an aside: if you don't know what a word means, you should probably look it up before you quote it.  i'm not masticating the clerk.

That was your word.  I was quoting YOU from your earlier post.  I know what the word means.

Of course you can have empathy for anyone you like, and you don't need to have empathy for me.  Excuse me for even suggesting it.

As far as esteem, of course I don't base that on weight.  Why do you keep revisiting this thread?  I got your point the FIRST time (and also the second, third, and even the fourth time), and I already said thanks to everyone for their comments including you.  Now move along pgeorgian, there are others who need your sage advice.    

edit/delete: clearly someone of my inferior size has nothing to contribute.

pgeorgean, sometimes my emotions get the better of me.  I only wondered why you revisited the thread after already making your initial comment.

I assumed wrongly that because you empathized with the clerk, that perhaps you had never had the experience of being made fun of because of your weight.  Although I was not bitter at the clerk, I suppose that after years of hearing comments made to my face and behind my back it was easy for me to assume that he was making reference to that.

My hope was that people could help by giving me possible comebacks to people who do that - and I don't mean angry words but something funny to say back and I should have been more clear.  That was my question:  "What would you have said?"  Instead most of the posts told me I was being paranoid.  And perhaps I was.  Looks like I was being paranoid about your posts as well.   

I sincerely apologize to you.

um...okay.  and i'm sorry i didn't respond according to your criteria.