LMAO no one will spoil your day like old white women in Pretoria. My mom and I went for breakfast at Mugg & Bean in Lyttelton. There was an old Afrikaans couple in the table next to ours.

We sit down for a minute and my cousin calls me, so we keep passing the phone to each other talking to her while eating. When we finish the call, the woman comes to our table.

She asks if she can have a chat with us. I already know she’s about to spew some nonsense. I’m like “okay, what’s up?” She says we have no table manners. We can’t be on our the phone while eating. I put on my mask because she’s literally in my face.

I’m like okay, is it table manners to interrupt people you do not know to teach them about table manners? With that condescending white woman smile, she says “no, let me tell you something, guys”. I’m like no, actually you’re upsetting us now. Please leave our table.

She says “no,’let me tell you something, first”. Ndithi “please leave out table now. You’re being rude”. Then she looks at my mom and says “okay, I’m not talking to you now”, she looks at my mother. I say “please leave my mother alone”.

My mom says “ye wethu khawuhambe apha, sudika. Hayi inoba lithumelo, mntanam” now people start looking because I keep saying “please leave us alone”. Waitress comes to ask if there’s a problem, I tell her we’re being harassed. Old woman is turning pink now

Waitress says “ma’am, please go back to your table”. She goes back. They have a short chat with her husband, they pay the bill. And then she comes back to our table, taps my mom on the shoulder and says “sorry ma’am”. My mom says “mind your business next time”.

They walk away, but she keeps looking back at us. It’s been a few hours now and I’m still so confused by that interaction. I didn’t even finish my food. How does someone just walk around giving unsolicited lessons on table manners? WTF?