After multiple rejections, a stranger at the bar tried using her long nails as a pickup line — her comeback shut him down instantly
Many women know that rejecting someone is not always as simple as saying no once. The real frustration is often not the approach itself, but the entitlement behind it. Once in a while, delivering a rightful comeback becomes almost necessary. That is exactly what Instagram user Tori, who goes by @ohitstorid, did after being consistently pursued by a man at a bar despite several attempts at rejection. When she had had enough, she decided to say something that completely flipped the script and left the man visibly agitated. She narrated the story on Instagram on November 7, 2025.
He kept pushing from the moment he approached the table, first complimenting her dimples and saying he liked thick women. Realizing he was trying to hit on her, she began rejecting him politely. When he suggested he could show her a “good time,” she answered firmly, “I’m not looking for anything that you can offer me.” Still, he would not stop. Then he complimented her long red nails, and Tori saw an opening. She casually replied that they were good for scratching, fully expecting him to turn it into something inappropriate. Right on cue, he joked about them scratching his back. Tori instantly shut him down with, “You went to that, and I went to scratching your eyes out.”
In the video, Tori explained that she had already rejected him several times, yet he kept going and even started bragging about his car and money as if that would suddenly change her mind. But the second she answered sharply, he accused her of being aggressive. Tori pointed out what many women know too well: politeness had already failed. “Sometimes you have to be a little aggressive when people can’t take the hint,” she replied. Even then, he asked what hint she meant, seemingly unable to grasp that repeated rejection was the answer all along.
When he finally realized that the conversation was going nowhere, he said, "To be 37, you don't have that many grays," as he walked away. The comment section was enraged on her behalf, with many identifying that she actually didn't drop hints but was very articulate. @inspectorjones noted, "Here's the thing, you didn't give him hints, you were explicit about not being on the market. Yet, he kept going." Meanwhile, @shikshapoetry remarked, " 'That's a little aggressive,' says the man who has approached a random woman aggressively."
However, @nogoldblood gave excellent advice by saying, "Just don’t speak. Like, if a man approaches you and you have no interest, just don’t speak at all. They typically don’t embarrass themselves by talking to a brick wall." "No" should be one of the easiest words to understand. When it is ignored again and again, people often stop being polite and start being painfully direct.