 you know it deserves a Look. What you're aiming for here is the 'I've got your number' stare plus a loaded eyebrow. (The eyebrow says 'Really? You think that's acceptable? Snap 'em together, there's a good chap, and save us all the clear view of your crotch'). Apply this look also to leaking headphones noise, feet on train seats, shouting on the phone, making out in the seat next to you on the plane, etc. The Enough Entitled Brattishness look Mummy thinks you can do no wrong but we, the public, who are putting up with your obnoxious behaviour, can put a stop to it all with a simple, straight off the bat Judi Dench. Think M when Bond has gone rogue and then lets himself into her apartment. This look says 'Enough of your impertinence, the grown-ups are in charge here. Now zip it and behave'. Just make sure mummy doesn't see. The Enough Hot Air look Everyone's entitled to their opinion, yes indeed. But then, oof. Must they deliver it in a carrying-across-county-lines voice at the next table? Do we have to listen to what Jack thinks about global warming/Dr Who/the BBC? This calls for the 'That's Enough Hot Air' stare, which is flat with slightly wincing eyes and tight lips. Not so much irritated as pained is the note you want to strike here. Remarkably, it usually has a cooling effect. The Enough Leering){kind=link}
Whether it’s brattish behaviour or manspreading, here’s how to channel your inner Judi Dench as M and give the perpetrator a Look
“Enough” is the Home Office’s new campaign to encourage members of the public who witness harassment to use expressions, or body language, to deter the perpetrator. Pretty obvious, maybe, but nonetheless it has reminded us that there’s nothing quite so effective as the carefully pitched “Enough” expression. You may film people on your phone. You may approach them and give them a piece of your mind. But a good old-fashioned “Look” delivered right is a powerful deterrent. Here are some favourites.
Fussing about manspreading seems a bit silly given everything that’s going on in the world, and yet, when you see it (maybe you have to be female) you know it deserves a Look. What you’re aiming for here is the “I’ve got your number” stare plus a loaded eyebrow. (The eyebrow says “Really? You think that’s acceptable? Snap ’em together, there’s a good chap, and save us all the clear view of your crotch”). Apply this look also to leaking headphones noise, feet on train seats, shouting on the phone, making out in the seat next to you on the plane, etc.
Mummy thinks you can do no wrong but we, the public, who are putting up with your obnoxious behaviour, can put a stop to it all with a simple, straight off the bat Judi Dench. Think M when Bond has gone rogue and then lets himself into her apartment. This look says “Enough of your impertinence, the grown-ups are in charge here. Now zip it and behave”. Just make sure mummy doesn’t see.
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, yes indeed. But then, oof. Must they deliver it in a carrying-across-county-lines voice at the next table? Do we have to listen to what Jack thinks about global warming/Dr Who/the BBC? This calls for the “That’s Enough Hot Air” stare, which is flat with slightly wincing eyes and tight lips. Not so much irritated as pained is the note you want to strike here. Remarkably, it usually has a cooling effect.