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Expressions You Hate!
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 01, 2008, 10:48:35 pm ---Tell you what, when I'm in a particularly cranky mood (happens a lot lately ;D ) I even tend to get annoyed with, "How are you?"
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I get asked this a lot. Seems that "hello" is not considered enuff ennimore. It always makes me stop and do a self-inventory. I suddenly realize I've been running on automatic pilot. I usually answer either "It's too early to say" or "I guess I will make it to the finish line." Or I'll say "I'm vertical...that's enuff for now."
Then there are beautiful days (like today, when it's 50 degrees and a lovely sunrise) when I say, "I'm great...who wouldn't be on a day like this?" It's probably good we don't work together, friend Jeff. You would find me impossibly chirpy.
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 01, 2008, 10:48:35 pm ---Maybe I should have filed this one under "Bitch, bitch, bitch"?
Or is it "Bee-yotch, bee-yotch, bee-yotch"? ;D
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hehe! :D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 02, 2008, 11:19:36 am ---It's probably good we don't work together, friend Jeff. You would find me impossibly chirpy.
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Probably. I don't do "chirpy" before 10 a.m., and even then only after a lot of coffee. ... ;D
serious crayons:
I kind of like it when I'm, say, passing a stranger on the sidewalk, and they say, "How's it going?" But even "hi" is fine. What I don't like is when I pass someone -- I don't mean on a crowded sidewalk, but when the two of us are the only ones around -- and they don't say anything, or even make eye contact.
Front-Ranger:
Or if you're in Wyoming, friend. I've seen you positively crowing there!
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 02, 2008, 01:45:38 pm ---What I don't like is when I pass someone -- I don't mean on a crowded sidewalk, but when the two of us are the only ones around -- and they don't say anything, or even make eye contact.
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Yes, I hate to feel invisible myself too. And it happens more and more as I get older. Sometimes I get the urge to head south where people are friendlier when that happens to me too much.
Another thing I do is stare at people if they refuse to look at me. I figure they deserve it.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 02, 2008, 02:37:12 pm ---Yes, I hate to feel invisible myself too. And it happens more and more as I get older. Sometimes I get the urge to head south where people are friendlier when that happens to me too much.
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I find them friendlier in Minnesota than I did in New Orleans. And of course friendlier in New Orleans than they were in New York.
I realize part of it has to do with the population. If you got in the habit of saying "Hi" to everyone you passed in New York, you'd be carted off in about two days. But when you do occasionally find yourself passing someone on an echoing empty street, it's weird when they don't say anything.
The other thing is, I've noticed that whether or not people say "Hi" does not tell you much about how friendly they actually are. New Yorkers might not say "Hi," but if they see you looking lost, they'll often stop and offer directions. And Minnesotans sure as heck aren't going to let you pass without a "Hi" (usually), but they won't necessarily invite you to dinner.
--- Quote ---Another thing I do is stare at people if they refuse to look at me. I figure they deserve it.
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I do that, too! ;D
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