http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2007/12/197/ bored? me too... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:48:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2007/12/197/#comment-7158 Sam Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:42:30 +0000 http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2007/12/197/#comment-7158 Yeah, something similar happened to me before Christmas. I was at Penney's buying long underwear for my mother (yes i know, just pray i never give YOU a Christmas present) and the cashier said, "She forgot her receipt." So I just smiled and stood there, expecting her to ring up my items. But instead, she stared back at me, and did nothing, for a long, long time. I began to get irritated and was unsure what to do. Finally, after a long, uncomfortable silence, she asked, "Did you want a gift receipt?" which was apparently what she said the first time, and immediately after she said it i realized that was what she had said the first time, and felt compelled to explain, "oh, yes - I thought you said, 'she forgot her receipt.'" Then i was embarrassed for being seemingly crazy for having misheard, so i laughed nervously and maniacally and incessantly at her until she was done nervously ringing up my items. Perhaps that is the strategy you should employ next time: act completely insane until the person feels that there is nothing wrong with them. Although it isn't the best strategy for one's self-esteem. Yeah, something similar happened to me before Christmas. I was at Penney’s buying long underwear for my mother (yes i know, just pray i never give YOU a Christmas present) and the cashier said, “She forgot her receipt.” So I just smiled and stood there, expecting her to ring up my items. But instead, she stared back at me, and did nothing, for a long, long time. I began to get irritated and was unsure what to do. Finally, after a long, uncomfortable silence, she asked, “Did you want a gift receipt?” which was apparently what she said the first time, and immediately after she said it i realized that was what she had said the first time, and felt compelled to explain, “oh, yes - I thought you said, ’she forgot her receipt.’” Then i was embarrassed for being seemingly crazy for having misheard, so i laughed nervously and maniacally and incessantly at her until she was done nervously ringing up my items. Perhaps that is the strategy you should employ next time: act completely insane until the person feels that there is nothing wrong with them. Although it isn’t the best strategy for one’s self-esteem.

]]> http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2007/12/197/#comment-7109 Redking Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:35:12 +0000 http://www.cannibalsall.com/blognation/2007/12/197/#comment-7109 I do that wearing my Poe t-shirt, too...if people would just be sensible (to Wonko) & quote Poe or something, I'd probably be able to realize that's who they're talking about. But if they say stuff like, "Oh, I like him too!", I generally don't know what they're talking about, until they point to me. Come on, you expect me to remember/realize I'm wearing a shirt with a 6" diameter head of Poe on the front? I do that wearing my Poe t-shirt, too…if people would just be sensible (to Wonko) & quote Poe or something, I’d probably be able to realize that’s who they’re talking about. But if they say stuff like, “Oh, I like him too!”, I generally don’t know what they’re talking about, until they point to me. Come on, you expect me to remember/realize I’m wearing a shirt with a 6″ diameter head of Poe on the front?

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