Braintree Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Get another job. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1354832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sprigg Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 On 6/19/2010 at 8:53 PM, encey said: I go back and forth -- some days, I'm a chatterbox and love talking it up with whomever I come across in my societal intercourse (hehe), but other days I'm just like "FUCK THIS GAME, GET OUT OF MY FACE!!" I'm a cashier at a gas station just outside Kansas City, and fuck... I do the same thing. We have several regular customers who will seriously stand there for an hour or two and try to talk with us, which is cool when the manager isn't there hounding me or when I'm not wayyy behind on my work as I like most of them, but GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY AND LET ME DO MY GOD DAMNED JOB! I actually got yelled at for being 'too chatty' with customers once... but if I'm rude, or if they think I'm rude (aka, politely saying 'i need to get back to work' to end a conversation) they WILL/DO complain. Fml. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1354845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 you will always have this problem until you can fart/wet yourself on command Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1354930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 On 6/20/2010 at 12:32 AM, Sprigg said: On 6/19/2010 at 8:53 PM, encey said: I go back and forth -- some days, I'm a chatterbox and love talking it up with whomever I come across in my societal intercourse (hehe), but other days I'm just like "FUCK THIS GAME, GET OUT OF MY FACE!!" I'm a cashier at a gas station just outside Kansas City, and fuck... I do the same thing. We have several regular customers who will seriously stand there for an hour or two and try to talk with us, which is cool when the manager isn't there hounding me or when I'm not wayyy behind on my work as I like most of them, but GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY AND LET ME DO MY GOD DAMNED JOB! I actually got yelled at for being 'too chatty' with customers once... but if I'm rude, or if they think I'm rude (aka, politely saying 'i need to get back to work' to end a conversation) they WILL/DO complain. Fml. uhg, that sounds hellish! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1354931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 plus, anyone who still wants a chat after you have pissed yourself is probably a keeper anyway Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1354932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 just answer in non-sequiters. or racist slurs. choose a different persona for each day of the week. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures 백호야~~~항상에 사랑할거예요.나의 아들. Shout outs to the saracens, musulmen and celestials. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms-dos Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 you guys are giving me a lot to jot down here Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sprigg Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 On 6/20/2010 at 3:54 AM, Kcinsu said: On 6/20/2010 at 12:32 AM, Sprigg said: On 6/19/2010 at 8:53 PM, encey said: I go back and forth -- some days, I'm a chatterbox and love talking it up with whomever I come across in my societal intercourse (hehe), but other days I'm just like "FUCK THIS GAME, GET OUT OF MY FACE!!" I'm a cashier at a gas station just outside Kansas City, and fuck... I do the same thing. We have several regular customers who will seriously stand there for an hour or two and try to talk with us, which is cool when the manager isn't there hounding me or when I'm not wayyy behind on my work as I like most of them, but GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY AND LET ME DO MY GOD DAMNED JOB! I actually got yelled at for being 'too chatty' with customers once... but if I'm rude, or if they think I'm rude (aka, politely saying 'i need to get back to work' to end a conversation) they WILL/DO complain. Fml. uhg, that sounds hellish! It is... screwed either way. Thankfully it's a Casey's (a shit gas station that has a pizza kitchen... LOL!) and my main job is cook, so I can go hide in the kitchen... which I do as frequently as humanly possible. I'm a very social person... just not at work. I'm there to make money and perform my menial task, not chat it up with John McShitterson about his truck that got stuck in the mudpit he and his drunken friends dug after a rainstorm (true story, except for the name... but he smelled like shit). Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 i'll take small talk over awkward silence or political/religious discussion any day. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 just start throwing curveballs. something subtly weird, so they don't even realize something's off until they start to give an automatic reply. "So how was your weekned?" "Crazy water out today" Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyster Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 The best method is to make the first move into more interesting territory. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide oyster's signature Hide all signatures I'M SORRY FOR BEING ME I CAN'T HELP THE WAY I AM Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marf Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 I dont know how bartenders do it. Plus, they are excellent at remembering names. Must be in the training Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 I've been a barman before, the worst was this woman who came in and kept pestering me to listen to her cassette of her singing show tunes. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures 백호야~~~항상에 사랑할거예요.나의 아들. Shout outs to the saracens, musulmen and celestials. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenton Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 (edited) On 6/20/2010 at 7:48 AM, hahathhat said: just start throwing curveballs. something subtly weird, so they don't even realize something's off until they start to give an automatic reply. "So how was your weekned?" "Crazy water out today" I think, with these type of people, in these public situations, replying "Crazy water out today" would result in an hour long [in front of other customers] dissection of what exactly you meant when you used the phrase "crazy water" out that day, ? So what exactly was Crazy about this water? Edited June 20, 2010 by fenton Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide fenton's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWwIShuoX4 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 On 6/20/2010 at 7:05 AM, Sprigg said: a shit gas station that has a pizza kitchen... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 On 6/20/2010 at 11:53 AM, chenGOD said: I've been a barman before, the worst was this woman who came in and kept pestering me to listen to her cassette of her singing show tunes. hahahaha Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide encey's signature Hide all signatures essines said: i am hot shit ... that smells like baking bread. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 My favorite are the people that go to the AA meetings across the street who feel the need to inform me that they are indeed going to AA and then give me their entire backstory as to why. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 people are so crazy. they scare me. i hate unpredictable people. i'm staying home. also 2 hours on a bus to a coffee shop job? wtf? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 (edited) On 6/20/2010 at 12:29 PM, fenton said: On 6/20/2010 at 7:48 AM, hahathhat said: just start throwing curveballs. something subtly weird, so they don't even realize something's off until they start to give an automatic reply. "So how was your weekned?" "Crazy water out today" I think, with these type of people, in these public situations, replying "Crazy water out today" would result in an hour long [in front of other customers] dissection of what exactly you meant when you used the phrase "crazy water" out that day, ? So what exactly was Crazy about this water? That would absolutely delight me. I'd say something like "it sounds different" and then try and make a case for it. Get people to go outside, get rained on, and be like, you see? p.s. -- I would not do that if I were tending bar. They'd know where to find me the next night, and no quick escape in the event of a bad reaction (e.g. they figure out i'm screwing with them). p.p.s. -- I think the people bad at names/smalltalk just don't take bartending jobs. Edited June 20, 2010 by hahathhat Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 On 6/20/2010 at 11:08 AM, marf said: I dont know how bartenders do it. Plus, they are excellent at remembering names. Must be in the training a shot here and there helps, im sure. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1355308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sprigg Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 On 6/20/2010 at 12:44 PM, Obel said: On 6/20/2010 at 7:05 AM, Sprigg said: a shit gas station that has a pizza kitchen... Exactly. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/57296-repeated-forced-small-talk/page/2/#findComment-1356653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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