I can usually take the hint if someone wants peace and quiet. Generally, down here though, that's not going to be the case.
Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?
Xander ,'Him'
Spike's Bitches 38: Well, This Is Just...Neat.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Nov 05, 2007 9:30:52 am PST #2656 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
vw bug - Nov 05, 2007 9:31:42 am PST #2657 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
They talk more down here. Which can be nice and friendly, and other days it can bug the crap out of me because it seems to demand I be in a friendly mood all the damn time.
Yeah. Which is why it's kind of nice to be in New England. Although, since I've been feeling better, I tend to be more on the chatty side, which gets me a lot of, "Where are you from?" And much confusion when I say, "Boston." "No, I mean, where are you from?" "Oh, right."
Stephanie - Nov 05, 2007 9:32:02 am PST #2658 of 10002
Trust my rage
In my job, the people I interact with tend to be very nervous and try to make small talk with me to sort of cover that. A lot of it is in Spanish, which to my brain means that I have no context to cling to so I'm left going, "what?"
For example, today a guy tried to ask me if my husband and I were done having kids (I had just mentioned that we will soon have a boy and a girl) only the phrased he used was something close to "closed for business" and I had zero idea of what he meant.
I liked it better pre-baby when they just asked where I was from and left it at that.
sj - Nov 05, 2007 9:33:33 am PST #2659 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I live in New England and strangers feel the need to talk to me constantly. I must be doing something wrong.
vw bug - Nov 05, 2007 9:34:11 am PST #2660 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
I live in New England and strangers feel the need to talk to me constantly. I must be doing something wrong.
You just must be running into me a lot. I'm sorry about that.
lisah - Nov 05, 2007 9:34:54 am PST #2661 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Boy still can't get over how much we smalltalk over here.
Bwah! I thought you meant over here at buffistas.
Baltimore is the friendliest place I've ever lived. It's way more friendly than the most Southern place I lived, Greensboro, NC. (Uh...despite the crime. But even the junkies will often say "Hi Hon" to you on the street.)
I remember being shocked by a convenience store clerk having a pleasant conversation with me when I first moved from Boston to SF.
lisah - Nov 05, 2007 9:34:57 am PST #2662 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
sj - Nov 05, 2007 9:35:49 am PST #2663 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
You just must be running into me a lot. I'm sorry about that.
No. They tend not to be witty and super smart, otherwise I wouldn't mind them talking to me in the first place.
Jars - Nov 05, 2007 9:36:27 am PST #2664 of 10002
Bwah! I thought you meant over here at buffistas.
Ha! He has commented on that too...
SuziQ - Nov 05, 2007 9:41:54 am PST #2665 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
K-Bug is settling in at Trader Joe's and their cashiers are encouraged to make small talk with the customers. Pre-inside information, I thought I just kept hitting chatty people, but it s a company thing.