I did cowboy action shooting for a couple years back in the mid-00s...
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I did cowboy action shooting for a couple years back in the mid-00s...
Deprive them of what? If they are so fragile as to be unable to politely but firmly say..."Hey, if you don't mind I have some thinking to do" , they have issues far deeper than any I would "deprive" them of. If the world is sliding into that depth of selfish sensitivity, it probably needs some old fashioned spontaneous interactions to save it from itself.
2020 must've been hell for you. I see rudeness must just be a personality quirk of yours.
Some people can abide, intrusive, impolite interruptions. I won't. If you are a"hail fellow, well met!" type, more power to you. But, you will be most disappointed if you try that with me.
I do often wonder what some think gives them the right to intrude on others. Perhaps they are so full of themselves they consider such intrusion is necessary in order for me to lead a full life.
Perhaps they feel they are doing me a favor. Pshaw!
I do often wonder what some think gives them the right to intrude on others. Perhaps they are so full of themselves they consider such intrusion is necessary in order for me to lead a full life.
Perhaps they feel they are doing me a favor. Pshaw!
Imagine being so sensitive that someone trying to strike up a friendly conversation hurts your feelings. If trying to be friendly with strangers in public is rude, I guess I'm rude.
A smile? A wave? A tip of the hat? All not the least bit intrusive. Either is a request for assistance. But striking up, what you feel, is to be a friendly conversion, is intrusive as you describe it. I'd wonder at your motivation. That would be my initial reaction. Why would my feelings be hurt by another persons' rude behavior? We are not all alike in this respect. I'm asocial and mind my own business while treating people politely. At a social gathering my behavior would, of course, be modified.
I tire of reiterating myself as it's no longer entertaining. You simply can't justify such behavior to me. We are too different.
I tire of reiterating myself as it's no longer entertaining. You simply can't justify such behavior to me. We are too different.
Imagine the sense of overinflated self entitlement to think so. If someone is sitting off to themselves enjoying a pipe or whatever endeavor they pursue it's a red flag to stay away.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that you guys have never considered a job in sales.
Not at all. Pandering, deceit, and misrepresentation are skills that I'm not willing to indulge.
Right on brother... I made my living in sales for many years. I'm not an introvert or any kind of asocial, but I after awhile I hated talking to customers.
One could say there would be no manufacturing, or construction, without the dreaded & decitful salesman.
Man, you hit it on the head, Funk..............
I retired two years ago after 41 years of sales. Actually, the interaction with the customers was the part I did like. What I didn't like was the continuous fighting with our bean counters in the corporate office. Those asswipes had no clue as to what made the wheel turn and what kept the light bill paid and at the end I was ruthless in my battles with those douchebags.
After coming out of that cesspool, I relish just working on the farm and talking with my animals.
Oh, I don't mind occasional chats with neighbors, but I'm at my best when it's just me, my pipe and the tractor/bushhog........
And..... I have a PhD in shoveling horse shit............ literally and figuratively.
I may never run into any of you guys in real life but if I do, and I recognize you, and you are smoking a pipe ... you may get a head nod ... hope it doesn't ruin your day ! 
I may never run into any of you guys in real life but if I do, and I recognize you, and you are smoking a pipe ... you may get a head nod ... hope it doesn't ruin your day !
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That kind of shit just pisses me off.
I still fool with a few cars, but my main thing is the 500 heritage breed laying hens I keep and raise.
I'm miles away from the grind, trying to sell cars to people who either could not afford them or didn't need them.
And yeah.. you hear alot about the auto workers. You hear very little about the guy having to convince somebody that it's a good idea to pay a $1000 a month for 72 months, for a pickup truck... Usually for about $150 a car.
I read somewhere that one of the ways Europeans can tell an American when they meet them is because they tend to interact with strangers... the "how's it going" or "have a nice day" even though you really don't care how they're doing or if they really have a nice day after you see them. Social norms are just different. The French standoffishness kinda reflects the opposite... "I just said "hi", what's his problem?" kind of reaction.
I was at the Def Leppard show in Hershey saw one guy smoking a pipe on the floor and started a conversation with him.
I was spotted in the wild today.....a neighbor came out today and said it smells like fall...mc barren vanilla was in my pipe .
