Comments on: What the hell? UPDATED

By: jmcgready

jmcgready — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:01:16 +0000

1) “Thanks” does it for me.
2) I usually have very short conversations w/ most people
and I don’t usually use their names at all -
mostly at work with customers.

I do understand the desire to not
have people who you don’t know well
be overly familiar, but the first name’s
pretty much unavoidable.

By: Karla

Karla — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:51:46 +0000

I’m always surprised when people talk to you.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:35:51 +0000

I always though AH was a chick… Umm, a girl. No, a womyn. Wait, had boobies? Oh crap! This is going from bad to worse.

Don’t ‘taze me bro!

By: Pand0ra Wilde

Pand0ra Wilde — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:08:51 +0000

If you do what Stick said, shoot video.

Cuz I totally wanna see that shit.

By: your neighborhood librarian

your neighborhood librarian — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:28:06 +0000

ACW, what are you doing going around wishing people a nice day, anyway? Are you moonlighting as a toll booth guy?

(I wrote “tool booth” then had to correct it, but maybe I shouldn’t have.)

By: canadian_sadie

canadian_sadie — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:42:04 +0000

My standard answer to question one: “Thanks! I’m working on it!”

My answer to the second situation: punch the cunt in the neck. She deserves it.

By: Stick

Stick — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:15:59 +0000

Next time that happens, introduce yourself as First Initial, Middle Initial, Last name (i.e. A. C. Worker), then smack her on the ass as you walk away.

I dare you.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:38:34 +0000

I thought about that Brian Regan bit while reading the post.

Automatic answer mode can be bad sometimes. Today my coworker said “Have a nice weekend!” and I said “I’m gonna be fucking your fat whore of a mother, so I guess I won’t.” Monday will be awkward.

By: anger hangover

anger hangover — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:26:22 +0000

I typically answer with C because it’s just easier. Other days I answer with a Dirk Diggler-like response: “You’re not the boss of me! You’re not the king of Anger Hangover! I’m the boss of me! I’m the king of me. I’m Anger Hangover! I’m the star. It’s my big d*ck and I say when I have a nice day.”

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:21:13 +0000

If I’m feeling surly and don’t particularly care about the person that tells me to have a nice day, I might say “I will” and go about my business. Also appropriate would be some sort of verbal spasm unrelated to the topic at hand.

“Nit, nit, nit… innnnnnndians.”

Women who introducing themselves as Mrs. So-and-so are too classy for me.

By: mokiejovis

mokiejovis — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:26:13 +0000

Sometimes, if I’m having a shit day, and someone says, “have a nice day,” I say, “I’ll try.” Does this make me a douche? I’m not intending to be a douche.

By: Samantha_K

Samantha_K — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:05:01 +0000

I have given my boyfriend crap about the “I will” thing, b/c that is how he answers the ‘have a nice day’ thing.
Very condescending isn’t it?

As for Mrs. Whatsername…how lame is she. Reminds me of the movie “Mixed Nuts”. Madeline Kahn’s character is just referred to as Mrs. Munchnick.

By: S. Reed

S. Reed — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:59:54 +0000

Actually, TWG, I think likening himself to a very effective vibrator is good marketing on Bliss’ part.

And ACW, is there something else going on at home we don’t know about? Your outrage seems to be totally out of proportion. If someone had responded to you with “Jesus loves you” I’d understand the intensity of your rant. This stuff is small potatoes.

By: twg

twg — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:48:37 +0000

Since when does Bliss go by “Savage Bliss”? That sounds like the name of a dildo or vibrator or something.

Meanwhile, I have the worst habit of saying “you, too!” when the ticket takers ask me to “Enjoy the movie/concert/game.” But they won’t be, and I always feel like a moron.

By: nic

nic — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:31:41 +0000

Yeah, that’s dumb. I personally hate it when you say ‘hi’ to someone you vaguely recognize in the hall at work and they look right at you without saying anything back. For a while, I used to think “well, I take my ‘hello’ back then!”, but now it just provokes me. I’ve found that usually with an escalation in volume and by the third ‘hello’, they will mumble something in response. Stupid buttheads.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:26:54 +0000

I am tittering like a schoolgirl over here (sucks trying to keep surfing at work on the DL). I, too, hate the Auto Answer Mode. I have even said “Take it”, trying to say “Take it easy”. I think my brain felt the two-syllable “See ya”, but my mouth tried to be clever. Talk about feeling like a total nimrod!

By: Jules

Jules — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:22:20 +0000

“I will,” is only an acceptable response if they say, “I will, thanks!” as though you just gave them a little mood-lifter. I might say that from time to time, but I always send back the good vibes with a “You, too!”

By: Poppy

Poppy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:23:38 +0000

By the way, people from Jamaica say Mrs., Ms., Miss. Was she from Jamaica?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:23:24 +0000

“I Will” could be a valid (if grammatically challenged) answer in both situations.

By: Poppy

Poppy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:22:39 +0000

My favorite response is, “shut the hell up, fuckwad. Like you actually care.”