I use $2 bills too!
I've read news of dumb cops arresting people for passing real $2 bills.
Fortunately for me, people have always been happy to get them.
One guy was ecstatic to get a hundred of them all numbered sequentially.
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How Bad Are Your Social Skills.
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I've read news of dumb cops arresting people for passing real $2 bills.
Fortunately for me, people have always been happy to get them.
One guy was ecstatic to get a hundred of them all numbered sequentially.
The bank tellers used to cringe when he'd come in to cash his paychecks because he'd request so much in 2 dollar bills and 50 cent pieces...
A pet store we used to shop at actually had to start stocking 2s in their drawer because we used so many there. Apparently, there was a policy that said they had to stock anything they received large amounts of...
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I read a story, not sure whether true, about a pregnant woman who tried to pay for something at Walmart. The manager tore up the bills because they looked fake, then called the police. The police came, told the manager they were real, and insisted he make good after ripping up the bills
Heyo
Veteran Member
I have a dry and sometimes dark sense of humour. I usually am aware of that and restrain myself around strangers, but around friends, I just say what I think - which can lead to awkward situations in mixed groups. Example:
Girl: "Don't you trust me?"
Me: "How can I trust you? You are gorgeous, talented, intelligent and ambitious. There has to be something wrong with you."
She wouldn't talk to me for hours until someone explained it to her.
Girl: "Don't you trust me?"
Me: "How can I trust you? You are gorgeous, talented, intelligent and ambitious. There has to be something wrong with you."
She wouldn't talk to me for hours until someone explained it to her.
What are social skills?
Martin
Spam, wonderful spam (bloody vikings!)
They probably don't have them in France.
Surprisingly they do.
Too much social stuff for me
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JoshuaTree
Flowers are red?
That was you???
@Revoltingest
I'm not sure whether this is what you're looking for (it somewhat resembles your OP story), but I had a nearly deaf classmate at about age eight or nine. She spoke with deaf speech, and wore large, visible hearing aids. The boys, including me, tormented her for it.
Fast forward a few years, when she is no longer a part of my life, and I am now old enough to feel shame for having done that, but have nobody to apologize to.
Fast forward a few decades more, and I find her on the Internet, where I express my remorse and ask for her forgiveness. She tells me that she had a crush on me then, and that no apology or forgiveness is needed. Ugh. I never knew or cared, and she had never hated me for what I did to her. Somehow, that only increased the shame.
We're still Facebook friends. She's a sixty-something married artist and grandmother, who just got her third cochlear implant.
I'm not sure whether this is what you're looking for (it somewhat resembles your OP story), but I had a nearly deaf classmate at about age eight or nine. She spoke with deaf speech, and wore large, visible hearing aids. The boys, including me, tormented her for it.
Fast forward a few years, when she is no longer a part of my life, and I am now old enough to feel shame for having done that, but have nobody to apologize to.
Fast forward a few decades more, and I find her on the Internet, where I express my remorse and ask for her forgiveness. She tells me that she had a crush on me then, and that no apology or forgiveness is needed. Ugh. I never knew or cared, and she had never hated me for what I did to her. Somehow, that only increased the shame.
We're still Facebook friends. She's a sixty-something married artist and grandmother, who just got her third cochlear implant.
I never could understand the wanton illogic of human children. I recall one time I was in fourth grade, eating lunch in the cafeteria. I especially enjoyed getting Snack Pack Chocolate Pudding in my lunch bag. So, I opened up the can and started eating it.
The kid next to me said "Ewwww! Diarrhea! You're eating diarrhea!" I told him "No, this is chocolate pudding." He contradicted me and said "No it's not; it's diarrhea!" I then showed him the label on the can, where it clearly said "chocolate pudding."
He then attempted to shift the goalposts and said that it was chocolate pudding, until I touched it, and then it turned into diarrhea. I wondered aloud what scientific process could possibly cause a substance like chocolate pudding to be instantly transformed into diarrhea simply by being touched by a human being. I never got an answer to that question.
Of course, I realize now that he was just saying that stuff to bug me. But I never could understand that kind of mentality. Maybe he didn't like me or perhaps I did something that insulted or offended him. But if I did something wrong, why not just come out and say it? Why make a big thing about chocolate pudding turning into diarrhea?
On the other hand, maybe I didn't do anything wrong at all; he was just a jerk who liked to mess with people, which is another mentality I never could understand.
My impression is that people with better social skills would be more aware and understanding of these ways of thinking which are alien to me. They seem better able to handle it or dismiss it much more casually.
The kid next to me said "Ewwww! Diarrhea! You're eating diarrhea!" I told him "No, this is chocolate pudding." He contradicted me and said "No it's not; it's diarrhea!" I then showed him the label on the can, where it clearly said "chocolate pudding."
He then attempted to shift the goalposts and said that it was chocolate pudding, until I touched it, and then it turned into diarrhea. I wondered aloud what scientific process could possibly cause a substance like chocolate pudding to be instantly transformed into diarrhea simply by being touched by a human being. I never got an answer to that question.
Of course, I realize now that he was just saying that stuff to bug me. But I never could understand that kind of mentality. Maybe he didn't like me or perhaps I did something that insulted or offended him. But if I did something wrong, why not just come out and say it? Why make a big thing about chocolate pudding turning into diarrhea?
On the other hand, maybe I didn't do anything wrong at all; he was just a jerk who liked to mess with people, which is another mentality I never could understand.
My impression is that people with better social skills would be more aware and understanding of these ways of thinking which are alien to me. They seem better able to handle it or dismiss it much more casually.
I asked a kid about his divorce, and he punched me in the stomach. I asked another kid about his divorce, and he racked me in the nuts. I was about maybe 8 or 9. Basically I had no idea why not to ask. Fortunately for them I believed in turning the other cheek. Unfortunately for me I believed in turning the other cheek.
Someone sure had a good nite's sleep & a full breakfast !!!!
You once ate diarrhea?
Ew!
That's more about being empathy challenged than socially
clueless...but it seems a mixture, & it's a great story.
So frubals!
Samael_Khan
Qigong / Yang Style Taijiquan / 7 Star Mantis
So, confession, I have never had a girlfriend before.
Why has this extremely handsome guy not had a gf you may ask?
Because I am so oblivious to women being attracted to me that when a friend of mine used to lean in to kiss me I just looked at her, didn't reciprocate and she said "Oh! I thought you were my ex."....
This happened on numerous occasions.
...
And I only realised this years later.
Even though a mutual friend told me that our friend liked me.
I am so clueless when it comes to women. Yet I get along with them very well. Pathetic.
XD
Samael_Khan
Qigong / Yang Style Taijiquan / 7 Star Mantis
Stereotypically the French are represented as stuck up, rude people who "play" social. They are like a country full of mean girls with high pitched voices. And now they are even meaner because Britain of all countries had to bail them out of a war. Twice!
Stereotypically the French are represented as stuck up, rude people who "play" social. They are like a country full of mean girls with high pitched voices. And now they are even meaner because Britain of all countries had to bail them out of a war. Twice!
Of course, you're the exception because you were
socialized in England. The only problem is that
you're a soccer hooligan.
Oh no, soccer (football) is on a par with that American game of football (you know, the one they dress up in kevlar armour to play)
Real men play rugby without the Kevlar armour