You know what irks me?

[conuly]

In customers_suck, people are always complaining about how "I said hi, and you completely ignored me". Get over it, okay? I've been accused of ignoring people before. Guess what? I didn't ignore you, I didn't fucking hear you. I don't get it, I really don't. I can hear people walking a block away, I can hear conversations half a block away, I can hear if the CD player is plugged in, but there's no guarantee that I can hear you if you're right next to me. Or I hear you, and it doesn't even register. Three minutes later I'll look up - "what did you just say? were you talking to me?" and you'll be pissed. Especially if I answered you the first time. Or I'll hear you and have no idea what you said. Sometimes, I'm tired of asking people to repeat themselves. Or lazy. Or just don't want to talk. Or think it's easier to just ignore you than to explain one, two, three, four times that I didn't understand you, because if I don't get it the first time, I probably won't the next.

And then sometimes people there complain because "OMG! He put the money on the counter! He couldn't touch me???? HOW INSULTING!" Maybe it is insulting. Bet it'll be even more insulting when I touch your hand, and then immediately wipe it off because I just don't want to touch anybody. I'll tackle you and make you hug me, but sometimes, I really don't want to be around people. No, really. Ask my mom how her nose got broken* some day....

And then there's the people who complain about cheap tippers. Now, I *definitely* understand this. A cheap tipper is scum, really. But nobody seems to complain about the fact that they need the tips to survive, and that they wouldn't be so needy if they were paid a better wage. Is anybody organizing protests in the states where it's legal not to pay restaurant workers minimum wage?

*sighs*

Sorry, it's just whinewhinewhine from me today, isn't it?



*_{This wasn't my fault. No, really, it wasn't. I was sitting reading, she was behind me, and she reached over to tickle me. Bad idea. I startled, sat straight up, and got her in the nose with the back of my head. Ow.}

Comments

[ex-chaos-by-699.livejournal.com]

I also get annoyed when people take it personally that I didn't recognize them or notice them on the street. If I happen to recognize someone on the street and I see them, chances are I'll wave. But I tend to get lost in thought when out and about and I frequently don't notice even people I know well. But it's not anything personal, it's just the way I am.

I had a woman get really rude with me once because I didn't hear her say "excuse me". She started calling me retarded and stuff. I just ignored her, but the whole thing seemed so ridiculous and out of line. I mean, I really didn't hear her. I would have explained, but she was so rude about it I didn't want to reward her rudeness with any kind of response.

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

People sometimes comment, "I saw you downtown the other day, but you didn't seem to see me" -- hinting that I deliberately ignored them. Guess what. I didn't see them. When I'm in public I keep my head down and try to avoid people as much as possible. I'm quite literally in my own world most of the time. The Queen of England could be downtown and I wouldn't notice her unless she was attracting enough of a crowd to block my progress from point A to point B.

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

As if that weren't bad enough, try adding a moderate case of face-blindness to the mix... >_

[conuly]

I had a woman get really rude with me once because I didn't hear her say "excuse me".

I had the opposite happen once. I bumped into somebody in a train station - really, we barely touched, and I said "excuse me" before sitting down. Apparently she didn't hear me because she starts ranting about "this is why I hate white people". Gah.