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Oh my god this dude just plopped himself down next to me and started chatting and all I wanna do is write
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He doesn't want a conversation, he just wants someone to nod and say uh huh to his monologue
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Because every time I try and say something he jUst talks over me and auuuugh
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And he keeps talking about 'this guy' from back east...or Canada...and about how Canadians don't take care of their teeth???
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He literally talking about 'cars cost an arm and a leg' and taking a chainsaw to somEone and bringing the car dealership an arm and a leg what the fuuuuuuck?
𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤
B|
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And how he'd not like to live in Arizona because it's too hot and how the pacnw has the highest suicide rate cause it's rainy and why is this my life
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This is why I didn't want to be at the train station two hours before my train, dad
𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤
you have your laptop out.
𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤
you're working on something
𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤
gtfo dude
𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤
read the room
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/flees onboard the train, boo to these old style cars with one outlet for four seats /should have brought a small power strip...
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There was. Clearly something Going On there, since he was talking about how he's never been good with people (no kidding) and hasn't 'found his niche' yet and all
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I'm just. Too polite, mostly as a defense mechanism but. Yeah.
𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤
it's very hard not being polite when you're on the spot
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I thought he needed to use the outlet to charge his phone or something, but once it was clear that that wasn't the case...
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Oh my gosh this conductor is great
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"Keep your kids with you. In case of an emergency, think how much more calm and collected you'd be if your kid is right there next to you"
yeetaflare
I can understand being too polite. I keept elling myself I'll tell the next person who does that to me to fuck off and then I don't do it
Nika
Wow, dude, just don't. Ugh.
Nika
and yeah I do the politeness thing too, first it's just my impulse response and then it's hard to stop
Nika
but ugh.
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Yeeeeeep. I started responding in monosyllables because that seems like all he was interested anyway and I still had to extricate myself by going OH HEY THAT'S MY TRAIN BYEEEEE
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(Which is sad because I was in a tagging groove after not being able to tag properly for like a week thanks to school and junk)
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(But nope, no tagging, no writing, just forced politeness to people monopolizing my time and attention without my permission 
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)
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....it's like my phone knew I was upset and went shhh shh it's ok have the Proclaimers
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(I mean not upset-upset, just mildly miffed)