Even if I agree with somebody politically, if they start going off while I'm trying to bag their groceries I'm just sitting there with the rictus grin-and-nod because like dude I do not know you s t o o o p
oh god Walmart........ I'm not even sure how the conversation turned to politics, he started asking me about my music taste then somehow??? I'm not even sure
generally I let people talk at me about stuff I don't really care about, because you know maybe they don't really have someone to listen to them, but when you talk about touchy subjects it's so awkward
Yeah. Well, particularly when I was in retail the nod-and-sympathetic-noises reflex to rambling was sort of instinctive, because hey, it's not hurting anything
People started talking about the shitty day they're having, I'd just try to listen, because shit, man, they're having such a shitty day that they need to rant about it to the dude checking them out. That's fair. I got no issue with that. But then again, they're usually not so angry about it
dad just because I said I can appreciate the look of a woman's figure in public doesn't mean I want to see or hear you oggle a woman who looks around my age please 'kay thanks.
My father would not only ogle but make loudly """""appreciative""""" noises and I'm like "Dad you're being an asshole right now" and he'd be like "Women who dress like that are going to a lot of effort to be recognized" and I'd just facepalm so hard my forehead hurt
Yeah. My dad just.. looks at women like they're candy. And while I am TOTALLY FOR relationships that have an age gap if they're properly consenting adults, again, I am typically close to the age range that he looks at (I'm in my fledgeling 30s) and... ahhhh....
I was like 14, I hadn't yet worked out how to compellingly explain that there's a difference between "Recognizing that somebody looks attractive" and "Loudly salivating over them like they're meat"
Yeah, my dad tends to do a whole "oh me-yow~" or other such comments or sounds, points them out, stares a bit, all the while I just wish to sink into a hole.
dad just because I said I can appreciate the look of a woman's figure in public doesn't mean I want to see or hear you oggle a woman who looks around my age please 'kay thanks.And that was back when we got along