Stupid customer story of the day:

Guy walks in (nastiest mouth, deaf people notice these things), he’s introduced himself as very extroverted. Conversing with everyone possible, in the loudest possible way, about everything. After spending time in boots, comes up to pay for stuff and notices my necklace. Looks at it very hard and says, “That looks familiar, I think I’ve seen it when I was overseas. What’s it called?” My answer, “Well, it’s a triskele and it’s fairly common overseas, specifically Europe.” His reply, “Well, I didn’t see it in Europe, I saw it in Asia.” Me, “Well, the Celts did make it all the way to Asia.” Him, “Celts? That sounds Irish.” Me, “Well, actually, it’s the other way around.” Him, “What?” Me, “It’s the other way around, the Irish were a Celtic culture.” Him, “No they weren’t, I’m Irish and the Celts were Irish.” Me, “No, sir, you’re wrong, it’s the other way around.” Leaves him standing there dumbfounded.

That was my day in a nutshell. Imagine that 20 times over with a different conversation. Holidays bring out the stupid, they store it up all year and unleash it between Halloween and Christmas.

In other realms, this is a question I always end up asking myself, and I expect people to answer this….

Is there something about me that just puts people off? I’ve noticed several instances, lately, when I meet people that I think would make great friends, I seem to run them off in less than 2 hours. Or, in the case of one friend, over the course of a year. It’s not like I’m actively pursuing them the way I would someone I’m interested in, romantically, but I’ll put out the flag that I’m interested and watch them bolt. Seriously, I don’t get this. I would really love to meet new people and gain some new friends, but I seem to be doing something wrong. Most of the people who know me, alread,y say they don’t see anything wrong, and I never hear from these people again, to find out what got them doing the 100 yard dash in the other direction. Seriously, I’m not that odd, am I?