RE:strange comment in store

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i shop according to a known route. i dont need a shopping list. i know it. if i

have to deviate from my route, i have problems though. i have never had a

comment. i doubt that anyone notices.

Message: 3

Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:21:19 -0500

Subject: strange comment in store

People are weird ... I was in the grocery store this morning. I went to

the drinks aisle, and as I was putting a few bottles into my basket, a

clerk nearby commented " There's a man who knows what he wants " . As

usual in these situations, I ignored him (stupid NT's) and continued on

my merry blitzkrieg-male-shopper way (my style is to go in, ignore as

much as possible of what's happening around me, get what I want, not

respond to the cashier's small talk, and leave quickly).

But I wonder ... you mean most people don't make a list of what they

want and, after having been in a store a few times, figure out where

different things are so they can go right to them? WTF is wrong with

this guy?

On another subject, I don't think there's a picture of me on the group's

site, but go to http://home.alltel.net/tychobrahe/austrip.html ...

two of the pictures referenced at top have me in them. Two hints: I

don't have a beard, and I'm not female.

Doug

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[Guest guest]

> i shop according to a known route. i dont need a shopping list.

i know it. if i have to deviate from my route, i have problems

though. i have never had a comment. i doubt that anyone

notices.

>

> Message: 3

> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:21:19 -0500

> From: Doug O'Neal <tychobrahe@a...>

> Subject: strange comment in store

>

> People are weird ... I was in the grocery store this morning. I

went to

> the drinks aisle, and as I was putting a few bottles into my

basket, a

> clerk nearby commented " There's a man who knows what he

wants " .

(Um...you may already know this, but...)

That's a variation on what has become a fairly common

expression. You may have heard some women say something

like, " I like a man who knows what he wants, and goes after it " .

I would have taken it as a superficial complementary " wink " of

sorts---in other words he was trying to be friendly by making

light-hearted small talk, but there was no implied message of

any importance.

Seeing as I've been meticulously trained like a circus animal to

mimic NT behavior, I might have said the same thing myself.

:-\

--DKM