Reiteration epidemic

[Dorothy Wood]

Maybe it's just because I have to interact with dumb dumbs on a daily basis, but I've noticed that a lot of people need/demand confirmation on very simple things and it's weirding me out.

Like I was waiting for a sandwich to go, and some guy in the restaurant decided that on his way to the bathroom, he would interrupt a server doing work to ask "is this new?" and point to a new huge wine rack they put in. Now, the server had her mind on her job and had to be like "what? I don't think I see what you're pointing at." and he was like "the wine rack." and she was like "oh! yes, yep, that's new."

Well. That was pointless reiteration of a fact he already knew. Why did he do that?

Beside that, people are always saying things like "oh, you moved things around in here!" yup, we did. Or they say "you used to carry blah blah." yup, we did. Feel better now? You got to hear someone affirm something pointless?

Maybe these are normal ways to interact and I'm just a jerk. I'm gonna take vacation soon so I don't keep making threads about being crabby.

[TurdBerglar]

that just seems like people trying to make things feel less robotic and cold and more friendly in an increasing robotic and cold world. a form of politeness while not realizing that efficiency and to-the-pointness is actually preferred because it may seem rude.

you can tell you work with the general public. that fake friendliness and over done unnecessary politeness get's old real quick when you're trying to get shit done. it just gets in the way. you want interactions straight and to the point so you can get on with your shit.

a lot of people are afraid of being considered rude for being cold so they try to compensate by being unnecessarily friendly.

[Dorothy Wood]

I don't think they're thinking about what they're saying, it's just verbal diarrhea. I don't mind answering questions relating to the service I provide, it's the nonstop questions that don't need answers or that I can't answer because they have nothing to do with the shop.

When I need something from another person, I ask for it in a way that is clear and to the point. I don't bog people down with pointless questions just for fun. It seems like there are just more careless people around. Just out and about wasting everyone's time.

I'm gonna get an ulcer.

[Dorothy Wood]

Also, I had to wait extra long for my mocha yesterday because some guy was asking the lady making it all kinds of dumb coffee questions.

Plus when I got there, she asked me how I was doing and not for my order so it was super awkward because I didn't feel like explaining my mood to a stranger.

Ugh, maybe it's just me. I hate chatting.