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**Rain Man** · 08-02-2006, 04:42 PM

I often see or hear people saying or doing things that I find intriguing, but it's not quite worth making a thread about. I figure that other people might have the same experiences. Therefore, I hope that this thread can become a clearinghouse for those little observations that might not otherwise make the cut.

My first two would be:

1. I went to the optometrist today to get my eyes checked. In the waiting room, a family came in and sat next to me: a mother, a girl of about 13 or 14, and two young boys. The mother is talking on the phone and scolding the boys who are out of control, and then the teenage girl came over to her mother. She's got both hands up near her face, and asks the mother, "What is this?" My initial thinking was that it was something in her eye since we were, after all, in an optometrist's office. Then the girl says, "I thought it was a pimple, but I'm trying to pop it and nothing's coming out."

Where is your shame, young girl? Where is your shame?

2. I came back to the office, and got a cell phone call while I was in my lobby. I was standing there taking the call when this skanky, meth-looking woman in a tank top came in. She got in the elevator and departed toward the heavens. The thing that was most noticeable about her, other than the skanky part, was that she was wearing no supportive garments above the waist, and she badly, badly needed to be wearing them. (Not large, either - envision an inverted champagne flute made out of Slinky.) I finished my call and rode the elevator up myself, and when I got off on my floor, the woman was in the front lobby of the other company on my floor filling out a job application. I really think that a skanky-looking person with bosoms befitting a National Geographic photo should consider wearing a bra or something whilst going in to apply for a job.

Please feel free to post your own minor observations here in the future.

**rockymtnchief** · 08-13-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

On my walk to work today, I passed a parking lot that's near the haunted mansion that I want to buy. It's the only possible employee parking in the area, and the weird thing is that it's permit-only, but there's no contact information anywhere about how to get a permit. So I've never been able to do any research.

Today when I walked by, lo and behold there was a guy working at the little box where you deposit money. (And no, I don't know why this box exists if it's permit only.) So I walked over to him and the following conversation ensued.

Me: Hi, it looks like you work at this lot.

Him (in foreign accent, some kind of Balkan country, I think): Yes, I own it.

Me: How much does it cost to park here?

Him: Look at the sign.

Me: (Looking at sign.) Yeah, there's no pricing on the sign.

Him: (Coming around box to point at sign.) It's permit only. You have to have a permit.

Me: Yeah, I see that. How much does it cost?

Him: You have to have a permit.

Me: How do I get a permit?

Him: You have to call and get one.

Me: Who do I call?

Him: Look at the sign.

Me: There's no contact information on the sign.

Him: (Pointing around.) The lot's full.

Me: I don't need it now. I'm talking about later.

Him: You have to have a permit.

Me: Who do I call to get a permit?

Him: Me.

Me: Can I have your phone number?

Him: It's on the sign.

Me: I swear to you, it's not.

Him: (Looking at sign.) Huh.

How in the world does this guy have a full parking lot? There's no way to contact him at all. There's no way to pay. There's no way to figure out how to pay. It's weird.

Probably just a front to launder money.

**KC Dan** · 08-13-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I just took a little trip to Georgia, and I have a few peoplewatching things to report.

1. I was waiting at my gate, and there was a couple there that I think was Japanese. The guy had a banana. Instead of peeling from the top where the stem is, he peeled it from the bottom. That fascinated me. Do Japanese people peel their bananas from the bottom, or was this some kind of one-time anomaly?

2. I got home and got my car from the parking lot, and had to stop at one of those little booths to pay the parking fee. They parking guy's name tag was "Yasir A." That gives you a good feeling about airport security.

3. Speaking of homeland security, I had to fly three hours on a plane with a guy sitting directly behind me who was wearing a Romanowski jersey. I kept hoping an air marshall would shoot him.

4. I was in the security line at the airport, and I had my shoes and laptop and stuff in those little tubs that I was pushing along the x-ray conveyor. The guy behind me wasn't paying attention and pushed his own little tub into my hand. I ignored it and kept moving. Ten seconds later, he did it again. Once is an accident, twice is inexcusable. If I didn't have to catch a plane, I probably would've killed him with piano wire.

What a great thread! I don't know how the heck I have missed it all this time. #1 and #3 are just awesome

Marcellus · 08-13-2009, 06:46 PM

I went to Sears yesterday and headed to the tool department.

I asked a guy behind a checkout counter where the timing lights were kept (fairly basic automotive tool, at least I think) and he gets a deer in the headlights look, points over to a corner near mowing equipment and says over there. I turn to look where he is pointing and by the time I turn back he is hauling ass the other way.

I think "surely they aren't in the mowing equipment area" but walk that way anyway. I then see an older Sears employee talking with a customer and think "oh, he was pointing me towards this guy".
I wait until he finishes with the customer and ask him where I might find a timing light.
He looks at me and says" I don't think we have any here, you will need to go to the other building (points outside to the tire sales and installation building) we don't keep many automotive tools here."
Now keep in mind I am in the Sear freaking tool department.
I look at him and tell him I find that odd. He looks at me for an uncomfortable amount of time without saying anything then says " If we had one it would probably be here" and walk straight over to an area where there are 3 different models of timing lights and goes "oh, I had no idea".

This is Sears tool department for God's sake. I thought I was on Punked or Candid Camera for several minutes.
If you work in a tool department, you should know what a timing light is. I bet the 17 year old girl at Harbor Freight could have told me exactly where they were.

**sd4chiefs** · 08-13-2009, 09:12 PM

I go to the gym about three times a week. It is a great place to people watch because working out is so boring. There a some people that I see there all the time and I like to give them nicknames.

The Flash. The guy who get on the elliptical machine. Sets it at the lowest resistance and goes really fast.

The Sweat Beast. The guy who gets really sweaty running on the treadmill and then goes around the gym getting all his sweat on the machines and benches.

The Dude. The guy who wears all black, black ball cap turned backwards and wears sun glasses.

The Redneck. The guy who wears cowboy boots and jeans to work out in.

The Cougar. The older woman who is in good shape for her age but wears skimpy tight fitting appeal that shows off her old skin.

The Macho man. The guy who comes in and tries to impress all the ladies by llifting more weight than he can really handle and makes loud grunting noises.

If you are one of these types then I am not sorry if I offended you . You just look silly or gross.

**CosmicPal** · 08-13-2009, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sd4chiefs

The Dude. The guy who wears all black, black ball cap turned backwards and wears sun glasses.

Why the fuck are you wearing shades inside a gym? Seriously, those are the guys I'd like to see get strangled by an angry elf.

Huffman83 · 08-13-2009, 10:50 PM

Took a non emergency call this morning. Lady on the line wants to talk to an officer about driving by an apartment complex that has their sprinkler system on a timer. She states that every other morning the system turns on at the same time and gets her car wet when she drives by it.

The next call is a medical emergency and the person on the line is more calm than the woman bitching about a sprinkler.

FML...

Goldmember · 08-14-2009, 12:13 AM

Rainman, I was laughing so hard all memory of my weird experiences in the Bay Area, and there have been a few, flew right out of my head. Get back to you later once I regroup

Goldmember · 08-14-2009, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

On my walk to work today, I passed a parking lot that's near the haunted mansion that I want to buy. It's the only possible employee parking in the area, and the weird thing is that it's permit-only, but there's no contact information anywhere about how to get a permit. So I've never been able to do any research.

Today when I walked by, lo and behold there was a guy working at the little box where you deposit money. (And no, I don't know why this box exists if it's permit only.) So I walked over to him and the following conversation ensued.

Me: Hi, it looks like you work at this lot.

Him (in foreign accent, some kind of Balkan country, I think): Yes, I own it.

Me: How much does it cost to park here?

Him: Look at the sign.

Me: (Looking at sign.) Yeah, there's no pricing on the sign.

Him: (Coming around box to point at sign.) It's permit only. You have to have a permit.

Me: Yeah, I see that. How much does it cost?

Him: You have to have a permit.

Me: How do I get a permit?

Him: You have to call and get one.

Me: Who do I call?

Him: Look at the sign.

Me: There's no contact information on the sign.

Him: (Pointing around.) The lot's full.

Me: I don't need it now. I'm talking about later.

Him: You have to have a permit.

Me: Who do I call to get a permit?

Him: Me.

Me: Can I have your phone number?

Him: It's on the sign.

Me: I swear to you, it's not.

Him: (Looking at sign.) Huh.

How in the world does this guy have a full parking lot? There's no way to contact him at all. There's no way to pay. There's no way to figure out how to pay. It's weird.

reminds me of this story

From The London Times:

A Well-Planned Retirement

Outside England 's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and buses. For 25 years, its

parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fees were £1 for cars ($1.40),

£5 for busses (about $7).

Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the Zoo

Management called the City Council and asked it to send them another parking agent.

The Council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the Zoo's own responsibility. The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was a City employee.

The City Council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the City payroll.

Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain

(or some such scenario), is a man who'd apparently had a ticket machine installed completely on his own; and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing

to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day -- for 25 years.

Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars!

And no one even knows his name.

**Slainte** · 08-14-2009, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Goldmember

...commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day -- for 25 years.

Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars!

And no one even knows his name.

Good story, bad math. I make it just over $5.1M. And that's if the zoo were open 365 days/yr. And what kind of zoo would be open every day of the year?? I guess the kind of zoo whose employees never noticed the King of the Gypsies was their parking attendant...

Goldmember · 08-14-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Town'NCountryChief

Good story, bad math. I make it just over $5.1M. And that's if the zoo were open 365 days/yr. And what kind of zoo would be open every day of the year?? I guess the kind of zoo whose employees never noticed the King of the Gypsies was their parking attendant...

nice catch, I didn't bother to check it. I still can't believe that a guy "works" there for 25 years and NOBODY knows his name? He'd probably give a fake name anyway

**Rain Man** · 10-02-2009, 11:18 AM

I was walking down the pedestrian mall today, and three homeless guys were talking. One of them was complaining about how some guy tried to stab him, but didn't do it right. The others were sympathetic.

Homeless Guy 1: And he came up behind me, but he just poked me with it. He didn't stab. Like this. (Takes his finger and pokes at the kidney area of Homeless Guy 2.)

Homeless Guy 2: You can't do that.

Homeless Guy 1: Yeah, it just felt like someone poked me with something. It was ridiculous. He had no idea how to stab someone.

Homeless Guy 3: You have to punch. You have to forget you're holding the knife and just punch the guy with your fist. But holding the knife.

Homeless Guy 1: Exactly. This guy had no idea what he was doing.

seclark · 10-02-2009, 11:30 AM

it's the 2nd of october, and as i pull into the switching office where i work i see the meth-heads that live down the street are outside hanging up freaking Christmas lights. this is about 7am this morning.

just walked out to the truck, and now there's pack of dogs on their porch, howling their asses off.

isn't it kind of early for Christmas caroling?
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**Iowanian** · 10-02-2009, 11:52 AM

The other day, something caught my eye out the office window and I looked up to see what I'll call a "bag lady" with a big, poofy knitted hat on and some kind of long coat/robe with pajama pants on, standing in the small area between my parking lot and the main road.

She's bent over, not far from my ride, and appears to be messing with a 1/4 full bottle of what I think was sunkist soda that someone had obviously pitched out. Kids hang out in my lot at night, so there is usually something to pick up(beer cans aren't uncommon).

Anyway, she picks it up, I'm assume to collect/sell...and then puts it down. She goes across the street to another business and about 10 minutes later is coming back. She goes to the same spot, picks up the same bottle, swishes it around a little, dumps out a glug or two.....removes a water bottle from her pocket and dumps some in the bottle.

Then, takes a drink from the Sunkist bottle.

JD10367 · 10-02-2009, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I was walking down the pedestrian mall today, and three homeless guys were talking. One of them was complaining about how some guy tried to stab him, but didn't do it right. The others were sympathetic.

Homeless Guy 1: And he came up behind me, but he just poked me with it. He didn't stab. Like this. (Takes his finger and pokes at the kidney area of Homeless Guy 2.)

Homeless Guy 2: You can't do that.

Homeless Guy 1: Yeah, it just felt like someone poked me with something. It was ridiculous. He had no idea how to stab someone.

Homeless Guy 3: You have to punch. You have to forget you're holding the knife and just punch the guy with your fist. But holding the knife.

Homeless Guy 1: Exactly. This guy had no idea what he was doing.

Actually you shouldn't hold the knife pointed towards the person at all. You should hold the knife in your right hand (assuming you're a rightie) with the blade's pointed to the right and forwards. Picture the way you'd grip a bicycle or motorcycle handle, and then picture the blade coming out to the right. This serves a variety of purposes. First, they can't grab your wrist, or they'll be grabbing the blade. Second, they can't force your arm backwards and into your face/chest and stab you with your own blade. Third, it's hardsr for them to wrestle the knife from you by prying your fingers loose because you can be twisting your fist towards you and cutting the shit out of them. Fourth, it allows you to punch, and follow through with the blade swiping from right to left across your target, and then you can return-strike with a quick jab to the chest by reversing your arm's motion and punching backwards at them.

**Rain Man** · 12-22-2009, 11:52 AM

Homeless people really are the most interesting people around.

This morning I was walking in to work and this one fellow I recognize was coming towards me. He always asks for money in a very polite manner, "so he can get something to eat".

So he's walking toward me and he's eating some sort of big honey bun/cinnamon roll kind of thing, and as I pass he goes, "Excuse me, sir. Can you spare some change so I can get some-" and then he stopped. Apparently he suddenly realized that his line doesn't work very well if he's actually eating while he's saying it. So he just cut off his sentence and kept walking. I thought it was kind of funny.

08-02-2006, 04:42 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3338491 VARSITY	The Chiefsplanet Peoplewatching Thread I often see or hear people saying or doing things that I find intriguing, but it's not quite worth making a thread about. I figure that other people might have the same experiences. Therefore, I hope that this thread can become a clearinghouse for those little observations that might not otherwise make the cut. My first two would be: 1. I went to the optometrist today to get my eyes checked. In the waiting room, a family came in and sat next to me: a mother, a girl of about 13 or 14, and two young boys. The mother is talking on the phone and scolding the boys who are out of control, and then the teenage girl came over to her mother. She's got both hands up near her face, and asks the mother, "What is this?" My initial thinking was that it was something in her eye since we were, after all, in an optometrist's office. Then the girl says, "I thought it was a pimple, but I'm trying to pop it and nothing's coming out." Where is your shame, young girl? Where is your shame? 2. I came back to the office, and got a cell phone call while I was in my lobby. I was standing there taking the call when this skanky, meth-looking woman in a tank top came in. She got in the elevator and departed toward the heavens. The thing that was most noticeable about her, other than the skanky part, was that she was wearing no supportive garments above the waist, and she badly, badly needed to be wearing them. (Not large, either - envision an inverted champagne flute made out of Slinky.) I finished my call and rode the elevator up myself, and when I got off on my floor, the woman was in the front lobby of the other company on my floor filling out a job application. I really think that a skanky-looking person with bosoms befitting a National Geographic photo should consider wearing a bra or something whilst going in to apply for a job. Please feel free to post your own minor observations here in the future.
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08-13-2009, 06:46 PM	#138
Marcellus Diablo Negro Join Date: Sep 2003 Casino cash: $3102662	I went to Sears yesterday and headed to the tool department. I asked a guy behind a checkout counter where the timing lights were kept (fairly basic automotive tool, at least I think) and he gets a deer in the headlights look, points over to a corner near mowing equipment and says over there. I turn to look where he is pointing and by the time I turn back he is hauling ass the other way. I think "surely they aren't in the mowing equipment area" but walk that way anyway. I then see an older Sears employee talking with a customer and think "oh, he was pointing me towards this guy". I wait until he finishes with the customer and ask him where I might find a timing light. He looks at me and says" I don't think we have any here, you will need to go to the other building (points outside to the tire sales and installation building) we don't keep many automotive tools here." Now keep in mind I am in the Sear freaking tool department. I look at him and tell him I find that odd. He looks at me for an uncomfortable amount of time without saying anything then says " If we had one it would probably be here" and walk straight over to an area where there are 3 different models of timing lights and goes "oh, I had no idea". This is Sears tool department for God's sake. I thought I was on Punked or Candid Camera for several minutes. If you work in a tool department, you should know what a timing light is. I bet the 17 year old girl at Harbor Freight could have told me exactly where they were.
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08-13-2009, 09:12 PM	#139
sd4chiefs error 404 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Bizarro World Casino cash: $8830445	I go to the gym about three times a week. It is a great place to people watch because working out is so boring. There a some people that I see there all the time and I like to give them nicknames. The Flash. The guy who get on the elliptical machine. Sets it at the lowest resistance and goes really fast. The Sweat Beast. The guy who gets really sweaty running on the treadmill and then goes around the gym getting all his sweat on the machines and benches. The Dude. The guy who wears all black, black ball cap turned backwards and wears sun glasses. The Redneck. The guy who wears cowboy boots and jeans to work out in. The Cougar. The older woman who is in good shape for her age but wears skimpy tight fitting appeal that shows off her old skin. The Macho man. The guy who comes in and tries to impress all the ladies by llifting more weight than he can really handle and makes loud grunting noises. If you are one of these types then I am not sorry if I offended you . You just look silly or gross. __________________ “It's Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” – Mark Twain.
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08-13-2009, 10:50 PM	#141
Huffman83 Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Casino cash: $10008077	Took a non emergency call this morning. Lady on the line wants to talk to an officer about driving by an apartment complex that has their sprinkler system on a timer. She states that every other morning the system turns on at the same time and gets her car wet when she drives by it. The next call is a medical emergency and the person on the line is more calm than the woman bitching about a sprinkler. FML...
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08-14-2009, 12:13 AM	#142
Goldmember You GOTTA get it done! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern California Casino cash: $9856738	Rainman, I was laughing so hard all memory of my weird experiences in the Bay Area, and there have been a few, flew right out of my head. Get back to you later once I regroup
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10-02-2009, 11:18 AM	#146
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3338491 VARSITY	I was walking down the pedestrian mall today, and three homeless guys were talking. One of them was complaining about how some guy tried to stab him, but didn't do it right. The others were sympathetic. Homeless Guy 1: And he came up behind me, but he just poked me with it. He didn't stab. Like this. (Takes his finger and pokes at the kidney area of Homeless Guy 2.) Homeless Guy 2: You can't do that. Homeless Guy 1: Yeah, it just felt like someone poked me with something. It was ridiculous. He had no idea how to stab someone. Homeless Guy 3: You have to punch. You have to forget you're holding the knife and just punch the guy with your fist. But holding the knife. Homeless Guy 1: Exactly. This guy had no idea what he was doing. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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10-02-2009, 11:30 AM	#147
seclark MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: nemo Casino cash: $1709900	it's the 2nd of october, and as i pull into the switching office where i work i see the meth-heads that live down the street are outside hanging up freaking Christmas lights. this is about 7am this morning. just walked out to the truck, and now there's pack of dogs on their porch, howling their asses off. isn't it kind of early for Christmas caroling? sec __________________ "Mr. seclark. Wrong for gravy, wrong for jelly, wrong for biscuits." -rj "If every Planeteer who was disliked by another Planeteer stopped being a Planeteer we wouldn't have any Planeteers." -rj
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10-02-2009, 11:52 AM	#148
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4778454	The other day, something caught my eye out the office window and I looked up to see what I'll call a "bag lady" with a big, poofy knitted hat on and some kind of long coat/robe with pajama pants on, standing in the small area between my parking lot and the main road. She's bent over, not far from my ride, and appears to be messing with a 1/4 full bottle of what I think was sunkist soda that someone had obviously pitched out. Kids hang out in my lot at night, so there is usually something to pick up(beer cans aren't uncommon). Anyway, she picks it up, I'm assume to collect/sell...and then puts it down. She goes across the street to another business and about 10 minutes later is coming back. She goes to the same spot, picks up the same bottle, swishes it around a little, dumps out a glug or two.....removes a water bottle from her pocket and dumps some in the bottle. Then, takes a drink from the Sunkist bottle.
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12-22-2009, 11:52 AM	#150
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3338491 VARSITY	Homeless people really are the most interesting people around. This morning I was walking in to work and this one fellow I recognize was coming towards me. He always asks for money in a very polite manner, "so he can get something to eat". So he's walking toward me and he's eating some sort of big honey bun/cinnamon roll kind of thing, and as I pass he goes, "Excuse me, sir. Can you spare some change so I can get some-" and then he stopped. Apparently he suddenly realized that his line doesn't work very well if he's actually eating while he's saying it. So he just cut off his sentence and kept walking. I thought it was kind of funny. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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