The Chiefsplanet Peoplewatching Thread

[Rain Man]

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.

[Hydrae]

So we just had an odd thing happen at my work. Small IT office with about 8 people here today. I was outside having a cigarette and when I was coming back in there was a man walking up the alley. I nodded and headed into the building. He also came into the building although I know he does not work at any of the offices here. He came into our office a couple of minutes later and asked if I had dropped a $20 bill. I told him no, I did have one in my wallet but it is still there (I even checked). He asked if I was sure and I told him yes, absolutely and congrats on the free money. He started to head for the door, turned around and pushed a potted plant off the ledge on a co-workers desk.

On the way out he stopped to state that "Hitler was a white man." Then, just before he walked out the door he said that "Martin Luther King was a black man."

No clue why this happened and it just left us all in shock for a couple of minutes. I know of no reason for him to have any animosity to any of us, just random workplace violence I guess.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

So we just had an odd thing happen at my work. Small IT office with about 8 people here today. I was outside having a cigarette and when I was coming back in there was a man walking up the alley. I nodded and headed into the building. He also came into the building although I know he does not work at any of the offices here. He came into our office a couple of minutes later and asked if I had dropped a $20 bill. I told him no, I did have one in my wallet but it is still there (I even checked). He asked if I was sure and I told him yes, absolutely and congrats on the free money. He started to head for the door, turned around and pushed a potted plant off the ledge on a co-workers desk.

On the way out he stopped to state that "Hitler was a white man." Then, just before he walked out the door he said that "Martin Luther King was a black man."

No clue why this happened and it just left us all in shock for a couple of minutes. I know of no reason for him to have any animosity to any of us, just random workplace violence I guess.

Drugs are bad mmmkay

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

So we just had an odd thing happen at my work. Small IT office with about 8 people here today. I was outside having a cigarette and when I was coming back in there was a man walking up the alley. I nodded and headed into the building. He also came into the building although I know he does not work at any of the offices here. He came into our office a couple of minutes later and asked if I had dropped a $20 bill. I told him no, I did have one in my wallet but it is still there (I even checked). He asked if I was sure and I told him yes, absolutely and congrats on the free money. He started to head for the door, turned around and pushed a potted plant off the ledge on a co-workers desk.

On the way out he stopped to state that "Hitler was a white man." Then, just before he walked out the door he said that "Martin Luther King was a black man."

No clue why this happened and it just left us all in shock for a couple of minutes. I know of no reason for him to have any animosity to any of us, just random workplace violence I guess.

That is one of the strangest stories I've heard & I've heard some strange ones.

[Rain Man]

That's a very unusual story. I guess his statements were factually correct, though.

[threebag]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

So we just had an odd thing happen at my work. Small IT office with about 8 people here today. I was outside having a cigarette and when I was coming back in there was a man walking up the alley. I nodded and headed into the building. He also came into the building although I know he does not work at any of the offices here. He came into our office a couple of minutes later and asked if I had dropped a $20 bill. I told him no, I did have one in my wallet but it is still there (I even checked). He asked if I was sure and I told him yes, absolutely and congrats on the free money. He started to head for the door, turned around and pushed a potted plant off the ledge on a co-workers desk.

On the way out he stopped to state that "Hitler was a white man." Then, just before he walked out the door he said that "Martin Luther King was a black man."

No clue why this happened and it just left us all in shock for a couple of minutes. I know of no reason for him to have any animosity to any of us, just random workplace violence I guess.

You're lucky he wasn't a shooter