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.

[KurtCobain]

Originally Posted by crazycoffey

True, but only if there were only a few homeless dwarfs checking IDs. If there were dwarfs checking IDs at even 50% of the establishments you walk into, it would dwarf the stats and your idea loses half it's panache.

then every bar owner in America would be constantly trying to figure out ways to "spice" up their dwarf checking ID's. We'd end up as a society having to watch fifteen minutes of naked dwarf on mechanical bull action before getting your id checked.

[houstonwhodat]

Originally Posted by Donger

I have reached the undeniable conclusion that driving in Texas is considered by locals to be a full-contact sport with very few rules.

And the use of turn signals is anathema.

hahaha

True dat.

[Rain Man]

On my walk home, I ended up behind some walking woman. Despite the fact that I was 30 or 40 feet behind her, she kept glancing nervously over her shoulder at me, and then at a corner abruptly changed direction.

Okay, first off, lady, if I was going to rape someone, it would be someone with a better figure than you. No offense. And second, could you not tell that I was wearing my Pro Football Hall of Fame t-shirt? I'm not going to rape someone in that t-shirt. It's one of my favorite t-shirts and if your ripped it during your terrified struggle underneath me or if it got mace stains, it'd be really hard to replace.

[ThaVirus]

Rain Man the Rapist.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Rain Man the Rapist.

It's probably the do-rag and affliction t-shirts he wears.

[burt]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Rain Man the Rapist.

it's therapist.........

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by burt

it's therapist.........

The eternally vexing question.

Always Sunny's - philanthropist --> full on rapist

or

Arrested Development's - analyst + therapist --> analrapist?

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

On my walk home, I ended up behind some walking woman. Despite the fact that I was 30 or 40 feet behind her, she kept glancing nervously over her shoulder at me, and then at a corner abruptly changed direction.

Okay, first off, lady, if I was going to rape someone, it would be someone with a better figure than you. No offense. And second, could you not tell that I was wearing my Pro Football Hall of Fame t-shirt? I'm not going to rape someone in that t-shirt. It's one of my favorite t-shirts and if your ripped it during your terrified struggle underneath me or if it got mace stains, it'd be really hard to replace.

Hey I'm wearing my pro football gal of game shirt right now.

Planned on doing some raping today... Great minds.
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[cdcox]

So I was at the liquor store tonight and the guy in front of me had a Louie Vitton bag with a monogram RIP. I thought it might be fake. He bought some box wine and Cook's champagne. His bill came to around $45. He pulled some bills off a money clip but it wasn't enough to cover the bill. Also clipped in the money clip was a stack of small white envelops with RIP written in pencil on the outside. He opened one and it contained a couple of $5s. He handed them to the clerk and asked how much that added up to. $35 Still not enough. He opened another one, and it had a $20. He handed it the clerk, who gave him back two $10s. Finally the two of them figured out that the clerk needed to keep one of the $10s.

Out in the parking lot RIP got into a late model Mercedes Benz. He still had at least 3 of those little envelopes that he hadn't opened yet.

[Dayze]

what the hell was the RIP stuff about; and the envelopes?

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Dayze

what the hell was the RIP stuff about; and the envelopes?

RIP was his initials, I presume.

The envelopes were really weird. I thought it might be a mechanism for him to budget his money, and imagined that he was raiding next week's grocery money to pay for his wine fix. The Mercedes Benz kind of blew that theory. I'm sure if I could have observed him for another 30 minutes I'd have 10 more oddities to report.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cdcox

So I was at the liquor store tonight and the guy in front of me had a Louie Vitton bag with a monogram RIP. I thought it might be fake. He bought some box wine and Cook's champagne. His bill came to around $45. He pulled some bills off a money clip but it wasn't enough to cover the bill. Also clipped in the money clip was a stack of small white envelops with RIP written in pencil on the outside. He opened one and it contained a couple of $5s. He handed them to the clerk and asked how much that added up to. $35 Still not enough. He opened another one, and it had a $20. He handed it the clerk, who gave him back two $10s. Finally the two of them figured out that the clerk needed to keep one of the $10s.

Out in the parking lot RIP got into a late model Mercedes Benz. He still had at least 3 of those little envelopes that he hadn't opened yet.

I wonder if he was a professional focus group participant. We pay people in white sealed envelopes.

[Dayze]

"I can't believe you can get a box of 500 paper wallets for $2.99"!

[AustinChief]

What the hell is a man doing with a Louis Vuitton bag? We talking about a briefcase or some kind of murse?

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

What the hell is a man doing with a Louis Vuitton bag? We talking about a briefcase or some kind of murse?

I'm picturing a pimp.

5s, 10s, & 20s... cheap hoes.