~Writing a distant never ending story~

[flyboy_fox]

Hmm, I've finally got a (preliminary) job interview, at a health club called Esporta, as a Members Relations Assistant. I have to go in on Friday for a quick chat ^^; Wish me luck! (I do wish to gripe, however, about the fact that the job ad contained both "bag's of energy" and, as a plural, "assistant's". Damn those misplaced apostrophes! They're one of the WORST kinds of grammatical mistakes, and they make pedantic ol' me want to explode).

I was in town yesterday, and as I was waiting for the bus, this old man sat down next to me. Cue the following conversation (he just randomly started talking to me):

Old man: It's not like it used to be, back home.

Me: Oh?

OM: They all carry guns now.

Me: ...oh?

OM: They shoot to kill.

Me: Oh.

OM: The weather's terrible back home.

Me: Oh?

OM: The summers are usually scorching, but this summer we have snow!

Me: Oh.

OM: Snow, in Florida.

Me: Oh, Florida?

OM: I'm from there. Moved to England when I was three months old, so I hold dual citizenship.

Me: Heh, I lived in Florida too, until I was 6 months old.

OM: Oh, which part?

Me: Miami.

OM: I'm from the Keys. It's terribly hot in Florida, isn't it?

Me: I wouldn't remember, I was only a baby.

OM: It's hot, let me tell you.

Me: ... I'm sure.

OM: I served in Vietnam for seven years!

Me: Oh...

OM: Bloodiest war in history. I saw so much death and bloodshed, dying everywhere.

Me: Oh. *Feeling a little uncomfortable*

OM: What's it all for? Nothing!

Me: I guess I should be grateful that I've never had to fight in a war. *Feels stupid*

OM: Seven years! Hn!

Me: ...

OM: So, those Williams sisters! Serena and... what's her name. Can't stand them! *Referring to tennis-stars Venus and Serena Williams*

Me: Oh.

OM: *Narrows eyes* You know what THEY are, don't you?

Me: What...? *Half-expecting some really racist comment*

OM: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES!

Me: Oh, they are? I didn't know that.

OM: Yep. They believe that if someone's dying, they shouldn't be given a blood transfusion! It's... it's... WRONG! It's TERRIBLE!

Me: ... oh.

*Number 14 bus arrives*

OM: Oh, it's here! *Gets on bus, staring at me the whole time until the bus leaves*

Me: *Extremely glad that I have to get a different bus, though feeling strangely guilty*

And there you have it. I must have said "oh" about 50 times during that 'conversation' ^^; I always feel kind of awkward when random strangers start talking to me... especially when they talk about personal things. I guess I'm just not terribly socially inclined. Oh well.

So, yeah, that's it, really.

Comments

[nikkicub.livejournal.com]

I love random old people.

And YES! Misused apostrophes drive me MAD! Apostrophes do not mean "Look out, it's an s!"

(Jesus Christ it's an s get in the car?)

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

XD! ... yes.

[way-past-cool.livejournal.com]

That guy was very weird n.n;;; but you handled it better than I probably would have!

Anyway, yay for the interview! I know you'll nail it, sweetheart!

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Don't say that. Jobs are VERY hard to get around here. Lots of people will be applying. If you say I'll definitely get it, I'll feel even worse if I don't n.n;

[way-past-cool.livejournal.com]

sorry... well I just mean you're really good in interviews.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Anyone can get a job where I used to live. Heck, my brother managed, no problem. He kept his job even after skiving off and being late all the time. I'm not good at interviews; they were just deperate.

I have the exact same chance as anyone else, out here. Less, perhaps, given my CV.

[rblake77.livejournal.com]

I don't know how I would have handled that with the old man. Although, I sometime's find myself in conversation with stranger's, so who know's.

Good luck with the job interwiew.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

AAARGH! *Head explodes*

... and thanks ^^;

[sphix.livejournal.com]

XDDD That's awesome! Well, not the fact that you felt uncomfortable, but the whole thing in general >,>;;

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

It was... interesting, anyway XD Especially the way he got this paranoid look before he said "JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES!" and then started ranting about them XD;;

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[hamlover.livejournal.com]

erfuck, that was me, I forgot to sign in.

[sphix.livejournal.com]

I should totally work that line into the comic XD

[galener.livejournal.com]

Random people talking to you gets annoying. Me and Llama always get people talking to us. Like one time at Target this guy came up to us and said he will wait and get this DVD when it comes down more, and when he walked off we were both like "What the hell?"

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[twitchytwitch.livejournal.com]

xDDDD Man, that was FUNNY to read! I can just picture the old guy!

I would have burst into laughter, either from the weirdness and randomness of an old guy randomly talking to me about random stuff or because someone looked me in the eye.
For some bizzare reason, I can't handle people looking me in the eye. It makes me laugh hysterically and that's gotten me into trouble several times. ^^; I mean, imagine sitting down for a SERIOUS talk and looking someone in the eye while that person avoids looking at you by busying themselves with looking at ANYTHING else and when you finally lock gaze with them, they start laughing uncontrollably. Can't be fun. ^^;

But, I do tend to get into random conversations with strangers if they're children. I like to talk to little kids~, they don't scare the stuffing out of me. Like, one time in Bahrain, some little American or something kiddies were sitting waiting for their papa and I had just gone to see Happily N'ever After and one of the kids, after struggling to read the title asked 'Never after? Why is it /Never/ after?' and I came over and explained that it was because the bad guys took control of the story and turned the endings bad and such. ^^;;

Then their daddy came back and I went after my parents. xD

(Also, dude, I thought you fell off the face of the Earth, I haven't seen you post in a while~
... Maybe I accidentally unfriended ya or somethin'. o_o I must go check if I did.)

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

You DID unfriend me ;_; A while ago... I waited, in case it was a mistake, but after a while I figured you just didn't like me anymore ^^; So I figured you probably didn't wanna be friends anymore, so I took you off my F-List too. Gah!! I'll re-add you right now!!

[twitchytwitch.livejournal.com]

... I need to stop typing such LONG comments. ^^;

e-tacos to you if you bothered to read all that~

Mm, tacos. I made some a day or two ago. I wanna make some moooore...

Actually, it'd help if I didn't constantly stray off-topic! ARGH, MUST STOP TYPING! There.

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

Snow in Miami? ^Oo___0O^

Nitch: Er, The point was this man was ... shall we say, "confused"?

Jamie: Oh.

Favre: ^o¬¬o^